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Green Investing Tips: How To Place Your Dollar In Conscious Companies

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With our national recession seeming to lift ever so slightly, many Americans are curious about the best means to invest after four years of market-shyness. Google’s phenomenal growth since its pre-recession IPO has slowed little, and the company continues to be an exceptionally strong holding to this day.

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Receiving SNAP Benefits? Use Them To Plant a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This was in the 1980s, deep in the recession. Food stamps are now called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), and they help 47 million Americans (as of 2012), or 1/6th of the American population (Washington Post). When I was 9, my dad, who worked a factory job, was laid off. Money was very, very tight.

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Four Promising Solar Stocks For The New Year

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Guest Post Author Bio: Andy is an avid foodie and writer, eating his way around the Washington DC area. Green Investing Tips: How To Place Your Dollar In Conscious… With our national recession seeming to lift ever so slightly, many Americans are curious about the best means to invest. The damage has been.