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    DHL Halts International Shipments Over $800 to U.S. Consumers Due to New Customs Rules

    If you’ve ordered something nice from abroad — say, over $800 — DHL just made things a bit trickier.  The shipping giant is temporarily stopping high-value international deliveries to U.S. consumers. It’s not personal, though it feels like it is.…

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    15 Industries That Would Benefit From a Recession

    The stock market tumbles, businesses halt operations, and consumers tighten their belts against inflationary price hikes — it all sounds pretty bad. Yet some industries have built-in mechanisms that allow them to survive, and even thrive, when economic storm clouds…

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    32 Ways You’re Ruining Your Home and Don’t Even Know It

    Our home’s walls, floors, porch, patio, roof, plumbing, lights — and so on — form our own personal safety net. When you look at it that way, of course you want to do everything you can to protect that inner…

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    Publishers Clearing House Files for Bankruptcy, But Will Still Run Sweepstakes

    Publishers Clearing House commercials — you know, the ones where they’d show up at someone’s door with a giant check — were inescapable in the 1980s and 1990s, but you probably haven’t seen one in years. If you’re wondering what…

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    16 Rare Vinyl Records That Can Be Worth a Lot Today

    If you’ve got a box of old records lying around, it might be a good time to check what’s actually in there. While not every dusty LP is a hidden gem, a few of them have gone for the kind…

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    Why Women Are Taxed More on Underwear Than Men

    Unlike men’s tighty whities, women’s underwear has long been considered fashion, but does that mean women should pay more for their undergarments? Nevertheless, they do.  Women pay a higher tariff rate on their undergarments than men do, which translates into higher…