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    Whether you’ve made a permanent move overseas or find yourself on temporary assignment, chances are there’s something from home that you want. Online ordering is iffy: International shipping fees are astronomical and, in any event, the retailer may not ship…

  • Narrowing a Multitude of Money-Saving Tools to 10 Essentials

    Every day, it seems, a new digital destination promises to save consumers money. But who has time to cycle through a lengthy roster of bookmarks in search of deals? US News winnows the field to 10 indispensible sites (well, 20 if…

  • 10 Things You Can Write Off Your Taxes When Self-Employed

    Tax day is fast approaching, and for the self-employed, the days remaining until April 15 can be harried. You need to keep your business going while assembling all the necessary tax-related data and figuring out what you can write off…

  • 7 Steps to Landing a College Scholarship

    There is such a thing as free money when it comes to paying for college — if you know where to look. Between merit-based scholarships and grants for students in financial need, there is an abundance of college scholarships available…

  • Easing the Financial Cost of a Death in the Family

    Whether sudden or expected, the death of a loved one is emotionally wrenching. At a time when logical thinking is most compromised, you have make decisions and arrangements. It’s easy to spend way more than you have to, even if…

  • How Parents Can Teach Children Frugality in Modern America

    “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without” was, at one time, the modus operandi of many families in America. Since then, we’ve become a consumer-oriented, throw-away society that is prompting some pushback. In the face…