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Beware Fraudsters' New Tricks, Financial Consumer Agency Warns

Filed under: Buyer Beware, Credit Cards, FraudThe phone rings, and a polite voice on the other end of the line enquires after your health and whatnot. The voice says it's your financial institution's...

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BizPaL Helps Small Business Cut Through Government Red Tape

Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Investing, Small BusinessSmall businesses must have had it up to here with all the paperwork they've got to go through to be able to open their doors - and keep them open...

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High-Tech Devices Do Not Travel Well

Filed under: Buyer Beware, Credit Cards, Fraud, Identity Theft, Technology, Travel, HolidaysLife's tough. And dangerous. Even when you go on vacation. Why? Forgot to shut the windows? Or turn the...

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Does the Bell Toll for Smartphones? Not Really, But They Have Some Catching...

Filed under: Buyer Beware, Consumer Complaints, TechnologyIt's not as if smartphones were bidding good-bye, but their popularity has been sinking lately. Thus a report by British international...

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Paying Too Much at the Pump? Tax Federation Demands Changes

Filed under: Buyer Beware, Budgeting & Planning, Economizer, Family Finances, TaxesAre you aware that, if you are a two-car family, you spend about $1,225 in gas taxes per year? Federal and...

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Fake Amazon E-Mail Takes Victims to Online Pharmacies

Filed under: Buyer Beware, Credit Cards, Fraud, Identity TheftBuying books through Amazon.com (or, in Canada, Amazon.ca) beats browsing individual bookstores hands down. More often than not, that is....

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Wireless Communications: More Competition to Help Prices Go Down

Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, TechnologyAnd now, for the good news: those of us who use wireless access to the Internet can expect that prices will go down. That's what the Canadian Industry...

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Unbiased Information on Financial Tools: Priceless

Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Credit Cards, Economizer, Family Finances, SavingTechnology is doing incredible things, and consumers who know how to use it are better off for it. A lot has...

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New Employment Insurance Rules: What to Expect Should You Lose Your Job

Filed under: Employment & Careers, Family FinancesLosing a job because your company has lost its market share or because the gadgets it's been making for centuries are no longer in demand is no...

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How to Fight Telemarketers Who Hide Their Phone Numbers

Filed under: Buyer Beware, Consumer Complaints, TechnologyStill getting annoying phone calls? Even though you have had your phone number listed with the National Do Not Call List? And even though the...

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$27 Billion Worth of Food is Wasted Annually: Let's Do Our Part to Reduce That

Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Economizer, Entrepreneurship, Food & DrinkHave you ever checked out how much stuff travels from your fridge directly to the city waste dump area? All that...

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'Flamer' Malware is Espionage At Its Best

Filed under: Fraud, TechnologyThere may be many reasons (none of them legitimate) why people create software that steals information from other people's computers. But then, there is an occasional...

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New Mortgage Rules 101: What You Need To Know

Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, House & Home, Real Estate, Mortgages, Your HomeMortgages have never been straightforward, easy-to-understand financial tools. But now, the government has...

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Hello? Operator? Phone Income Tax Filings Gone With TELEFILE's Departure

Filed under: Saving, Technology, Taxes, Tax Basics VideoIt sounded good while it lasted, but alas, no more: taxpayers who used their phones to file their tax returns will no longer have the option....

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Rogers, Bell End Internet Throttling Hold For Gamers

Filed under: Consumer Complaints, TechnologyGamers who use the Internet to satisfy their passion, rejoice. The Canadian Gamers Association complained recently that two major service providers, Rogers...

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Planning a Family? Make Financial Plans Too

Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Family FinancesThe role of marriage is not only to love and cherish till death do you part. The role of marriage is, perhaps above all else, to procreate: to have...

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Treat Unknown Callers As You Would Strangers in the Street

Filed under: Buyer Beware, Fraud, Identity Theft, TechnologyIf someone tells you in an e-mail they're from the Microsoft Corporation and you need to click here or there to install a new and important...

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Get a Good Education Without Bleeding Money

Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Family Finances, SavingHigh school seniors are starting to think about where they want to be come next fall, and many of them have picked trade training courses,...

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Government Makes Parting With Your Money Easier, But No Less Painful

Filed under: Family Finances, TaxesIt's getting close to THAT time of year again when we realize that there are two things inevitable in life: death and taxes. Of course, it should be the other way...

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10 Ways to Save on Taxes

Filed under: Budgeting & Planning, Economizer, TaxesDavid Letterman has an incredibly popular segment on his show called Top 10. While not always shocking, it's always at least a perfectly...

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