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Alternatives to College

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My son won his 4 year degree in Economics and then was able to get a job as a security guard at a retail store! He took a Microsoft web certification course and landed a job right away doing HTML coding. Another job not listed under the high paying jobs above, is web development (design, web site building, etc). Career Tips'

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Stock Market Sectors: 11 Official GICS Groups

Savings Corner

Consumer staples sector The consumer staples sector includes goods and services that consumers need, regardless of their current financial condition or the current economic climate. Apple ( AAPL -0.56% ) and Microsoft ( MSFT 0.28% ) have been switching places at the top of the list of large U.S. Consumer staples 8.