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Lessons From Past Recessions

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For anyone who lived through the fear and uncertainty of the 2008 financial crisis, hearing ‘recession’ from news anchors and pundits can bring up anxiety and fear. The most recent recession was in 2020 and only lasted a couple of months, whereas the 2008 recession lasted about 18 months. Consider your skills and upskill.

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Credit cards going green

Eco-Office Gals

With environmentally friendly products becoming more mainstream and readily available, credit card issuers have begun to roll out products, services, and rewards that have a focus on going green. Credit card companies and banks have long come under scrutiny for not doing enough to battle the effects on the climate.

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How to Prepare for a Recession

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Talk of a recession might have some people remembering the fear and hardships of the Great Recession in 2008, or even the disruption of the COVID-19 recession in 2020 , which lasted only two months. One of the best things you can do to prepare for any financial downturn is to pay off your credit card or other high-interest debt.

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Keep Tabs on Your Credit

Clutter Coach

by Originally posted 2008-02-26 09:36:00. It reminded me that it’s time for my yearly request for free credit reports. The Fair Credit Reporting Act says that all three of the major credit reporting agencies offer free credit reports to everyone once a year. This last point bears repeating.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

RBI draws flank from panel : The carte blanche given to private and foreign banks by the Reserve Bank of India to charge interest rates on credit cards at their whims and fancy has come in for severe criticism by the parliamentary standing committee on finance. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/17

The Small Business Blog

WinWeb’s UK Customers Can Save With MasterCard Business Savings : The credit card organisation MasterCard and Winweb have joined forces and bring a 10% saving to all WinWeb customers. « Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business. — ST.

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Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve

The Small Business Blog

While trying to keep up with Jones’ people eventually rack up huge credit card bills and are screwed. Thank you so much for sharing. If for anything else people just need to live within their means. Mark Said on January 20th, 2010 at 10:36 pm This is good advice for everyone not just business owners. 5% is a good target too.

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