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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances. But the truth is that you really can’t.”. I could do it, too.’

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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This creep ultimately caused her family to lose the ability to stay on top of their finances. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget. Akpan’s not just open with her family about finances. But the truth is that you really can’t.”. I could do it, too.’

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7 Money Mistakes You’re Making in Your 20s

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Some offer reward programs like cash back, grocery points or travel discounts that can be very worthwhile. Credit card interest rates can be incredibly high, and not paying off your balance every month can start a downward spiral into crippling consumer debt that destroys your finances.

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Sophia Bush and Nia Batts are Used to Being Underestimated

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And people have discounted their expertise and experience every step of the way. Because it’s tough to be a woman in the entertainment business, and it’s tough, too, to be a woman in finance. Sure, Bush rose to stardom on shows such as One Tree Hill and Chicago P.D. becoming a professional multihyphenate along the way. So go ahead.

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Is Sam's Club the Answer to the Small Business Credit Crunch?

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  They are piloting a program that offers discounted loans to their small business customers. Sam’s Club members who apply for a small business loan online during the test phase will receive $100 off the application fee and a 25 basis point discount on the loan rate ( click here for fee and loan details ).

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Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey

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All survey participants will receive a complimentary copy of the executive summary of the survey results and a special discount to attend the 2010 Society for New Communications Research Symposium, which will be held in November in Palo Alto, CA, where the findings will be shared.   Click Here to Take the Survey. View an alternate.

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Why Aren't Newspapers Doing Social Shopping?

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  The deals are generally discounted.  .  The leader in this space is the start-up Groupon , which just raised $125 million and is valued at over $1 billion.    Groupon is an online collective buying service.    Groupon subscribers get emails with deal offers from local businesses. 

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