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6 Summer Money Saboteurs and How to Avoid Them 06/06/2017 08:00pm • For many American families, summer is a time to kick back and enjoy the warm weather and all the spoils that accompany sunshine. While vacations take up a big chunk of consumer budgets, they're not the only expenses that can result in overdrawn bank accounts. Consider the following summer money sab What You Should Consider When You Want to Win a House 06/06/2017 08:00pm • You've found a way to finally achieve the pipe dream you thought was reserved for a parallel-universe version of yourself: An essay contest put on by a property owner means a 200-word essay and a $200 entry fee are all that stands between you and owning a charming, historical New England bed-and-bre Financial tips, resources for college grads 06/06/2017 07:02am • It’s the season for celebrating graduations and a good time to consider how we all might help freshly-minted graduates as they take on their first full-time jobs. Today’s college graduates are starting out with higher tuition debt, challenging labor markets at graduation and, according to a P 7 Tips for Merging Finances in Blended Families 05/31/2017 08:00pm • Second marriages can bring a special set of financial challenges, and one of those is figuring out what money rules will govern the new blended family. If the merging families came from different income brackets, they may be used to handling money in different ways, including what kinds of things t 6 Smart Money Moves to Make Over Memorial Day Weekend 05/23/2017 08:00pm • While Memorial Day weekend may be the unofficial start of summer, it's also one of the last chunks of free time many people will have before summer vacations and other leisure activities overwhelm their schedules until fall. Why not make productive use of this holiday weekend and try one of the sugg Best foods for every stage of motherhood 05/14/2017 05:02am • As a dietitian, woman, daughter, wife, mother-in-law and grandmother, I'm an advocate for strategies that help women of all ages eat well. So while flowers, cards and chocolates are, of course, lovely and always appreciated, this Mother's Day, I'm encouraging women to give a gift to themselves by fo Smart Steps to Take When Cutting Up a Credit Card 05/09/2017 08:00pm • After security officers dragged a passenger from a United Airlines (ticker: UAL) plane last month, the internet was abuzz with accounts of customers cutting up their United credit cards and vowing never to fly the airline again. Many of those customers seemed to find satisfaction in poking the comp The Best Mother's Day Sales for 2017 05/09/2017 08:00pm • To express gratitude, affection, love and admiration for the moms and honorary moms in your life, take advantage of Mother's Day sales to buy them something special. During the days leading up to the holiday, you still have time to find excellent deals on mom-centric gifts and goodies, from glittery 10 Easy Ways to Pay Off Debt 05/09/2017 08:00pm • Are you swimming in debt and don't know how you're ever going to pay it off? You're not alone. In fact, the average U.S. household has nearly $17,000 in credit card debt, according to a 2016 NerdWallet analysis. If you're looking for some easy ways to cut down your debt, follow the advice of these U 12 Travel Rewards Programs You Probably Never Knew Existed 05/08/2017 08:00pm • While most travelers are savvy about frequent flyer and hotel loyalty programs, travel rewards extend far beyond these two industries. From airport parking programs to train travel rewards programs and even cruise membership programs, there's likely a lesser-known program that affords benefits (thi 8 Things Not to Hide From Your Investment Professional 05/08/2017 08:00pm • How to avoid secret traps.Some adult shame amounts to little more than a grown-up version of blocking a cookie jar surrounded by telltale crumbs. But too often, the adult piggy bank is at stake. And for financial managers, that can set the stage for disaster. "You cannot have trust if the client is Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Earnings: ESPN, And Everything Else 05/07/2017 08:00pm • In many ways, Walt Disney Co. (ticker: DIS) is having a perfectly fine 2017. DIS shares are up about 7.5 percent to slightly beat the market, and operationally speaking, most of the company's businesses are well-oiled and running smooth. But we all know that's far from the whole story. One of Disne Va. Lottery’s 'Thank You' notes to teachers might include vacations 05/04/2017 09:30am • WASHINGTON — May 8 through May 12 is Teacher Appreciation Week, and for the second year in a row, the Virginia Lottery and the Virginia Tourism Corp. are running a contest that will award three Virginia public school teachers with prizes. The "Thank a Teacher" contest lets anyone — students, Travel tip: Gift cards are the new traveler’s checks 05/03/2017 01:35pm • WASHINGTON — As Americans start planning for their summer vacations, credit card companies and financial institutions encourage consumers to think ahead about protecting their finances while traveling. Here is a fairly new idea: Put a few gift cards in your purse or wallet, the kind that are re 9 Inexpensive and Thoughtful Graduation Gifts 05/01/2017 08:00pm • Graduation season is here, and for many of us that means finding great graduation gifts for the students in our lives. High school graduates, college graduates, graduate school graduates -- all of them are completing one part of their lives and moving on to another, and with that achievement comes