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The Adoption Tax Credit

by Flexo

For the first time ever, the adoption tax credit is refundable. This is a great change for parents who have adopted children in the past few years, because it means they could file their 2010 taxes and receive a bigger-than-expected refund. Keep in mind that refundable is a good thing when it comes to taxes; ... Continue reading this article…

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Seven Great Gifts for College Graduates

by Flexo

If there is a college graduate in your life, he or she is about to receive a number of gifts. The first gift will be the realization that it can be difficult to find a job in this economy right now if the goal is to get a job in the same field of study ... Continue reading this article…

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Blue Sky from American Express Review

by Flexo

Most American own multiple credit cards, sometimes as many as ten. Is this overkill, even though credit cards can be valuable tools? Perhaps. For anyone who optimizes credit card rewards, while trying to minimize the typical effect of increased spending when the method is plastic rather than cash, owning one credit card isn’t enough. Using ... Continue reading this article…

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The Most Expensive Credit Cards

by Flexo
American Express Centurion

It rarely makes sense to own a credit card that charges an annual fee. I own one credit card that charges an annual fee after the first year — the Continental Airlines OnePluss Card — and I might cancel before they charge my first annual fee. Even if I don’t, I fly Continental often enough ... Continue reading this article…

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9 Ideas for Spring Break

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My girlfriend is a teacher who never takes days for vacation, so we schedule our time away from our regular lives over the summer or during one of several of the breaks in her academic calendar. I do my best to design my schedule around hers; when I worked for a corporation, I requested vacation ... Continue reading this article…

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PenFed Premium Travel Rewards American Express® Card $250 Bonus

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The most important thing to evaluate when shopping around for a travel rewards credit card is the quality of the rewards program, particularly when compared to other similar cards. The best travel rewards cards offer much more than the typical one cent per point conversion rate. It’s also important to look at the pricing in ... Continue reading this article…

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Sensuous Value is the Worst Kind

by The Weakonomist

This is an article by The Weakonomist, an anonymous blogger responsible for everything at Weakonomics.com. As a banking insider he’s witnessed the economic implosion from inside the bubble. You can usually find him at the corner of Wall Street and Main Street throwing rocks at traffic. If I presented a monkey with two choices: a ... Continue reading this article…

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Podcast 94: The Ten Commandments of Money, Liz Weston

by Flexo

Today’s guest on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast is Liz Weston, author of The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy, and the most-read personal finance columnist on the Internet. Liz, Flexo and Bryan discuss each of the ten commandments in the book. The 10 Commandments of Money is available in the ... Continue reading this article…

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