Finance
 
 
 
Finance
 

Myth and fact: What you need to know about credit scores

For all of the discussion around the importance of credit scores, it’s hard to know what’s true, what’s fiction, and what lies in between. While there are misperceptions and misunderstandings still lingering i...
 
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Get your credit score bikini ready

Summer is here and Americans across the country are grappling with two of the season’s most compelling questions: First, is your body beach ready? Second, is your credit as buff-or better-than your bod? Just as fitness is...

 
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College graduates: Six financial survival tips for the working world

Despite a turbulent job market and economy, if you are a recent college graduate, there is much to be optimistic about as you leave campus and head out into the real world. No one ever says life on your own will be easy, but po...
 
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Cost-control tips for bridesmaids-to-be

Standing up for your friend as her maid of honor or bridesmaid is a special experience you’ll both remember all your lives. Yet your happiness for your friend, and your joy at participating in her wedding, can be tempered...
 
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Credit management tips for first-time professionals

You’ve landed the right job, you’re earning good money and your career is poised to take off. When everything is lining up in your professional life, it’s natural – and smart – to think about finan...