How Recessions Work
What goes up must come down: Periodic recessions are a natural part of any nation's economic cycle. Who decides when the economy is in recession and on what grounds?
What goes up must come down: Periodic recessions are a natural part of any nation's economic cycle. Who decides when the economy is in recession and on what grounds?
Maybe keeping up with the Joneses is running you into the poorhouse. But if you cancel your premium television service and ditch your cell phone, will your friends think you're in dire straits?
You have a big expense coming up. You need a better car or a bigger home, or you want to go back to college. What do you do? Borrow, borrow, borrow -- right? Well, maybe not. Working off of a budget just may save your sanity -- and credit.
Can Facebook get you $10 million? It can if you're a software developer who's generous with his ideas. The fbFund is offering grants to creative developers, but how do you get one? And if you're not a developer, how else can you make money on the Web
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Hard times during the Great Depression led to the advent of layaway plans. And while it may be simpler to swipe your credit card at the checkout counter, layaway could be your credit score's saving grace.
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The Wall Street Journal reported that there were 7.5 million millionaires in the world in 2004 -- a record number. Want to be one, too? Researchers have found quite a few common traits that most millionaires possess.
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If you miss a monthly payment to your credit card company, your credit score will drop and your credit report will show it. What else would happen if you stopped paying your bills completely?
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It's easy to tally your bill at a dollar store, but simple calculations aren't the only reason to shop at one. Thanks to the recent economic downturn, dollar stores are becoming more popular than ever, no matter what you're buying.
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