June, 2009

Get Smarter With 529 College Savings Plans

If you are saving for college in a 529 plan, you probably took a bigger hit than you expected during the 2008 market crash. Featured Advertiser Three Ways to Minimize Your Risk of Identity Theft The best thing you can do to minimize your risk of identity theft is ensure that your personal information is secure. It ...

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Will Work for Free

With paid jobs still hard to find, laid off workers, post-graduates and career professionals are increasingly choosing to work for free. Read more about Will Work for Free...

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Podcast 9: Penelope Trunk from Brazen Careerist and Leo Babauta from Zen Habits

Penelope Trunk and Leo Babauta are today’s guests on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast. Penelope Trunk is the author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success and founder of the career advancement website Brazen Careerist. Tom Dziubek and I speak with Penelope about maintaining careers in today’s recession and she presents a number of tips ...

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Hyperinflation: The Story of 9 Failed Currencies

The world’s major economic powers are all suffering from the economic downturn but even the most cynical doomsayer is sure we’ll get ourselves out of this mess—eventually. Rare are those instances in which entire economies are disrupted to the point - typically as a result of rampant inflation, or hyper inflation - that an entire ...

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15 Ways to Save Money Buying Natural Foods

Source: dugspr — in Osaka Let’s face it, you can’t help but notice that organic and natural foods cost a lot more…or do they? It really all depends on where you shop, what you buy, and how savvy you are when it comes to food. Here are 15 ways to help you eat more whole, ...

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