Sears – Black Friday Deals Before Black Friday 2009! Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25103209@N06/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 I am so looking forward to Black Friday 2009. I’ve been waiting all year for this day to come and boy, with all the hot deals I’ve discovered, I’m afraid I might need an installment loan if I don’t reach my Black ...

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Procrastinator's refrain Image from Flickr. This happens to me every year. Around the beginning of October, I think to myself "I should come up for a good idea for a costume." And then, being a creative type, I sit back and wait for inspiration. I usually don't even decide if I want a Halloween costume to ...

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It's Hardly Predator vs. Prey <img class="size-full wp-image-54096" title="payday loan consumerism" src="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/payday-loan-consumerism.jpg" alt="Consumerism is American. Free market capitalism and payday loans in Greenfield are all part of necessary competition, despite what critics would have you believe. (Photo: flickr.com)" width="300" height="225" />Consumerism is American. Free market capitalism and payday loans in Greenfield are all part of necessary ...

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Not so fast to Southwest Airlines sale Image from Flickr. Yes, Southwest Airlines is having a huge sale on plane tickets. Several round-trip tickets will cost only $50, $75 or $100 if you purchase tickets today through the end of the day Thursday. You can even get one-way tickets for as low as $25. But wait! Before you ...

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NPR's Tovia Smith last week introduced us to Anne Witte, an economics professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Witte co-teaches Econ 223, which is a primer on among other things: credit cards, health insurance and 401 (k) plans. Witte talks with Renee Montagne about the importance of the class.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us Read ...

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