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Cheap Hotel Rates with Hotwire
We all love to travel and stay in hotels. From having our bed made for us and getting the newspaper delivered to our door, very few things in life compare to staying at a nice hotel. But nice hotels aren’t cheap — unless you know how to find them. I recently traveled to Boston...
What iPhone Owners Complain About When They Complain To The FCC & FTC
(auxesis) Last month, InformationWeek filed a Freedom of Information request with the FCC and the FTC for complaints made about the iPhone in the past year. Although the breakdown of complaints is interesting, what I found most striking was that in a nation of over 11 million iPhone owners, less than 600 complaints were filed...
Apple Claims 2 Million iPads Sold; Asus Unveils Plans For “Eee Pad”
(mskierki) The same weekend that eager European, Aussie and Canadian customers were finally able to get their hands on Apple’s iPad tablet thingy, the company announced that it had sold 2 million of the portable devices since its launch in early April. If true, this rate of sale would surpass Apple’s 2007 debut of the...
Indoor Tanning Quadruples Risk Of Skin Cancer
(D.P. Rubino) Think that tanning bed is safer than the evil ol’ sun? Not quite. A new study from the American Association for Cancer Research has determined that frequent use of tanning beds can quadruple your risk of skin cancer. But, hey, you’ll look great, and isn’t that the first step to good health?
How To Use Facebook’s New Privacy Controls
Lifehacker has a handy guide to and analysis of the new, streamlined privacy controls just announced by Facebook. There’s also the full version posted on Facebook. The new controls are simpler, but fall short in some respects. For example, you’re opted-in by default to sharing your personal info with applications, and you’ll have to opt-out...
Degrees of Frugality: 7 Tips for the College-Bound
Photo: CarbonNYC / Flickr ShareThis Share11 It’s no secret that affording college tuition and all the related expenses can be a daunting prospect for students and families. According to the College Board in New York, tuition costs in 2010 have increased 6.5% for public universities and 4.4% for private — that’s about twice the national...
Your 2010 Budget Revisited
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This article is a reprint of Wise Bread’s contribution to OPEN Forum from American Express — where small business owners can get advice from experts and share tips with each other. Photo: aldomurillo ShareThis Share If you follow good business practices, then late in 2009 you made a budget for 2010. With the first quarter...
Bankruptcy Information – Read This Article If You Have Any Bankruptcy Questions
admin On March – 10 – 2010 People who are facing tough financial times are desperately looking at different options to bring their credit card debt or mortgage payments back in control. They see TV ads talking about debt settlement, debt consolidation, bankruptcy, chapter 7 chapter 13. All of these terms flying around without a real...
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