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Everyone likes to save money; however, the ways to save aren’t always obvious. Auto insurance can be costly, but you don’t have to sacrifice an arm and a leg to stay insured. Follow these five tips to save some serious money on your car insurance.

1. Compare, compare, compare.

Comparison shopping is the most obvious way to save as much as you can on your auto insurance. Just like anything else, car insurance rates vary from company to company. In order to successfully shop around, first find out the absolute minimum amount of auto insurance you need in order to be legally covered. Now

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Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book or other book of interest.

The title of this book convinced me to pick it up at the library recently, but it was the introduction that caused me to actually take it home and give it a full read.

The introduction, entitled “Life as a Sucker,” makes the case that society is stacked against individual financial success unless you already have a lot of capital. Almost every element of modern society and government works against you without a large bankroll in your hand with which to generate more money.

In some ways, I agree with him. The

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() - Estonia’s producer price index, or PPI, rose 5.4% year-on-year in November, Statistics Estonia said Monday. In October, prices were up 5.1%.

On a monthly basis, the PPI climbed 0.4% following the 0.3% rise in the preceding month.

The PPI for the manufacturing sector rose 0.5% on a monthly basis and 5.8% over a year earlier. Mining producer prices grew 0.3% month-on-month, taking the annual growth to 1.1%. The PPI for energy supply was flat compared to October and was up 3.2% annually.

Export prices decreased 0.1% compared to October and increased 8.1% compared to November of the previous year. At the same time, import prices increased 1.7% on a monthly basis and 9.6% year-on-year.

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ANZ chairman John Morschel says that he believes that Australia’s economic recovery is set to be as volatile as anything in the United States and Europe.

Mr. Morschel made his comments during the lenders annual general meeting and added that issues stemming from global financial crisis would continue to resonate throughout the global economy.

The ANZ chairman said that whilse he expects the pace of Australian economic recovery to be faster than it peers, it was likely that the country will face a similar kind of volatility experienced by the US and Europe as they work through their issues.

“This includes potential volatility in our funding costs. The

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Throughout the month of December, The Simple Dollar is posting a daily series focusing on specific activities you can do right now to set the stage for a great 2011. Out with the old, in with the new.

14. Reduce your phone bill.

Two episodes in my own life are relevant here.

A couple years ago, I cancelled my business phone line and moved to Skype. It reduced the monthly cost of my business related calls by about $30 a month.

I figured that there would be significant drawbacks to the switch – limited availability and so forth. What I actually found was that Skype was, for my purposes, as reliable as an ordinary phone. I

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