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Even the phrase "debt ceiling" sounds like something too far removed from daily life to be of much interest. But ignoring the political battle over this issue would be a mistake: How the government handles the nation's debt limit will directly affect our personal finances in all sorts of important ways.
15-minute financial fixes to save time and money
4:30PM 5/17/2010
With 15 minutes, you can do a lot more than save a few bucks on your car insurance. In fact, while shopping around for car insurance is important, that's probably one of the last things you should do if you have a spare quarter hour lying around.
If you're like many Americans, the last couple...
Each week, WalletPop will do a look back on the week's top personal finance stories as it joins with CostRefuge. Here are some from last week from mainstream publications and the blogosphere.
Trent from The Simple Dollar looks at the mindset behind grocery store purchases from his own personal...
Back to basics: Quicken Essentials for Mac released
4:00PM 2/26/2010
Mac owners still have deal with a lack of proper Mac compatible versions of many popular programs, although the situation is improving. For the past few years this shortfall has included personal finance software such as Intuit's Quicken, an issue that has finally been addressed with the release of...
Give your personal finances a makeover -- in one day
5:30PM 7/09/2009
Whether you're one of the many employed Americans sticking around the home front during your vacation, or whether you shake the printer awake every morning to crank out a fresh pile of resumes, this New York Times article offers a great, point-by-point suggestion of a weekday project everyone...
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