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It's widely known that millionaires and billionaires pay taxes at a lower rate than those of us who make much less. But did you know that Americans collectively pay far higher income tax rates than many U.S. companies with billions of dollars in profits?

CSI: NY actor and author Hill Harper dispenses can't-buy-happiness philosophy in his new book The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place. It's a guide that doesn't promise to get you rich quick, but to quickly help your life get richer.

The next time you book a flight with a connection, keep your cellphone handy with the ringer as loud as it%u2019ll go %u2014 you could get a call for a cheap up-sell on a direct fare.

By SmartMoney 1. "We were in the right place at the right time." In the hit movie "The Social Network," a college student dumped by his girlfriend reacts by building a crude precursor to "Thefacebook" website. And while Mark Zuckerberg, the entrepreneur portrayed, has said the girlfriend...

By Catey Hill, SmartMoney.com 1. This is illegal in Canada An hour after munching on some light potato chips -- made with fat substitute olestra -- Debra Jaliman, 55, a Manhattan dermatologist, found herself so sick with abdominal cramps that she had to cancel her slate of patients. Reactions...

By Jami Makan, SMARTMONEY MAGAZINE 1. "Recession? We hardly noticed." Outlet stores date back more than a century, to when factories offered discounts on excess and damaged shoes and clothing to employees -- and later the public, too. Menswear manufacturer Anderson-Little opened one of the first...

In a recent study, Smart Money compared various fast-food items on the basis of how much they cost for each 100 calories. The study found that the cheapest items usually had the fattiest calories, while the most expensive ones were much healthier. In a particularly surprising twist the falling...

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