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Today show financial editor Jean Chatzky -- author of DailyFinance's "Family Money" column -- has a new book titled Money Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security. On Wednesday, she spoke with Matt Lauer, explaining the easy principles she recommends.

With the advent of the "new iPad," the role of technology in streamlining our lives is in the forefront of many people's minds. On the Today show, digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong discussed eight websites, apps and gadgets that you can use to help you save and manage your money.

When it comes to saving money, too many of us try to cut expenses in the short term in ways that are almost guaranteed to cost us much more down the road. On NBC's Today Show, personal finance expert Jean Chatzky talks about how to avoid seven big mistakes that fall into the category of penny wise, but dollar foolish.

NBC's Today profiles one American family living just above the poverty line, but quite happily and comfortably. Watch author and self-professed cheapskate Jeff Yeager's take on such extreme thriftiness to see if you can learn anything from Jennifer and Michael, who claim to have found a simpler, more satisfying existence.

Thin is in this season -- flat-screen televisions are shaping up to be among the hottest holiday gifts. Prices are at unheard-of lows, and supply is still ahead of demand, but there's another reason for their current popularity.

Author and real estate pundit Barbara Corcoran says that cities like Denver, will be the first to bounce back from the housing slump. "It's really the perfect real estate success story," she said. "It had one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation for years running, and now they've cut that...

With homes in foreclosure and careers in limbo, more kids are moving back in with their parents.But not recent college graduates: No, the new boomerang kids are moving back in with mom and dad after a couple decades on their own. According to the AARP, the number of multi-generational households...

Todd Davis, the CEO of the oft-criticized LifeLock identity theft service, appeared on the Today Show to discuss the current lawsuit his company is facing. Todd claims that the hundred or so LifeLock customers who have been victims of identity theft, are huge fans of LifeLock since the service...

While many people blog just for fun, for others, this is serious business. There are blogs that are easily recognized as business ventures (like this one). And there are many that maybe aren't so quickly dubbed to be commercial enterprises."Mommy blogging" is one of the fastest-growing an most...

I find that some of the most educated and experienced people I know don't understand how credit scores are determined and maintained. It seems that this score which essentially controls your ability to achieve the "American Dream" is a mystery to most people. The slew of advice makes it even...