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My Coffee Pot Ate My Money: A Tale of Product Failure and Liability

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Nowadays, the products we buy have been designed, redesigned, tested, retested, and then sold on the market to greedy consumers everywhere. In this case , the drug maker, Bayer was made to pay $110 million to women who’ve experienced severe side effects while taking the supposedly safe birth control pill.

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Having a Hard Time Getting By? 3 Budget Leaks You May Be Experiencing.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Do you make enough money to cover your mortgage or rent, groceries, transportation, and other essential expenses, but find yourself on a treadmill of not being able to save? Men are as guilty of this as women are. Many people are, and you’re not alone. And that’s a conservative estimate of $7 per lunch out.

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