The oddball costs associated with raising kids includes wasted electricity, surprise home maintenance bills, gifts and baby sitting.
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Beyond diapers and daycare
This tally oddball costs associated with raising kids includes wasted electricity, surprise home maintenance bills, gifts and baby sitting.
Exit, the commission-based salesperson
Something for the investment industry to consider - it's time to question the orthodoxy that paying people a commission to sell products is the best way to run a sales-based business.
Insurers in retreat
A look at how life insurance companies are getting out of some lines of business because they're no longer profitable.
Housing bargain in the U.S.
$900 (U.S.) buys you a 1905-vintage stone mansion in Detroit. Slight fire damage, but more than 3,200 square feet of space to spread out in.
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