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Better than Water?

September 23rd, 2015

You have spent a long day outdoors and you feel very hot and dehydrated. You decide that you need something to cool you down. So in order to quench your thirst what do you reach for, a bottle of water or something else to drink? For some people, the obvious choice is a bottle of [...]

Do you know about safety recalls?

September 18th, 2015

When you purchase an item in a store, you usually don’t think that that item can kill you! In fact we assume that if it made its way to a shelf then it must have been given rigorous safety testing. This feeling of trust allows customers to leave the store without examining the product carefully. [...]

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of overspending!

September 15th, 2015

If you don’t know where you went wrong, then you are doomed to make the same mistakes over and over again. The truth is that if you aware that at the middle of every month you have overspent, then you must make changes or you will always be in debt. Overspending is almost an addiction [...]

Should Minimum Wage be increased?

September 13th, 2015

Do you know why minimum wage is so important? Minimum Wage is the lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement. If there was no minimum wage, persons would be paid at the whim of their employer. Can you imagine those ‘tight-fisted’ employers trying to cheat their employees by paying them what ever [...]

The Best way to save money on flights!

September 8th, 2015

So the summer is winding down and it’s time to begin planning your next vacation. If you are like me, you will cringe to think of the cost of an overseas trip. Often those trips are taken once every two years or so since they take a lot of proper planning and sacrifice. A round [...]

Back to School Shopping Nightmare!

September 5th, 2015

Are you the sort of parent who plans ahead? By the end of July do you have all the books, school supplies and uniforms that your child needs in order to start school in September? If so, that is excellent as you have avoided the stress that comes when you wait until the last minute [...]

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