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Tax Payments, Credit Lessons From Top Bloggers, Wise Bread’s New Design

It felt like I wasted a lot of the day today due to a network problem we couldn’t resolve immediately. Diagnostic checks left us barking up the wrong tree. We thought it was some problem between our location and the data center. In the end, after many hours of slow performance on our end, it …

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Free Food In College, Love Your Emergency Fund: The Carnivals

Let’s see what the online financial community has in store for us this week (other than more jabber about the financial crisis…. The Carnival of Personal Finance, Meltdown Edition was wonderfully presented to us by Debt Kid. These articles were among the 56 submitted entries this week: Ask Mr. Credit Card: Debt Is Slavery Miss …

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Cheap Contact Lenses, Free Money Saving Tips, Save and Exercise: The Carnivals

Autumn is knocking at our door, the leaves are turning and I’ve fallen sick! But that won’t stop me from making my loyal visits to the personal finance carnivals: Sound Money Matters has prepared a wonderful fall edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance where I found these awesome picks: Fiscal Zen: Tips for Saving …

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Debt and Consumer Spending, The Role of Advertising: The Roundup

I enjoyed these articles from the past week — they helped me find some respite from the financial crisis buzz that was the talk of the internet over the last few days. MSN Smart Spending: Donna talks about how getting a massage is money well spent. Just reading about her regular massages makes me want …

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How To Get Rich, A Grocery Budget, Frugal Fall Foods: The Carnivals

We had some great carnivals this week! Here were some of the highlights from my visits to these fun personal finance events: The Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted at The Personal Financier. I found these great picks over there: Can I Get Rich on a Salary?: Warren Buffet’s “10 Ways To Get Rich”? Blueprint …

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Manage Your Risk: Check Your Company’s Financial Ratings

Before you buy a financial product from your bank or insurance company, check your company’s financial ratings in order to manage your risk. Photo from followsteph When you deal with an insurance company, mortgage company or any other financial entity, they want to know all about you and your credit rating. Financial companies pull your …

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