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An 11-year-old Dutch boy has gone where many of the best economic minds in Europe have feared to tread and proposed a radical solution to the European single currency's problems -- using a pizza as his inspiration.

Applying for financial aid is a byzantine process that frustrates even the smartest whiz kid. Now there's a contest geared toward finding new ways toward simplifying the process -- and you get to vote on the idea you think is best. The Get Schooled College Affordability Challenge is a national...

Have you been looking for an added incentive to drop your debt and start living a better financial life? Well if the lack of credit card payments and money spent on interest isn't enough Mint.com's new Drop Your Debt Challenge is prepared to put Mint's money where your wallet is and give you a kick...

Being the selfish person I am, the first thing I thought when I saw that the Swedish furniture store IKEA was having a contest offering a one-year sabbatical and $100,000 to advance a project that improves the lives of others, was "Cool, I could really kick back for a year and do a lot of deep...

In every real estate downturn, some home owner whose having a hard time selling their home has what they think is an original (and brilliant) idea: Hold a sweepstakes and raffle off the house! Just charge $1,000 a ticket and require that at least 300 of them be sold before you turn over your keys,...

If you've thought about getting rid of your paper statement and you're a Citibank customer, your bank has an offer for you. Customers who request online statements or online letters -- instead of paper correspondence -- before July 10 are eligible to win $5,000. There will be six cash prizes of...

One Million dollars. That's the prize that 24-year-old Wade McGilberry of Semmes, Alabama won for pitching a perfect game. If you didn't hear the news on ESPN, don't worry, Wade isn't a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He is a video game record setter, who pitched his perfect game in MLB 2K10,...

Parents, if you didn't include talking about the dangers of entering online contests with your children when you told them about safe surfing practices now's the time. Cyber Defender just sent WalletPop a warning about a tweet that sounds too good to be true, but may prove too tempting for your...

"Brands have a dramatic power on people." Eran Gefen, the creator of MyBrandz told WalletPop in a phone interview, explaining why his new social network for brand lovers is enjoying early success. "People love brands as people love movie stars," Gefen said. At the end of the day, he said, it isn't...

It's a gimmick to gain attention for their company, but if you're the one who wins, who cares? On Monday, April 5, InCharge Debt Solutions, a nonprofit credit counseling and debt solutions company, is launching a contest in honor of Financial Literacy Month to help one of the more impoverished of...