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If there’s one perpetual truth about technology and communications, it’s that no matter how primitive or sophisticated the system, someone will find a way to exploit it.

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When we talk about making a budget, we often focus on big-ticket expenses: housing and utilities, food, transportation. But the little purchases we make every day—the ones that seem like no big deal—can add up to big expenditures by the end of the month.

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If you’re not familiar with the concepts of compound interest, investments, retirement funds, and all those other seemingly scary terms, it can be overwhelming to even get started.

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There’s a way to set goals that will pay dividends, and that’s making sure your financial profile is in shape. By putting your ambitions down on paper, you’re helping to hold yourself accountable for spending wisely.

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We’re all creatures of habit. When it comes to looking both ways before crossing the street, that’s a good thing. When it comes to frivolous spending, we should be doing ourselves a favor and looking for ways to break the routine.

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To keep you on pace for a bright financial future, we teamed up with Discover to put together some tips. Keep these in mind as you set your financial goals.

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These words are so wonderful even Santa wants to use them.

Every time Christmas rolls around it brings with it its own vocabulary of words you barely hear the rest of the year. Here are a few we should bring back.

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Whether you want to boost your gift budget or just want to end the year with a little more money in the bank, here are some temporary gigs you can sign up for at this time of ye

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From the characters that grace your morning cereal box to those recurring TV characters whose names we never seem to learn, the world is full of fictional characters whose faces we know—but whose names might be less familiar.

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