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15 great things you can get for free

Fri, May 17, 2013 4:13 PM
by Melissa Breyer
Whoever said 'There's no such thing as a free lunch,' is just wrong.

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March 2013 job report is bleak
Fri, Apr 05, 2013 12:05 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
Only 88,000 new jobs were added to the economy last month, a significant drop from February’s numbers.
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Today's abandoned silo is tomorrow's rock-climbing center
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 3:40 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
Silo City Rocks will turn an antique grain elevator on the Buffalo River in New York into a state-of-the-art climbing facility.
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Short-term unemployment can have long-term consequences
Thu, Apr 04, 2013 12:28 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
A new study from The Pew Charitable Trusts examines the association between unemployment and upward mobility.
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10 crazy tax deductions allowed by the IRS

Wed, Apr 03, 2013 11:22 AM by David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily

From moving the family pet to getting breast implants, here are some of the oddest deductions justified to the IRS.
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What if you can't pay your tax bill? [Video]
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 2:39 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
Taxpayers have less than two weeks left to file their 2012 tax returns on time but what should you do if you can't pay your tax bill?
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How teen entrepreneur cultivated a thriving 'weed' franchise

Tue, Apr 02, 2013 12:48 PM by David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily

Combining perseverance, hard work and research helped Gairad DeCastro become a successful landscaping entrepreneur by age 24.
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Cash incentives boost employee weight loss
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 12:11 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
CVS management should look closely at the results of a new study, which shows that group-based cash incentives help promote healthy habits.
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Printable organic and natural food coupons
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 5:40 PM by Robin Shreeves
It’s no April Fool’s joke. The number of coupons for natural and organic products seems to be shrinking. So get them while you can.
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Could we all work part time?
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 2:00 PM by Starre Vartan
Technology promised that we would work less in the future; instead the reverse has happened. But there's an alternative.
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CFPB releases 90,000 financial complaints
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 12:43 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database has expanded from 19,000 entries to 90,000.
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The Node Pole: Green data centers in Sweden
Fri, Mar 29, 2013 12:36 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
Northern Sweden is the ideal location for major data centers – it's got renewable energy and plenty of cold air.
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Encouraging female leaders [Video]
Thu, Mar 28, 2013 3:36 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
44% of 8-year-old girls want to be leaders when they grow up, even though women leaders are woefully underrepresented in society.
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Why food takes a bite out of workers' wallets

Thu, Mar 28, 2013 1:17 PM by Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily

Going out to lunch and spending money on snacks during the workday sucks serious money out of employees' wallets.
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St. Louis: Fastest-growing city for tech jobs
Thu, Mar 28, 2013 12:15 PM by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
If you're looking for a technology job, you may want to consider moving to St. Louis, Missouri.
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It pays to shop around for prescription drugs

Thu, Mar 28, 2013 7:40 AM by Catherine Winters, MyHealthNewsDaily

When secret shoppers called more than 200 U.S. pharmacies to check the price of 5 top-selling drugs, they discovered an overall 447 percent difference.
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