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To Shred or Not to Shred – Protect Your Identity at BBB’s Annual Secure Your ID Day

Posted on 4/3/2012 by
In honor of National Financial Literacy Month, Better Business Bureau will hold a nationwide “Secure Your ID” Day on Saturday, April 21, 2012. Individuals and small businesses are encouraged to stop at one of the dozens of locations across North America set up by BBB for free document shredding. BBB staff [...]

Green Millionaire Scam Halted That Claimed Free Gas for Life and Charged Consumers

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show

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Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada
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The Federal Trade Commission put a stop to an online operation that allegedly lured consumers with a supposedly “free” book falsely promising that it would show them how to power their cars and homes [...]

Someone Thought It Was Smart To Grow Marijuana Inside A Meijer Store

It’s quite a leafy news day, in terms of pot-related shenanigans going down. But in this case, the drugs weren’t being dealt online, but grown in a seemingly very public place — specifically, a nail salon located inside a Meijer store near Ann Arbor, Mich. Perhaps [...]

Inside the Growing Prescription Pill Epidemic That’s Ravaging Communities

Judith Poor’s headstone

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Judith T Poor lies here. Her headstone has almost joined her. I love looking through the camera’s photos after handing it off to a ten year old – every now and then, you get a true gem. I love the composition of this shot.

What started out as a situation in poor [...]

Join us on the Big Ride and make cycling a political priority | Mike Cavenett

Green

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I found this image on the page of Channel4. Read about it here.
Don’t have a clue who made this photo. I like it. As always, Green looks fresh and cool.
I am sure the new CD will be fantastic.

Politicians – especially Boris Johnson – need to act on cycling safety, and a [...]

Loan analysis made easy with Consumer Finance BlackBerry App Video

www.businesscompassllc.com Loan Analysis just got easier! Consumer Finance BlackBerry App Video Auto Finance 1. Amortization 2. Comparison 3. Lease 4. Lease vs. buy 5. Hybrid break even point analysis Home Finance 1. Affordability 2. APR 3. Amortization 4. Comparison 5. Cost 6. Duration 7. Qualification College 1. Consolidation 2. Amortization 3. Comparison What if Graphs [...]

The Supermarket Tricks You Need To Avoid To Save While Shopping

You might have a good set of tactics while shopping at your local supermarket. But are you savvy to the subtle ways food stores (and other retailers) get you to buy more? There might be a few tricks you’ve fallen prey to in the past.
Our fellow [...]

Top Tips to Get Your Finances in Order

Posted on 4/10/2012 by
The FINRA National Financial Capability Study recently looked at the spending and saving habits of Americans and came up with some startling information:
Most Americans lack emergency savings or “rainy day” funds. Only 49 percent of survey respondents reported that they had set aside funds sufficient to cover expenses for three months [...]

A reimagined Windows – Windows consumer preview video

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Tutorial on how calculating producer and consumer surplus with a price ceiling and how to calculate deadweight loss. Like us on: www.facebook.com
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Study Says The More Walmarts In The Area, The More Hate Groups There Are

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show

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Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada
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This one’s sure to boil some blood over at Walmart headquarters: A new study says there’s a significant correlation between the amount of Walmart stores [...]