Money
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20 Things You Didn’t Know About Canada’s Favorite Department Store
Canadian retailer Hudson’s Bay Company has been making headlines as its executive chairman leads a bid to take the company private. HBC, which dates back to the 1670s, is facing a variety of challenges in the rapidly evolving retail world.…
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18 Prescription Drugs That Cost More Than a Car
Prescription drugs cost patients plenty, but the most expensive among them can be as much per year as a car (an average of $30,000 a year for older adults using brand name prescription drugs according to AARP). In some cases,…
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45 Freebies You Should Take Advantage Of
Freebies are everywhere. Restaurants will hurl free food at you for your birthday. Retailers will unload free samples on you just for your loyalty. Yet there are myriad everyday freebies available to consumers even when it isn’t their birthday. The…
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Can Employment Agencies Actually Help New Grads Land a Job?
Landing a job after graduating from college can be daunting regardless of your major or how cheap your location might be. College doesn’t necessarily prepare students to write a professional resume or present well during an interview. What’s more, job…
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How Finding a Job Has Changed in the Past 50 Years
The rise of the Internet and professional networking sites such as LinkedIn have had a profound impact on the job search process, as have a variety of leaps in modern technology ranging from the introduction of FaceTime and Skype to…
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How Moving Can Actually Make You Money
Moving sales are great for bargain hunters, typically not so much for people holding the sale, who might be less interested in profit than in cutting down on how much stuff needs to go into boxes in order to make…
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24 Tips and Tricks to Save You Money on Car Rental
Renting a car should be a simple walk-in, drive-out transaction, but it doesn’t always work that way. Not only does it take legwork to find the best price on a…
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16 Ways to Save Money at the Movies
Cinema chains do a land-office business in the summer, when audiences seek an escape from the heat and the humdrum of daily life. But even this hideaway isn’t the cheap…
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24 Jobs College Kids Can Find Near Campus
Between the summers of 1978 and 2016, the percentage of American teens seeking summer work declined by almost half, mostly due to increased focus on schoolwork. But the good news…
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15 Graduate Degrees That Can Help You Earn Over $100K
While the prospect of going back to school can be exhilarating, it’s important to know that the degree you spend time and money on will be financially worth it. You…
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10 Cheap Online Graduate Degree Programs to Jump-Start a Career
Finding a new path can feel daunting, but we live in a day and age when information travels fast — making online graduate degree programs an excellent option for quickly…
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Do You Qualify for These Car Rental Discounts?
There’s no reason to pay full price for car rental — ever. Not only do discounts abound, you can save as much as 35 percent just by working in a…
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21 Community College Students Who Went on to Make Millions
It’s a well-worn piece of trivia that many of the world’s most successful people were bad students or even kicked out of school while others achieved impressive university degrees, but…
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Twinkies, Polaroids, and Other Popular Products That Have Been Revived
A dead brand won’t stay dead for long if there’s still money to be made off of it. There are a whole lot of companies out there looking to wring…
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12 Smart Financial Moves to Make With Your Tax Refund
The average tax refund this year, as of mid-March, is $2,957, according to the Internal Revenue Service — a sizable sum to get all at once. Deciding what to do…
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20 Fun and Smart Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund
Tax time can cause headaches, but the strain often pays off. While fewer people are receiving refunds this year — due to changes in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs…
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This Last-Minute Move Could Lower Your Taxes
With less than two weeks left before the tax filing deadline, many of us are scrambling to find
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Too Busy to File a Tax Return? 12 Tips for Procrastinators
Uh-oh. The tax-filing deadline is around the corner, and some people are rushing to prepare their tax returns at the last minute. A mistake can be costly, both in terms…
