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How to Eliminate Debt in 1 Year

August 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments

You notice that your credit card debt has stayed about the same. You rarely make purchases on your cards anymore but the balances seem to be about the same. Then you wonder what you would do with that extra $200-400 each month if your debt was paid off. Here is how you can eliminate your [...]

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Rural Ohio Faces Additional Economic Constraints

September 19th, 2008 · No Comments

When selling books in southeastern Ohio as a student trying to pay for college expenses, I noticed the stark disparity between opportunities available to rural or urban populations. So many of the residents of the rural countryside were stuck between a rock and a hard place. The jobs were leaving, but they could not find [...]

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Halts on Oil Speculation Could Cause Gasoline Prices to Plummet

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Calls for members of Congress to limit oil speculation may cause the bubble to burst in oil markets. The reason is that it could shut out buyers of oil commodities that do not actually intend to receive delivery of oil. If Congress passes such a limit, it could cause price drops of $1 or more [...]

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Tags: Consumer Protection · Saving