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It may seem counter-intuitive, but the best way to get ahead in your day job may be to start and run a successful sideline business. There is one caveat: you …

See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. There’s a radio commercial playing in the Los Angeles area that sums up the Western attitude toward Laos. In the commercial, a …

A small device is causing a big argument across the nation, pitting utilities against their customers.  The issue is whether smart meters are a good thing — or a dangerous, radioactive, …

Even though renting is the better financial option for the majority of people, there are downsides associated with the rental lifestyle. According to Gallup, renters who end up buying a …

The key to financial well-being is not so much having a lot of money but how you manage it. To be sure having money helps, but it’s not entirely necessary …

Take a look at any street scene photo from before 1960. Men are lined up to hear an important speech, taking in a baseball game, walking down the busy boulevard, …

Housing has always been a poor investment, and I have been saying so for as long as I’ve been writing about personal finance. That’s the retail, owner-occupied housing market, not the …

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open. — George Bernard Shaw According …

The porn industry is still healthy, with guesstimates ranging into the billions for how much revenue and profits this wide-ranging but financially murky industry generates. But the larger companies in …

If you’re thinking of living in the Philippines, there’s a fundamental you must first master. Are the indigineous people Philippinos or Filipinos? We’ll save you the embarrassment. The correct version …