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By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 4:10PM 4/12/2012
If your love affair with Vampire Weekend only lasted for a weekend, or if you're no longer a believer in Justin Bieber, Amazon.com has a way out for you. The online retail giant has added CDs to the long list of used gear it will take in trade.
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 6:30AM 3/22/2012
There are plenty of Peyton Manning stocks -- mature companies that investors avoid -- even though they're still strong.
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 12:25PM 12/30/2011
The next time you find yourself "wasting" hours going through clips on YouTube, start thinking about the ways that you could make money through online videos. There's definitely profit to be had for the enterprising souls who make them.
By Robyn Gearey, The Motley Fool
| 4:30PM 7/29/2011
Between thrift stores, consignment shops, and the vast bazaar of the Internet, you almost never have to pay full price for any item you might desire. Here are eight things it's especially smart to shop for secondhand -- as well as those special cases in which you'll want to pony up and buy it new.
| 2:30PM 7/18/2011
As the unemployment rate climbed yet again during this seemingly endless recession, desperate job seekers need to be extra careful not to get sucker punched by bogus help wanted ads.
Many of these phony help wanted listings, the Better Business Bureau warns, are designed to extract upfront fees or...
| 7:00AM 6/27/2011
If all you need is $5 worth of expert help, Fiverr has your number. For the price of a fast-food combo meal, this online marketplace will connect you with someone to proofread your business plan, repair an HTML bug, or whatever you might need. With 500,000 listings, it seems almost any service can be sold in $5 increments.
| 9:00AM 6/15/2011
Technology buy-back programs may be a good way to keep up with the Joneses, but the U.S. Better Business Bureau cautioned consumers to examine the advantages and disadvantages before locking into a program.
Retailers like Best Buy, Radio Shack and Walmart have buy-back programs designed to keep...
| 8:30AM 4/14/2011
For sexually active women and men who use contraception, the cost of birth control ranges from $10 to $100 or more a month. That's not terribly high, but in tough economic times, the impact of that expense is magnified. Here are options and prices for avoiding an unplanned pregnancy.
| 10:00AM 2/23/2011
Rental scams are still haunting consumers -- targeting renter and landlord alike -- and giving rise to new warnings, especially for those using the free classified site Craigslist.
The Better Business Bureau is reporting an increase in complaints about rental scams and suggests those on both sides...
| 2:00PM 2/18/2011
A Romanian con artist who helped defraud consumers with fake listings on sites like eBay and Craigslist pleaded guilty before a U.S. District Judge to one count each of wire fraud and conspiracy for his role in transferring and hiding the proceeds of an international crime ring.
Adrian Ghighina, a...