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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Grown Up Fudge
If you’re in a rush to get some last minute gifts together, either for a friend or a coworker, or you just want to get down with your bad self in the kitchen, fudge is an awesome holiday present. Although the fudge is easy to prepare, you do want to budget enough time for the…
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How’s Your Holiday Budget Looking?
We’re smack dab in the middle of the holiday season. How are you doing on your spending goals? I’ve never been one to go on a huge spending spree during the holidays. Don’t get me wrong ‘“ I love to give and receive gifts. However, I just don’t see the point of…
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Bagging up the Savings
More and more grocery stores are offering a discount or financial incentive for shoppers who bring in their own bags. Reusable bags save stores money and are a more ecologically friendly alternative. Many stores now have affordable bags available near the cash registers, making it easy to accumulate a collection of practical and inexpensive shopping…
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Craigslist, Ebay and other Ways to Make Cash on the Side
Queercents.com is back and we thought it would be good to start out with an article about money making in these tough times. In today’s tight economy, many people are finding themselves in need of extra money due to a job loss, higher bills or other worries. While fewer people are spending, you may still…
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Queercents bids farewell for now.
After drawing 1.5 million page views with nearly 2,500 posts from over 50 contributors; Queercents is taking a time out. More precisely, its leader needed a break. Since 2006, Queercents has consumed my early mornings and a good deal of my weekends, but it’s time to pass the torch to someone better equipped to write…
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Inflationary Fears
Growing up, we never discussed the stock market. It just wasn’t part of my household, my neighborhood, or (to my recollection) the national zeitgeist. My parents probably had some money tucked away in a mutual fund or two that were recommended by my Uncle. The Sunday newspaper had a thick section filled with the weekly…
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My Financial Implosion: What to do with a Windfall
‘œSpending is quick, earning is slow.’ ‘“ Russian Proverb For the past eight years, my wife and I have been self-employed. We correspond at least quarterly with our CPA to ensure that we pay the correct amounts on our estimated taxes. Since our business income and expenses can vary so wildly, we’ve pretty…
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Subscriptions Got You Down?
Or more likely the cost of your subscriptions getting you down… just got the annual renewal for The Economist… $109… Ouch! I think most everyone has subscribed to a magazine or twelve in their life and while it is much cheaper than buying individual copies on the news stand is it really worth it? Sigh……
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Young People Hardest Hit By Unemployment
I was astounded last week to read statistics that show that people ages 16-24 have been the hardest hit by unemployment during the recession. Although a slew of economists are claiming that the recession is over and we’re headed into recovery, the New York Post is reporting that: The unemployment rate for young Americans has…
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