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Tag: money

  • Kintsugi
  • September 22, 2021

10 Things You Shouldn’t Buy Used

by Bruce Horovitz, AARP, Updated September 16, 2021 AARP asked the experts. We reached out to three thrift specialists who have each written books about garage sales and savvy spending on used

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  • Kintsugi
  • January 20, 2021

Suze Orman Says These Are The Biggest Money No-Nos

 By Esther Trattner April. 07, 2020 Here are 34 major money don’ts — straight from the expert. Don’t be too quick to buy a home Don’t lease a car Don’t cosign a loan Don’t put

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

6 Household Bills You Didn’t Know You Could Negotiate

Alina Bradford Before you begin cutting deals, be sure to do your homework. That means reviewing your bills first, so you know how much you’re currently being charged for a product or service, an

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 27, 2020November 5, 2025

Buy, Buy, Buy!

This morning (it is now about 10 am) I opened my main email and counted 112 new messages. Of the first 50, 30 were urging me to buy something. Clothing, books, office products, furniture, food, wha

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

How to Avoid Spending Too Much

Here are some things I’ve learned over the years that helped me get out of debt, avoid spending too much when I did shop, and not be sucked in by the lures of advertising. The examples below are

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NY Times

  • New York Times Wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes
  • Pulitzer Prizes: 2026 Winners List
  • More Than 150 Wind Projects Stall as Pentagon Delays Reviews
  • White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released
  • Mark Carney Pulls Canada Closer to Europe as Both Struggle With Trump

NPR

  • Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
  • Timmy the stranded whale rescued after weekslong effort
  • Why PEPFAR's top scientist stepped down
  • Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline
  • Giving coffee a jolt could help assess its quality

The Progressive

  • In Chile, Latin America’s Latest Far-Right Leader Takes the Stage
  • Waking Up the Possums
  • Let’s Get Ready for the Next Pandemic
  • The Equity Docket: Black Americans’ Stolen Past
  • The Battle to Close Ridglan Farms

FactCheck.org

  • RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
  • Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment
  • Providing Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
  • Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award
  • The Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety

Snopes.com

  • Did Trump say people should 'only drive downhill' to save gas?
  • Did Elizabeth Warren sell Spirit Airlines stock before budget carrier went out of business? Here's the truth
  • Don't put faith in claim Florida man was arrested after trying to 'baptize' alligator in Waffle House
  • 8 claims about Chief Justice John Roberts from our archives
  • Did Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman say he became Christian after moon mission?

Tradeoffs

  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
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