Small Change: May 10, 2009 - May 16, 2009
Laid off? Try a Pink Slip Party
The pink slip party is back. The concept -- laid off workers booze it up with recruiters at happy hour -- took off after the dot-com bust early this decade. But in retrospect, those were good days: The unemployment rate...
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Ylan Mui
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May 15, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Even Pets Are Suffering
When my father retired, he decided to buy a dog to keep him occupied. Rocky (yes, my dad likes Sylvester Stallone) is a beautiful miniature collie. My dad figured he had all the time in the world to take care...
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Nancy Trejos
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May 14, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Do You Spave -- Spend in Order to Save?
My husband warily eyed the big brown J.Crew box that recently came in the mail. But I told him not to worry: I was spaving! Spaving = spending in order to save. I had been shopping online (shh, don't tell...
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Ylan Mui
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May 13, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Recessionize Your Traveling
Memorial Day is just a couple of weeks away. I don’t know about you, but I’m wondering if I should take advantage of the long weekend and go somewhere. Or are staycations still the in thing to do? Some of...
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Nancy Trejos
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May 12, 2009; 7:10 AM ET |
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Don't Shortchange Your Health
Graduating from a Johns Hopkins University master’s degree program and securing a full-time job at an environmental think tank meant Nisha Krishnan had to make a big financial decision: What to do about health insurance? Sure, she could have gone...
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Nancy Trejos
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May 11, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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