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Expect More from Your Daughters

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“ Did you know that in 2014, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 79 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 21 percent?” the American Association of University Women asked in article The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap. After all, women make up more than half the population.

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Your Car Insurance Rates Can Be Lower If…

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No jokes, women on an average pay less than their male counterparts. So use car pools and public transport when you can, and drive only when you have to – you’ll save a lot on insurance. If your car is safer it’s less likely to swerve off the road, hence the insurance company will go easy on you. If you are a woman.

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

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Here are a few examples of when failing products can cost you money. 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. Bad Medicine. How could this possibly cost you money?

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