Five Best Banks for High-Interest Savings Accounts

Just because the banks are having a hard time handling their money doesn't mean you have to: you just have to pick the bank offering the best type of savings account to make your money work for you. Here's a look at five …

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Use Separate Accounts for Simple Bucket Budgeting

The bucket method makes spending and saving very simple, because it divides your money into your budget categories in a very clear way.

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Use Separate Accounts for Simple Bucket Budgeting

Jamie Court: Facebook Money? Will the Feds Stop Facebook's Power …

When a company with a half billion customers moves from being the social network into gaining a financial grip over consumers and web developers, Pandora's box is open.

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Top 10 Ways to Save Money with Your Smartphone

Your smartphone might be an expensive pocket computer, but it can help make up for its high price tag by cutting costs in other ways.

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Microsoft chasing Apple app lead with money | Microsoft – CNET News

Trailing badly in the number of apps available for Windows Phones, Microsoft is hosting code camps to help creative developers gin up must-have programs. Read this blog post by Jay Greene on Microsoft.

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Free Money Finance: Religions and Money

For those of you new to Free Money Finance, I post on The Bible and Money every Sunday. Here's why

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Free Money Finance: Religions and Money

Free Money Finance: 10 Biggest Money Wasters

CNN Money lists the 10 biggest money wasters as follows: ATM fees Lottery tickets Gourmet coffee Cigarettes Infomercial impulse buys Brand-name groceries Eating out Unused gym memberships Daily internet deals Bundled …

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China May loans slow, money growth at 30-month lows

China’s money growth slowed to a 30-month low in May and banks extended fewer new loans than expected as monetary policy weighed on bank lending, but stubborn inflation is expected to persuade the government to keep its foot on the credit brakes.

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‘Blood money’ frees CIA contractor in Pakistan

A lawyer for the families of two Pakistani men killed by an American CIA contractor says the United States paid $2.34 million in “blood money” to secure the man’s release.

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Review: The Money Book For Freelancers

It took me a long time to get through The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers, and the Self-Employed . That’s not usually high praise for a book, but in this case I mean it to be.

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