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Erase Credit Card Debt

By | March 10th, 2014|Categories: Econo-YOU, Life in Numbers|Tags: , , , , , , |

  Rely on your emotions to help free yourself of credit card debt. Question: If your credit card balance is $1000, carries a 24 percent interest rate, and you send in a 2 percent minimum on time each month — how long will it take to pay the card off completely? Answer: Never, says [...]

Raise Kids Who Grow Up to Be Rich

By | December 29th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Kids & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

  You can use chocolate candies today to raise kids who earn more money. Use chocolate candies to teach math today and raise your kids to be rich tomorrow. Because kids with reading and math scores at age 7 are likely to earn more money in adulthood, according to research from the University of [...]

Whose Kids Are Smarter? Stay Home vs. Working Moms

By | December 29th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Working Moms & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In today's edition of the topic we call Mom-Nonsense, we'll cover the debate about whether working or staying home is better for babies and present new evidence that....IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. Yes, ladies, we'll have to come up with another measure by which we can judge each other (organic cooking, perhaps?) because statistics from the U.S. [...]

Weight-Loss Danger Drugs: Holiday 2014

By | December 26th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Health & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We all want to believe in weight loss miracles this season but these drugs could have your new hot-bod covered in a hospital gown for causing serious problems.

Computer Virus Scam: Get Your Money Back

By | November 13th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Recalls and Scams|Tags: , , , , , |

If you get a call from a guy claiming to be from Microsoft, hang up. Don't worry if you got scammed from the guy with the accent claiming to be from Microsoft - the guy does speak with great urgency -- because you're not alone. So many people believed and bought into that one that the [...]

How to Negotiate a Flexible Work Schedule

By | November 7th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Random, Working Moms & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Flextime can enhance your life and build your company's bottom line. Here's how to negotiate.

Cost of Kids: Can You Afford Another Baby?

By | October 30th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Families & The Economy|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Of course you should have a another child! Babies are cuddly and they smell good after baths. But if you're determined to make your decision based on economics - not emotions - here's what you need to know.

Pay Pennies for Green Energy from Your Power Company

By | October 11th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, House & Money, Random|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Powering your home with green energy doesn't build a windmill in your backyard; your run-in-the-mill power company can provide power generated by wind, sun and even piles of garbage.

Caller Posing as Your Power Company – SCAM

By | September 30th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Mom-o-nomics|Tags: , , , , , |

If someone calls claiming your power will be cut off, think twice before paying. In the latest scam, someone from your utility company will call and threaten to cut off your power, writes the Jennifer Leach, a consumer education specialist for Federal Trade Commission, on the agency's site. Caller ID, she says, will display a [...]

Disciplined say “What-the-Hell” to Debt

By | September 29th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Shopping & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

It's the strongest dieters and debtors who slip and say, "What the hell?"