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8 Unusual Insurance Policies You Might Want to Buy
2:00PM 11/16/2011
Insurance is a strange beast: You spend a lot of money and hope you get nothing back for it. Still, insurance is a necessity -- and here are eight kinds you may not realize you need.
Desperate for cash to pay for their wedding, a Pennsylvania couple allegedly stripped more than $7,000 worth of copper from utility poles and sold it. We all know how expensive weddings can get, but there are better solutions than crime -- among them, these tips for cutting down wedding costs.
David Tutera: How to Get Dazzling Wedding Decor on a Budget
9:00AM 8/06/2011

If you're like many brides today, you want to dazzle your guests without breaking the bank. David Tutera, the host of We TV's My Fair Wedding, gives DailyFinance readers decorating tips that will help you stick to your budget.
7 Smart Tips to Save Money on Your Wedding
8:00AM 7/07/2011
Weddings can be the stuff dreams are made of. Unfortunately, nightmares, too.
Just ask the couple whose wedding and reception was supposed to be at a mansion in the Tampa, Fla., area -- before the property owner canceled three weeks before their big day.
The groom told Reddit they managed to save...
Eight Times When It's Worth It to Pay for a Financial Guru
11:00AM 5/10/2011
Retirement, Investing, Real Estate, Insurance, Credit, Small Business

America is DIY Nation, but in certain financial situations, a do-it-yourself strategy can make a bad situation much worse, because in investing and money matters, most of us don't know what we don't know. Here are eight times in your life when the high stakes demand that you call in the experts.

Forget about cash-stuffed wedding envelopes. A Dutch study suggests brides could pick up an extra half million dollars by doing nothing -- specifically, by not changing their names. Women who kept their maiden names were judged to be more professional, were more likely to win a job, and attracted higher pay, the study showed.
Cutting Wedding Costs With a Little Help From Your Friends
12:30PM 4/17/2011

In 2009, just over two million American couples pledged their eternal troth to each other, and spent more than $40 billion doing it. If the average $24,000-plus cost of a wedding feels steep to you, consider saving some cash and making the day even more special by getting friends and family involved.

With the average cost of a wedding topping $20,000, shaving off a few thousand bucks on the dress could translate into a nicer reception, more guests or a longer honeymoon. So if you're hunting for the perfect wedding gown, consider these tips that may have you skipping down the aisle.
A Pennsylvania man returned $3,600 to a newlywed couple that lost the cash-stuffed envelope sometime after leaving their wedding reception.
When newlyweds David and Ashley Marasco of Bridgeville, Pa., left their wedding reception Sunday they put the cash in their wedding album and drove off --...
It may have added significantly to the cost of the reception, but that didn't sop an Ohio couple from tying the knot with more more than 110 bridesmaids.
The army of bridesmaids at the Saturday wedding of Jill Stapleton and Chad Greenhill could break the world record, reports WSAZ. The most...
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