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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The number of personal bankruptcy filings reached 1,500,000 in 2010, the highest number since 2005, and in 2011, the percentage of total consumer filings increased from 2010 (according to the National Bankruptcy Research Center).

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Zillionz Cash Register and Backyard Safari Weather Pod Review and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

I love the features and I also love that it is educational in that it really helps with math skills. You can now track and monitor rain, sleet, hail, now, and wind with ease. The weather vane will show you which direction the wind is blowing, and the anemometer monitors wind speed. a Rafflecopter giveaway.

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Enjoy Life, Save Money – Use your Work Job Perks!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The February 2012 issue of Entrepreneur magazine quoted a Harvard Business Review study done in 2010 which found that at Best Buy, a 0.1 Here is a list of some of the other work perks I have experienced: A bigger cube by the window, a display phone, a bigger, faster PC with a bigger monitor than most had. Why do companies offer perks?