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Passing 100,000 Miles on My Honda Civic

A few months short of five years ago, I purchased a new 2004 Honda Civic to replace a failing older model that had not been in my care. Today, this “[...] read more »
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How to Request an IRS Filing Extension

April 15th is only a couple weeks away! If you haven’t filed yet and don’t think you’ll make the April 15th deadline, all you need to do to procrasti[...] read more »
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The Worst 401(k) Plans

Curious as to how your 401(k) plan compares to others? Business Week just published a list of the worst 401(k) plans based on criteria such as partic[...] read more »
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Why It's Hard to Fight Brokers

The fund had a substantial stake in securities backed by subprime mortgages. Its share price began to plummet in March 2008, and it ended up losing 3[...] read more »
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20 Essential Tools for the New Consultant

With companies pushing their employees off the plank into the sea of financial and professional uncertainty, one of the best options to take control [...] read more »
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Lending Money to Family and Friends

Lending money to family and friends is a bit like a walking a tightrope, and it’s very easy for things to go wrong. With the ongoing recession affect[...] read more »
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5 DIY Luxuries for the Recession

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity." That quotation is commonly attributed to Coco Ch[...] read more »
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How to Ask for a Raise in a Recession

The current economic climate doesn’t exactly lend itself to asking for a raise. With all the talk of bailouts, budget cuts and layoffs (not to mentio[...] read more »
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Five Money Saving Bank Hacks

Banks offer a lot of services and features. You probably know most of the popular ones. Heck, you probably know most of the not so popular ones. read more »
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How to Achieve Predictable Stock Market

The idea that stocks provide fairly predictable long-term returns is one of those fundamental beliefs upon which practically the entire investment in[...] read more »
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Your Guide to Government Auctions

An electric range from the Central Iowa Health Care System for $11, a modular furniture set from the Blue Ash, Ohio, office of the Environmental Prot[...] read more »
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Blackberry Owner for a Day: Why it wasn’t worth it

On Friday, I walked into a Verizon Wireless store just to check out some phones in person, but walked out with a new Blackberry Storm. read more »
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Federal Reserve Taking the Short View

The Federal Reserve is not known for aiming its policy at the short run. Its role for many decades has been to take the long view. But this recession[...] read more »
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Businesses Befriending Facebook

Online social networks are capturing the attention of companies. Large and small, businesses are finding uses for Facebook, LinkedIn and the like, bu[...] read more »
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7 Tips to Extend the Life of Your Business Clothing

After 12 years of wearing dress shirts, ties and pants in grade school and high school, and the last 8 years of my professional life doing the same, [...] read more »
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