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Filed under: Technology, MediaTom Dart's crusade against Craigslist appears to have come to a close. The Cook County, Ill., sheriff sought to have the online classified site's erotic section shut down, filing suit in federal court to close what he called the "single largest source of prostitution in the nation." He didn't get much help from the judge, however, who dismissed the lawsuit, according
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Filed under: Company News, Healthcare, PfizerPfizer Inc. (PFE) sure is no stranger to finding itself in court. The pharmaceutical giant is constantly defending its practices and drugs, often ending up paying millions if not billions in damages -- even admitting to felony criminal charges. Pfizer has also inherited lawsuits with some of the companies it has purchased. It's recent $68 billion mega
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Many of you have asked for life insurance information, so Ray from Financial Highway offered to provide this guest post on the subject. This is new info for me, too.Protecting your family from financial disasters is one of the fundamental components of financial planning. Life insurance should be a core part of that planning process. This article is a basic primer on life insurance, which should
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I’m in the process of consolidating all of my investments under one roof. This includes:My Roth IRA (currently with Sharebuilder)My profit-sharing pension through the family box factory (currently with Vanguard)My self-employed 401(k) (now at Fidelity)My non-retirement accounts (scattered hither and yon)Between these accounts I have a large sum to invest. I don’t know the exact total
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This is a guest post from Philip Brewer of Wise Bread. For today only, Wise Bread is giving away $15 Ebates bonuses and a chance to win one of five Flip Cams with the purchase of their new book 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget.A bon vivant is a person who lives well — someone who enjoys the best things in life, especially with regard to food and drink. The stereotypical bon viv
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While driving to our monthly book group discussion on Saturday, Kris and I had a conversation with our friend Courtney. Courtney’s family is beginning to feel a financial squeeze. Her husband’s employer is cutting jobs. To keep working, he’ll have to take a pay cut and move back to the position he left a couple of years ago.“I’ve started to read personal finance book
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Last week, Jonathan B. sent me the following e-mail:Maybe I’m just not seeing it, but is there a way for you to put up a consolidated list of your favorite personal finance books? This can include ones you found entertaining, made the biggest impact on your personal finance goals, etc.I shared a list of my favorite money books once before, but that was over two years ago. I’ve read d
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Kris and I recently bought another side of beef. Well, to be more accurate, we purchased one third of a cow. Every year, we go in with several other families to split an animal. This year, our portion of the purchase comprised:46 pounds of lean hamburger (in 24 packs)36-1/8 pounds of roasts (in 10 packs)31-1/4 pounds of steak (in 20 packs)We also received 2-1/4 pounds of beef tongue that we’
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This post is from GRS staff writer April Dykman.On 02 August 2005, my friend Frank and his partner awoke at 2:45 a.m. to the dog barking and a neighbor knocking on their door. The apartment complex was on fire. They grabbed their dog and whatever they could carry and ran from the building.“We lost everything,” he says. Later they’d find out that it was arson. A former employee o
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Sure, you can grab a hot dog or slice of pizza in New York for cheap, but a balanced meal for $10 or less? In Manhattan? That's the idea behind the new site CheapEatery.com. But does the food pass the test? Our panel of judges--former staffers of the recently closed, Gourmet magazine, let you know.
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