This past year was one of transition at Get Rich Slowly.
In January, I was shocked by the sudden death of one of my best friends. This loss forced me to re-examine my life priorities. For years, I’d made money my focus, and now I realized there were more important things to worry about, including my [...]
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TeacherMate excites donors
TeacherMate means schools don't have to rely on old, bulky computers anymore. Image from Flickr.
Despite the rough economy and the overall drop in charitable donations, Innovations for Learning, a nonprofit that supplies schools with the TeacherMate system, is doing quite well. The foundation has only been around for 18 months, but thanks [...]
Small Loans on the Rise
Current data states that over 10 million households in the United States are struggling to pay back payday loans in Lexington. One can only assume from this that people are spending more than what they earn. There could be a number of reasons why this figure is shooting up constantly. payday [...]
Delinquencies on credit card payments are falling
Installment loans are still popular, but surveys are showing that Americans are getting better at managing their credit. TransUnion made a prediction recently that credit card delinquencies should continue to fall throughout 2010, but at a much slower rate. Their studies showed that people want to pay off credit [...]
Is coupon clipping worth the effort?
Generally speaking, old fashioned coupon clipping probably is not worth the time and energy it takes to organize everything, but things have changed today. The rise of relationship marketing – whereby advertising revenue is spent on developing customer loyalty as opposed to mass advertising – and the Internet have radically [...]