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Important Cyber-Crime Advice for Obama and You

Critical government, military, and civilian networks have been repeatedly infiltrated to steal our intellectual property and national secrets. So, ho[...] read more »
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2009 a Year of Records: World's Biggest Data Breach

Heartland Payment Systems, a credit card payment processing firm, may have been the victim of the largest data breach to date. The Princeton, N.J.-b[...] read more »
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Foreclosure Oncology: Separating Facts From Fixins

Why don’t these families simply refinance? Because the amount owed that would need to be refinanced is greater than what the home is worth, resulting[...] read more »
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Take Action to Prevent Your Identity Theft

Hackers regularly break security codes that protect corporate databases to gather personal information they use to take over identities. This isn’t t[...] read more »
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Omnipotent Property Depression: History’s Ominous Omniscience

Painting with a broad brush, assume a 40% loss in property values throughout the entire United States in a period ending in 2010 or 2011. This means [...] read more »
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Bank of Canada Cuts Overnight Rate 50 bps to Record-Low 1.00%

Citing worsening economic conditions at home and abroad, the Bank of Canada sliced its key lending rate to a record low 1.00% Tuesday and held out th[...] read more »
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Traditional Vs. Roth IRA's: Which IRA is best for you?

There are many factors you must consider before deciding on an IRA. Make sure you know and understand the facts first. read more »
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10 Easy Ways Credit Card Companies Make Money Off Us

Those companies are all in trouble and I really don't understand why. There are so many ways they make money off us! read more »
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Can Valentines Day be Frugal? Let's Start with Jewelry...

Valentines Day can be a touchy subject with some. I go back and forth with having one day that you are supposed to all of a sudden be more loving and[...] read more »
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Starting Your Own Business: Do You Have To Risk Your Life Savings?

Most people think that starting their own business has to be an expensive endeavor. While it is true that many successful entrepreneurs self-fund the[...] read more »
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Save Your Singles

Lots of people have been taught from a young age to save their change. Quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies are saved in piggy banks. Adults read more »
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Forget about your credit score, now we have to deal with banks giving us a secret "bankruptcy score"?!!

Meet the bankruptcy score, the credit score's more mysterious cousin. What gives the bankruptcy score its air of mystery? For one, bankruptcy scores[...] read more »
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Home Sharing

In these turbulent economic times, people are coming up with innovative ways to save money. One of these ways which is increasing in popularity is ho[...] read more »
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Tracking Your Transactions, Not Your Money

Exploring the concept of ignoring your money, but minding your number of financial transactions. read more »
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How to Survive The 2009 Boom in Money Books

We've seen the stock-market plunge, the foreclosures surge, the layoffs and the bankruptcies mount. Now comes the inevitable next stage of the econo[...] read more »
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