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Education Tips

How to Document Your Auto Insurance Claim

Tweet Quick thinking and accurate documentation can save you money. You’ve just had an accident with your car. Everybody is okay, but your car took a beating. If your auto

Consumer Financing

What You Need to Know About Debt Consolidation

Tweet Consolidating your debt can save you money. If you are in debt, you may be looking for ways to reduce the amount you owe in a bid to retire

Tax Tips

How to Pay Your Quarterly Estimated Taxes

Tweet Estimating and paying your quarterly federal taxes. Local taxes, too, sometimes must be paid, giving self-employed individuals a lot to keep track of during the course of the calendar

Money Management

What You Need to Know About Credit Unions

Tweet Should you put your money in a credit union? Unlike most banks, credit unions are member-owned financial institutions and are democratically controlled by its members. Credit unions exist to

Money News

JOBS Act and Your Small Business

Tweet Bipartisan support and a presidential signature. In the case of the JOBS or Jumpstart Our Business Startups bill signed into law last Thursday by President Obama, both sides can

Consumer Financing

How to Respond to Debit Card Fraud

Tweet When it comes to debit cards, you may find that fraud isn’t as common, but it still needs to be reported and handled to protect your rights. 1. Notify

Savings

How to Buy a Savings Bond

Tweet Since introduced in 1935, U.S. savings bonds have provided a secure investment for Americans holding them. When held to maturity, a U.S. savings bond can outperform the typical savings

Home Financing

Bank of America Tests Foreclosure Option

Tweet Helping consumers through the mortgage crisis. The bank’s “mortgage to lease” option is being made available to more than 1,000 homeowners in New York, Arizona and Nevada, potentially giving

Education Tips

How to Restore Your Once Good Credit

Tweet Your once good credit may have been hammered in the recent recession as you endured job loss, a home foreclosure, medical bills or other problems that sent your credit

Consumer Financing

ATM Card Activation Tips

Tweet Instead of waiting for your bank to open, you can access your money through an electronic teller machine that is tied in with your network or use other ATMs

Tax Tips

How to Report Restaurant Tax Tips

Tweet One in an occasional series of articles about your taxes. The IRS requires restaurant workers to claim all tip income received. This includes tips you received from charge customers

Education Tips

How to Save Money on Almost Anything

Tweet Savvy consumers know that there are ways to save money on almost anything available for sale. Yes, you may need to do some negotiating, but by opening your mouth

Business Services

4 Simple and Easy to Apply Business Tips

Tweet Indeed, Apple, Google and Mattel each got started in a garage and are now among the largest businesses in the world. You may not have have plans to become

Credit Cards

How to Get a Credit Card When Your Credit Score is Low

Tweet With such restrictions in place, obtaining any credit becomes a daunting prospect, but if you look around carefully, you may be able to secure affordable credit. Let’s explore your

Autos Express

5 Money Saving Car Care Strategies

Tweet To that end, the following care care tips are offered to help you keep your car running and looking its very best: 1. Start With Your Owner’s Manual –  Your