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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 [...]

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

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show Image by David Berkowitz Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada (cc) David Berkowitz – www.marketersstudio.com / www.twitter.com/dberkowitz 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Inside the Growing Prescription Pill Epidemic That’s Ravaging Communities

Judith Poor’s headstone Image by jronaldlee 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 [...]

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

Green Image by Marco Raaphorst 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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A reimagined Windows – Windows consumer preview video

Video Rating: 3 / 5 Tutorial on how calculating producer and consumer surplus with a price ceiling and how to calculate deadweight loss. Like us on: www.facebook.com Video Rating: 4 / 5 A reimagined Windows – Windows consumer preview video is a post from: Consumer News Info

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Study Says The More Walmarts In The Area, The More Hate Groups There Are

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show Image by David Berkowitz Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada (cc) David Berkowitz – www.marketersstudio.com / www.twitter.com/dberkowitz 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 [...]

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Report: Best Buy CEO Probed Over Relationship With Female Employee

The plot continues to thicken in the story surrounding this week’s sudden departure of Best Buy CEO Brian “I Like My Burgers Well” Dunn. As some had suspected when he stepped down on Tuesday under the cloud of a “personal conduct” probe, new reports claim that [...]

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Ethical living: how do I water my homegrown veg?

Green Image by K2D2vaca I was going to entitle this "Field of Gold." I decided not to for 2 reasons… 1) it’s not too golden…it’s much more green 2) there are too many Sting references in photo titles already on Flickr So, until I can think of a better title, it’s just "Green" View on Black See my other shot from [...]

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What do companies do with the gold and coins they buy from consumers?

Question by lahdiva1369: What do companies do with the gold and coins they buy from consumers? I have some old coins I’m thinking of taking to one of these “We Buy . . .” fairs—some from the 1800s—and I suddenly wondered what do these companies actually do with all this stuff they buy? Melt it [...]

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Florida Town Goes All ‘Footloose’: Bans Nightclubs, Dance Halls & Skating Rinks

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show Image by David Berkowitz Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada (cc) David Berkowitz – www.marketersstudio.com / www.twitter.com/dberkowitz Heaven forbid anyone have any fun in Weston, Fla.: In a preemptive effort to ward off trouble, a new ordinance specifically bans any nightclubs, dance [...]

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Best Buy CEO Resigned Under ‘Personal Conduct’ Cloud

Earlier today, the retail world woke up to the news that Best Buy CEO Brian “My Job Here is” Dunn had resigned from his position as the head of the electronics retailer. But new statements released by the company shed a bit of light on just [...]

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BBB Warns Consumers and Businesses About Phishing Scam

Posted on 4/3/2012 by Arlington, VA – April 3, 2012 – The Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) issued the following statement today: “For the past 4+ months, BBB has been the victim of a massive phishing scam that uses our name and logo to fool people into thinking the email is from BBB concerning [...]

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GOP: Killing Vulnerable Americans with Kindness – Literally

As a favor to struggling Americans, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., proposed a federal budget last week ravaging programs for the poor, elderly, disabled, young, veterans, jobless, students and other vulnerable people. Ryan did it, he said, because these programs, food stamps, health insurance, Pell grants, veteran’s hospitals and the like are demeaning. Yes, demeaning. So Ryan [...]

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Perhaps “Bank Of America” Should Change its Name to “Anything For a Buck Bank”

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show Image by David Berkowitz Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada (cc) David Berkowitz – www.marketersstudio.com / www.twitter.com/dberkowitz It is no wonder that consumer’s wonder why phantom debt collectors call about debts already paid. I’ve read stories on Bank of America foreclosing on homes that the mortgage was paid off on and [...]

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Couple Banned from Telemarketing, Timeshare Resale Services

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show Image by David Berkowitz Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada (cc) David Berkowitz – www.marketersstudio.com / www.twitter.com/dberkowitz The Federal Trade Commission put the telemarketing and timeshare businesses off-limits to a south Florida couple who allegedly operated a deceptive telemarketing scheme that victimized property owners hoping to sell their timeshares. Pasquale Pappalardo and [...]

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Consumers borrowed more in Feb., but card debt declined – USA TODAY

CES 2012 – Consumer Electronics Show Image by David Berkowitz Consumer Electronics Show 2012 – Las Vegas, Nevada (cc) David Berkowitz – www.marketersstudio.com / www.twitter.com/dberkowitz USA TODAY Consumers borrowed more in Feb., but card debt declinedUSA TODAYThe Federal Reserve said Friday that consumer increased borrowing by .7 billion, sixth straight monthly increase. The jump in borrowing was driven by an [...]

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Q&A: What kind of image do you think Abercrombie & Fitch conveys to its consumers?

Question by Lady: What kind of image do you think Abercrombie & Fitch conveys to its consumers? I am doing a research project on Abercrombie & Fitch and i want to know what image does the store presents to its consumers. What kind of person would buy these clothes, and what image do they want to [...]

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Encouraging Consumers to Eat Less Meat by Ziba

As part of GOOD Ideas for Cities Portland, Ziba presents their idea for encouraging the citizens of Portland to eat less meat. The team is then joined for a Q&A with GOOD Ideas for Cities’ Alissa Walker and Steve Cohen, Sustainable Food Policy and Programs of City of Portland. Challenge: A reduction of the amount [...]

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Guess What, Folks? Pink Slime Isn’t The Only Food With Ammonia In It

During the recent outpouring of “eww, that’s gross” over pink slime, Americans had a collective freakout over ammonia-treated beef. But hey, why not expand the revulsion with this tasty tidbit: Foods including cheese, baked goods and chocolate products are also involved with ammonia. Reuters says that [...]

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White House ‘Tax Receipt’ Shows Where Your Tax Dollars Are Being Spent

With only a few days to go before we’re all supposed to have filed out tax returns, the White House has launched an updated version of its interactive Tax Receipt to show people where their tax dollars are going. Speaking earlier today at an event attended by [...]

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Sega Dreamcast just days away from release

Sega’s last attempt as a console / game developer was rollin out the Dreamcast on 9/9/99 Video Rating: 4 / 5 Question by Im The Best: What are 5 producers, 6 consumers, and 3 decomposers in the ocean? Im doing a biology report and i need 5 producers, 6 consumers, and 3 decomposers of the ocean? Best answer: Answer [...]

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