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Dear Mary: Our mortgage was due on the first. As I write it is the 21st. We have the money…
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Reportedly, billionaire oil tycoon Robert Belfer has been impacted by investment fraud in three major scandals: Enron's corruption, Bernie Madoff's…
A habit is defined as a behavior repeated so often it becomes almost automatic. I am in awe of the…
I am embarrassed to admit how many personal items I've left behind in hotel rooms over the years. I'm talking…
Long ago in my stupid days, I went nuts with credit cards. I ran up a six-figure debt over a…
Feeding a family is complicated enough without worrying about the cost of groceries. But here we are in a world…
If you are an avid reader, you own a few books. OK, make that a lot of books. Some of…
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If you were to take a peek inside my refrigerator, you'd have to stand on your head to read labels.…