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By Linsey Knerl
Welcome to Wise Bread's Best of Personal Finance roundup. Today, we give you some killer tips for power naps, the lowdown on rechargeable batteries, and 10 uses for wine corks!
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How I Mastered the Power Nap — I LOVE power naps (provided I can do it efficiently). These tips are sure to make the experience worthwhile and headache-free! Lifehacker
Rechargeable Batteries Test — Several top-brand rechargeables were put to the test, to see which ones did the best! See the results (as well as how they were tested), in this revealing article! Tom’s Guide…
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By Linsey Knerl
Welcome to Wise Bread's Best of Personal Finance roundup. Today, we give you the skills to turn cheap steak into a dreamy dinner, 10 tips for making a family room top-notch, and what to do if you owe more taxes than you expected.
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How to Turn Cheap “Choice” Steak into Gucci “Prime” Steak — This technique is awesome, and likely to save some big dollars down the road! See how it’s done, and fear cheap cuts no more! Steamy Kitchen
The Room that Craigslist and Yard Sales Built — Before you write off Craigslist…
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By Paul Michael
Economically, times are still tough. And with healthcare being at the top of a long list of concerns about money, anyone taking medication should invest in a small gadget that can literally save you a small fortune every year. The gadget in question…a simple pill splitter.
Recently I changed jobs and with the change came a rise in my healthcare costs, particularly for medication that I have to take. But never one to just accept the change and pay the extra price, I looked at my options.
I wondered…could I just split a higher dose of the…
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By Linsey Knerl
It’s a common practice: You leave the office for any amount of time (a week, an hour, etc.) and you set up a nice little out-of-office email reply so people don’t wonder why you haven’t replied back in a timely fashion. You think you’re being proactive, even professional. But could you be risking your personal information and possibly even your safety?
How Companies (and others) Get Your Info
I’ve managed several newsletter subscriptions for companies (including my own) over the years. For the most part, I’ve never required that people give me much of their own information…
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By Margaret Garcia...
I just obtained back from investing two weeks in 1 of America’st expensive cities, staying in 1 of that city’s toniest neighborhoods, for free. You can do it too, you know.
It’s true. I spent two weeks in San Francisco and stayed on the north aspect of town (Russian Hill) and I didn’t invest a dime on accommodations. What did I do? I house sat a large national historic landmark house belonging to friends of mine although they had been away. Hotel stays in that region can run easily in the almost 300 bucks a evening assortment.…
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By Nora Dunn
Is your high school-aged child looking for something different? Are they curious about various cultures and standards around the world? Would they excel in a fast-paced school abroad that focuses on world issues, communication, community projects, and studying alongside students from dozens of other countries? If so, United World College could be a good fit. And for a school abroad, you may be surprised at the sticker price — or lack thereof.
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United World College (UWC) has 12 colleges on five continents. Most of them are pre-university programs, which take place during the last two…
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By Nora Dunn
Ssshh: don’t bother me. I’m busy doing my Christmas shopping and accumulating enough frequent flyer miles to pay for two overseas flights — in business class.
I’ve just finished reading Chris Guillebeau’s Frequent Flyer Master. This e-book professes to give you the tools to attain free travel anywhere, and features a “one free plane ticket” guarantee: with a small investment of your time practicing some of the tips in this e-book, you can earn enough frequent flyer miles to take at least one free trip a year.
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Just in case you don’t know who Chris Guillebeau…
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By Sierra Black
Dear Wainwright Bank,
You appear to have stolen my grocery money.
I was surprised and alarmed to see, when I checked my bank balance this morning, that I had been charged $92.97 in overdraft fees. My statement clearly shows that no overdraft took place.
I showed my bank statements to a manager at your Davis Sq branch and asked her to explain what had happened. Her explanation was long and convoluted. Ultimately she gave me to understand that:
my bank statement is not an accurate reflection of the transactions on my account
you don’t process any transactions…
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