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Today on the Clark Howard Show, we'll cover the economy, shopping, and a new scary credit card scam that has made its way to Atlanta.
On the Economy:
Well, the revised GDP numbers are in and they stink: The economy contracted by .5 percent this summer. The fall quarter's numbers probably won't be any…
Topics: personal finance advice
Are you sick of paying huge cable bills? What if you deconstructed what you pay for (phone, TV, Internet) and started to look at unusual ways of accessing the content you want through technology?
Loads of WSB listeners have been trying Magic Jack (www.magicjack.com; $40 for the first year, $20 per…
Topics: save money
I got a call at the top of the show from a woman who wondered if she should use the $70,000 her kids inherited to pay off her investment property. She'd create a 15-year mortgage and would pay her kids back monthly for 15 years. She figures it's better to pay back her kids at a guaranteed rate of…
Topics: saving for college
In several papers over the past few days, there have been stories written about how big and small companies are cutting labor costs, but avoiding layoffs.
In today's New York Times story, there are a number of examples of companies enforcing a 1 percent wage drop, or moving to four-day weeks…
Topics: save money
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