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US Presidents and Personal Finance

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We toured Monticello in 2005 and learned that Thomas Jefferson, one of my favorite presidents died a pauper. Grant also did poorly in personal finance. We toured Gettysburg in 2005 as well and watched a re-enactment of the 4 day battle starting July 1 and ending July 4, where more than 51,000 soldiers from both sides died.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). Your children know that you are saving money.

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Consumer Choices – Your first stop for price comparison

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Set up way back in 2005 by three entrepreneurs, it has grown into a ten-site offering covering broadband, home phones, digital telly, personal finance, gas and electricity, insurance, breakdown protection, boiler cover and mobile phones. read more.

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Going Green at Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” The 2005 World Summit noted that sustainability in business needed to address a balance between the three pillars of sustainability, economic, social and environmental. Business sustainability is a model that works towards creating long-term value to both employees and consumers through adopting green strategies.

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Mourning the Loss of Privacy

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Consumer Affairs reported that in 2005, CVS posted purchases made by holders of their loyalty card). Bloggers post the most detailed accounts of their finances on their sites – what they make, what they spend, where it comes from and goes, where their banks are and what their net worth is. How valuable is our privacy?

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

’ While there is some macro economic sense in consumer spending causing an impact on the country’s growth, it doesn’t necessarily play well at the individual consumer finance level. personal saving rate bottomed out at around 1% in the third quarter of 2005. Even today, many are still unemployed or underemployed.