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A few weeks ago, I put out a call on Twitter and on Facebook for detailed posts that people would like to see. I got enough great responses that I’m going to fill the entire month of July – one post per day – addressing these ideas.

On Facebook, Rebecca requested a post on “ways to live more frugally, and ‘beat’ inflation. ie: garden, raise own animals? (is it cost effective?) buying used/bartering/trading, public transportation vs driving pros/cons, saving in an economic nightmare (is it possible?)”

Here’s the real truth of the matter: frugality does beat inflation. Some methods of frugality, however, are much more effective at fighting inflation than others. Let’s look at w

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– Employment in the U.S. private sector increased by much more than expected in the month of June, according to a report released by payroll processor Automatic Data Processing, Inc. on Thursday, with the data easing some of the recent concerns about the strength of the labor market.

The report showed that private sector employment increased by 157,000 jobs in June following a downwardly revised increase of 36,000 jobs in May.

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If your last open house for your Ponte Vedra homes for sale didn’t go as great as you had hoped, a few small changes may be all you need to ensure that your next open is house is much more successful. Here’s what you may have missed:

• Make your beds – Sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? But the truth is that a made bed can give your bedroom an instant facelift. A buyer’s eyes will go directly to an unmade bed. Therefore, their memory of your home may be of the unmade beds in it. Not a good memory to leave a buyer with, right?
• Clear your sink of dirty dishes – Even your dirty breakfast dishes in the sink will instantly make your kitchen appear unkempt and dirty. Get your di

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If your idea of a smart password is your first car followed by your mother’s name, you need to get with the program. Hackers have recently stung Fox News (NWS) and Apple (AAPL), the International Monetary Fund, Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Gmail (GOOG): How can you expect to protect yourself with lazy wordplay?

DailyFinance offers this guide to create secure but easy-to-remember passwords before the cyber-nasties get your personal information and ruin you. Full Article…

The news was yet another encouraging sign for Japan’s economy, the world’s third largest. Also Wednesday, the benchmark 225 Stock Average closed at 10,082.48, thus breaching the psychologically important 10,000 level and putting it back near its pre-tsunami levels.