Growing fast and furious Photo from money.cnn.com courtesy of Jollibee Foods. Though higher-end restaurants are struggling as people try to scrimp and save, fast food restaurants in the United States are doing as well as ever. In fact, more foreign fast food restaurants are opening locations in the United States, even during this recession. CNN Money wrote a ...

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The costs of home Home ownership is an expensive endeavor (Photo: flickr.com) For most people, the greatest monetary expense they will take on during their lifetime is that of buying a home. Despite the fact that mortgage costs are tremendous. From ubiquitous idiomatic expressions like “home is where the heart is” to classic exclamations the caliber of ...

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Just how lazy is Coley Laffoon? A picture of Coley Laffoon and Anne Heche in happier times. Photo from www.celebspin.com. When Anne Heche talked about her ex-husband on “Late Night with David Letterman,” she didn’t really have anything nice to say. The most surprising part, for me, was when Letterman asked Anne Heche what her ex-husband’s job ...

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Depending on how you use them, credit cards can be a tool for good or for evil. But have you ever considered that they can also be a blank canvas just dying to be filled with creative art? While most of the world’s credit cards are generic and corporate, there have been times when credit ...

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Better for workers, better for the environment Less electricity usage, more time There's nothing healthy or balanced about a commute like this As businesses scramble to cut expenses, some are choosing to close the office on Fridays rather than lay employees off. Advocates of the four-day, ten-hour-a-day workweek contend that it not only saves money and eases pressures ...

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