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How This Man's Gambling Saves Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Gambling, Auto Loans, Rewards Programs, Lottery, Saving, Jackpot, Saveup, Credit Card Debt, SaveUp.Com, Prizes, Saving Money, Paying Down Debt, Credit Unions, Money News

They say it's not addictive. But every morning, David Chen and Shelly Robertson enter a $2 million jackpot. Unlike MegaMillions, they are not spen...

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To Rein-in Student Loan Debt, Rein-in For-Profit Colleges

Terry Connelly | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: For Profit Colleges, Student Loan Debt, For-Profit Colleges, Student Debt Crisis, Credit Card Debt, College Loans, College Debt, Student Debt, Education News
Terry Connelly

For-profit colleges have been able to seize the opportunity to marry Internet classes with federal student aid to serve this degree-hungry population: the many thousands of students whose work and life schedules don't fit the "academic calendar.

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Americans Charging Medical Expenses On Credit Cards

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Healthcare Premiums, Insurance, Money News, Medical Credit Card Debt, Survey, Credit Card Debt, Medical Expenses, Demos Study, Healthcare Costs, Money News

Are you carrying debt because of doctor's bills or medicine costs? If so, you're not alone. Many low-and middle-income Americans are paying for med...

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8 Signs Money Might Wreck the Romance

LearnVest | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Relationships, Money, Red Flags, Love and Money, Credit Card Debt, Money and Relationships, Love Is Blind, Women News
LearnVest

In between the flowers and the heart flutters, take the time to see if the person you love fits any of these eight signs.

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Tax Returns: What Will You Do With Found Money?

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: FICO Score, Credit Card Debt, Credit Bureaus, Tax Refund, Credit Report, Taxes, Tax Season, Tax Season 2012, Credit Score, Credit Score Tips, Money News
Jeanne Kelly

Many Americans will be getting tax refunds from the government, and tax refunds are "found money" -- money you forgot was yours. It's as if the government lifted up your couch cushions and found a few hundred dollars.

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10 States With the Highest Credit Card Debt per Person

InvestingAnswers | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Federal Reserve, Census Bureau, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Building Credit, Credit Card Debts, Money News
InvestingAnswers

According to the Federal Reserve, Americans had more than $800 billion in outstanding credit card debt at the end of 2011. So how much credit card debt do most people really have?

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Back to the Future: Longing for the Recession of the 1990s for Today's College Graduates

Ann O'Leary | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: UC Berkeley, U.S. Economy, Credit Card Debt, Unemployment, Student Loan Debt, College Graduates, Class of 2012, College News
Ann O'Leary

It's a real problem for the country. We're producing lots of college graduates but too few in the fields that keep the United States on the cutting edge of invention, innovation and thought leadership.

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Uh-Oh, We're Doing This Again

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Buying on Credit, Debt, Consumer Borrowing, Incurring Debt, Credit Card Use, Credit Card Spending, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Spending on Credit, Money News

WASHINGTON -- Americans swiped their credit cards more often in March and took out more loans to attend school. That drove the biggest one-month incre...

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Inequality's Rising, But It's Not The Kind You Think

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Auto Loans, Income Gap, Debt, Video, Earning Gap, Consumer Debt, Income Inequality, Student Debt, Inflation, Wage Gap, Wage Stagnation, Credit Card Debt, Debt Inequality, Personal Debt, Business News

There's a gap between America's richest citizens and everybody else. And that gap has been growing larger for years. No, it's not income inequality...

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Five Spring Cleaning for Your Credit Score

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Credit Score, Credit Reports, Credit Card Balances, FICO Score, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Money News
Jeanne Kelly

here's something so inspiring and invigorating about a spring cleaning -- as if we're getting a fresh start on the year. It's also a good time to remember to do a spring cleaning for your credit score. Just like our homes, our credit reports can start to get a little dusty from winter hibernation.

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Improving Financial Stability in America's Cities

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Debt, Poverty, Unemployment, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Financial Crisis, Credit Card Debt, Financial Stability, Politics News
Michael R. Bloomberg

Public-private partnerships have been critical to New York City's ability to pioneer innovative new policies and programs. We hope that giving people the tools they need to help themselves is not only a compassionate policy, it's a smart investment in our future.

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Church Burns Credit Card Offers In Protest Of Predatory Lending

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, Debt, Video, Predatory Lending, Countrywide Financial, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, Cnn, Payday Loans, Discrimination, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Housing Crisis, Rev. DeForest B. Soaries Jr., Business News

Sometimes, more than incense and candles are burned at Church. Last Sunday, members of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in New Jersey ga...

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5 Ways To Stretch Your Dollar During Divorce

Brendan Lyle | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Divorce Litigation, Credit Card Debt, Mortgage, Divorce Finance, Child Support, Divorce Attorney, Divorce News
Brendan Lyle

The divorce process can be a harrowing financial ordeal. Following these 5 easy steps will assist you in making the path a far easier one to walk.

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Ask the Readers: Which Credit Cards Do You Use?

J.D. Roth | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Personal Finance, Credit Cards, Debt, Survey, Money, Rewards Card, Credit Card Debt, Money News
J.D. Roth

What I really want to know is how you use credit cards. Which credit card(s) do you use? Why do you use it? How, when, and where do you use it? Do you have personal rules for credit card use? Have you ever been in credit card debt? How do you steer clear of that now?

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How I Paid Off my Student Loan in Only Three and a Half Years

LearnVest | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Student Loan, Paying Off Student Loans, Paying Off Debt, Student Loan Debt, Savings Account, Emergency Funds, How to Create a Budget, Learnvest, Credit Card Debt, Money-Saving Tips, Women News
LearnVest

I didn't want the world to know that I'd racked up almost $8,000 in credit card debt or that the way I got rid of the debt was by freakishly and obsessively tracking how I spent every dollar.

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Americans Say We're Still In A Recession

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployment Rate, Economic Recession, Business News, Low Paying Jobs, Jobs, Public Opinion, Survey, Credit Card Debt, Consumer Spending, Recession, Business News

We may not technically be in a recession anymore, but the vast majority of Americans say they aren't feeling the recovery. More than 75 percent of...

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We're Back To Our Pre-Recession Habits

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Auto Loans, Consumer Borrowing, Credit Card Debt, Student Loans, Recession, Borrowing, Money News

WASHINGTON — Americans took out more loans to buy cars and attend school in February but used their credit cards less frequently for the second ...

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BofA Allegedly Called Debtor 38 Times After He Filed For Bankruptcy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Debt, Bankruptcy Law, Video, Bankruptcy, Debtors, Bank of America, Debtor Discharge, Bofa, Credit Card Debt, Slidepollajax, Business News

A bankruptcy judge in Florida recently sent a message to big banks: When your debtors go into bankruptcy, quit trying to get money out of them or you'...

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Burdened By Debt? Tell Us Your Story

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Debt, Video, Car-Debt, Consumer Debt, Business News, Economic Recovery, Are You Burdened by Debt?, Credit Card Debt, Digging Out of Debt, Mortgage Debt, Student Loan Debt, Household Debt, Business News

Burdened by debt? You're far from alone. The financial crisis left millions of American families struggling with their own personal debt crises. T...

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Deadbeat Nation: Why the Public Should Cut Off Wall Street's Credit

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Debt, Credit Cards, Student Loans, Sallie Mae, College Loans, Loans, Credit Card Debt, College Debt, Student Loan Debt, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The real debt in this nation is the one that bankers owe the rest of the country. And as long as our politicians are allowed to rescue banks while ignoring consumers, it's a debt that will continue to go unpaid. And it will continue to grow.

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When The One Percent Lose

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, Student Loan Debt Top One Percent, $150, 000 in Loans, Student Loan Top One Percent, Student Loans Top One Percent, Credit Card Debt, Student Borrowers, Student Loan Debt, Student Loans, Money News

Here's one case where it doesn't pay to be in the 1 percent. Student loans. The average person who has student loan debt owes $12,800. But 1 per...

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The Big Problem Burdening Twenty-Somethings

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Auto Loans, Twenty Somethings Debt, Debt, Student Debt, Business News, Mortgage Loans, Credit Card Debt, College Debt, Student Loans, Business News

Many twenty-somethings are carrying around a huge burden. And no, it's not the regret of last weekend's hook-up. Twenty-somethings are holding $45,...

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Report: 38% of Us Can't Afford a Financial Emergency

Justine Rivero | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Financial Crisis, Personal Finance, Credit Card Debt, Money Management, Credit Debt Recession, Consumer Debt, Debt Economy, Money News
Justine Rivero

Nearly 4 out of 10 consumers admit to having just enough money to pay their monthly bills with no cushion leftover for financial emergencies, reveals a new study.

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Uh Oh, We're Doing This Again

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Business News, Credit-Card-Debt-and-Americans, CardHub.Com, Credit Card Debt 2011, Credit Card Debt, Consumer Spending, Money News, Money Saving Tips, Money News

We’ve started spending money again--that is, money we don’t necessarily have. Americans racked up $48 billion in credit card debt last year, ac...

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How Credit Card Debt Almost Cost Me What Matters Most

Cristie Ritz King | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Budgeting, Credit Card Users, Credit Card Use, Unconscious Spending, Overspending, Credit Card Dangers, Credit Card Debt, Career Money, Women News
Cristie Ritz King

I had to be honest with my kids and confess to them we were also out of money and couldn't get more gas.

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