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5 Steps for Your Small Business to Get Credit and Get It Right

Small businesses have the power to get our economy moving again, creating jobs and real growth, but they continue finding credit difficult to come by, or shy away for fear of hidden traps. Congress hopes that the Small Business Jobs ...READ»

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Habitat for Humanity Announces New MicroBuild Microfinance Fund

Microfinance just got sexier.READ»

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Mark Zuckerberg Now Richer, More Philanthropic Than Steve Jobs

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is deliriously rich--richer than the Apple CEO, even--and contrary to what a certain movie might tell you, is charitable enough to donate $100 million to Newark schools.READ»

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Kiva Lets You Fund a Student's Education, $25 at a Time

The pioneer in micro-loans expands beyond business and applies its crowd-funded model to education.READ»

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iFive: AT&T Facebook Protest, Craigslist U.S. Defeat, Yahoo Brain Drain, Alzheimer's Drugs, BP Spreads the Blame

Having survived destruction at the hands of two asteroids yesterday, the world spun on through the night and more news happened READ»

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Square Planning Big Mobile Payment Rollout, Could Be Bumped by Newer Tech

A stutter in the rollout of Jack Dorsey's novel Square cellphone credit card system may mean it'll get swallowed soon by emerging tech.READ»

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Who Is the Apple of Consumer Finance? Apple?

Who is the Apple for America's 60 million un- and underbanked? The obvious contenders are banks, alternative financial services (AFS), and nonprofits. Each has a couple Dells, an HP and perhaps even a Google. But no Apple. Could an iBank do what iTunes, iPhone and iPod have already done?READ»

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Wesabe Personal Finance Site Goes Broke; HelloWallet Fills Its Coffers

Wesabe, a personal finance competitor to Mint.com that emphasized its community features, ran out of money. CEO Mark Hedlund wrote in his farewell message that the site had been operating on starvation rations recently, which is ...READ»

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Wabi Sabi, Wesabe

A new generation of financial behavior tools is borne from the personal financial management companies of yesterday.READ»

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Where the Smart Money Goes Next

A new survey from the Big Four accounting firm shows that more than two thirds of major corporations globally plan to spend up to 5% of their revenues on carbon cutting initiatives over the next two years.READ»

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A Blog Won't Help Your Business

Have you ever heard that a blog will help your business? Sadly, not true. Find out what *will* help you increase your online visibility, establish your credibility and drive qualified leads to your site.READ»

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Alex Payne, One of Twitter's First Employees, Deposits Himself at Banksimple

One of Twitter's earliest employees joins a startup intent on simplifying the way you bank.READ»

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Health Care Reform Update from Easy To Insure ME

May 12, 2010Read this week about what is happening on the federal legislative front of Health Care Reform.House Hearing on Health Care Pricing Transparency ProposalsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing ...READ»

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IBM's New Analytics Software Interprets Slang and Even Emoticons for Better Service

Sarcasm, emoticons, slang, and idioms are usually difficult for software to interpret, which makes it tricky for companies to analyze huge amounts of customer feedback through comments, blogs, and emails. IBM's new software might be able to help.READ»

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Blog Mark Berch

Mark E. Berch Deductible contribution Amount paid into an IRA, an employer-sponsored retirement plan, or other type of retirement plan for a particular tax year that is a deduction from income for tax purposes. Mark Berch Credit ...READ»

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Cheap Florida Health Insurance Is Possible

Finding cheap health insurance is a must these days. While many don’t think that’s possible, it is. Sure, people want and need to save money wherever they can during these tough economic times. If they choose to “not” buy ...READ»

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Under-Insured or Over-Insured, Not Good Choices

When it comes to life insurance, being under-insured or over-insured isn’t a smart plan. Ask a skilled broker to help you choose wisely. When about to choose life insurance, most people get stuck when it comes to how much ...READ»

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How to get Credit Card Merchant Accounts Set-up for your Ecommerce Website

A free Internet merchant account offers you a merchant account set-up absolutely free-of-charge. It gives you merchant accounts services at low rates of 2.19 percent plus 25 cents for every transaction, with a $19.95 gateway fee per month, and a $10 monthly customer service fee.READ»

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How Did We Ever Operate Business Without Instant Credit Card Processing

There is good news for businesses today! The new merchant accounts and credit card processing from First Data Independent Sales (FDIS) can help your business begin to accept credit cards from your customers and keep it rolling and humming.READ»

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Move My Net Worth: Educational Video Library

One of the key advantages that you gain when you join the Move My Net Worth Movement is access to an extensive educational video library. Steven Vanderhoof, also known as America’s Personal Finance Coach and the author of ...READ»

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Poor Credit Personal Loans

Tips on how to get approved for bad credit personal loansREAD»

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Can you find Cheap Auto Insurance in NYC?

Shockingly, the answer is yes.But here are some things you need to know:Outside Agents are Expensive.Buying insurance from a company who uses outside agents to sell their products is expensive. Outside agents are a good way to drive ...READ»

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Gateway Funding Explains Home Equity

As Gateway Funding explains, a loan based on the equity of your home is an idea that has had much more interest in recent years.READ»

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Almost Genius: Plates Double as Nutritional Infographics

Could a design like this nudge our behavior toward healthier eating?READ»

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New Medicare Supplement Plan N Saves Seniors Money

Beginning June first of this year a new medicare supplement plan will hit the market.  The new supplemental plan N is designed to help Medicare recipients cover the excess charges not covered by basic Medicare with lower premiums ...READ»