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You’re not a kid anymore, and it’s time to start paying your bills, doing your taxes, and finding yourself some place to live. It’s a huge amount of responsibility—how can you get a handle on it?

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Do I Owe Money to the IRS?

March 25, 2013

The tax code is so complex – and sometimes our math so specious – that we worry the IRS is about to come a-knockin’. If you take a look at the table below, which displays [...]

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VAWA Signed into Law, But Does it Fall Short? One Woman’s Story

March 7, 2013

President Obama signed into law a revised version of the Violence Against Women Act; its passage comes after weeks of debate over extending protections to GLBT and Native American victims of domestic abuse. Today, then, [...]

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Why is it so hard to get out of debt?

October 19, 2012

Getting out of debt, just like keeping a budget, should be a no-brainer. Plenty of people preach the prosaic methods of how to track your repayments on a spreadsheet, and to never spend more than [...]

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Are Food Stamps Right For Me?

October 19, 2012

Food stamps have become much more common in recent years as the economy lags and jobs remain hard to come by. Governor Romney even mentioned it the first presidential debate, saying: “When the president took [...]

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Interview with Braintree CEO Bill Ready: So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur?

October 6, 2012

CEO Bill Ready is a veteran of the startup scene – Braintree is his fourth early-stage company. Braintree provides online and mobile payment technology to companies like OpenTable, Fab.com, Airbnb, Uber, Angry Birds, and Living [...]

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Where’s the Budget?!

October 1, 2012

You might be wondering by now—this is a personal finance contest. Shouldn’t you be saying something about budgeting? Shouldn’t we be getting out our Excel spreadsheets? No. The goal of budgeting—helping you save more and [...]

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Brooks Brothers of 2020: Chief Shirt Fan Bi of Blank Label shares his entrepreneurial journey

September 26, 2012

In our ongoing entrepreneur interview series, we sit down with Fan Bi, Chief Shirt of Blank Label, an online custom apparel site for men. In 2009 Fan was doing a study abroad program at Babson [...]

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Social Engineering Hacks and Linked Accounts: How to Protect Against Identity Theft

September 21, 2012

In this day and age, the Internet has a close link with most aspects of our lives and identity. Virtually everyone has a Facebook profile, as well as possibly a Twitter account, LinkedIn page, online [...]

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Should I buy the new iPhone?

September 21, 2012

To buy or not to buy? That is the question facing millions of people following the recent release announcement for the new iPhone 5. Apple hails the phone as its best ever; it’s slimmer, lighter, [...]

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6 Ways To Take The “Nuclear Option” On Your Debt

September 21, 2012

Medical bills, student loans, an underwater mortgage—are you deep in debt with no way out? Maybe it’s time to think outside of the box. Let’s take a look at some…creative ways to ditch your debt. [...]

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