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France to Decide on Breast Implant Removal
French health experts plan to meet Friday to decide what to tell the 30,000 women who have potentially dangerous breast implants.
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What NOT to Buy at the Drugstore
By Farnoosh Torabi for CBS MoneyWatch.comIt never occurs to me to do my grocery shopping at the drugstore - although my local Duane Reade pharmacy has recently been making a strong push for it by expanding its food aisles and adding ready-to-eat meals. 5 Things Not to Bu
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Credit Report Mistakes? 3 Steps to Get Them Fixed
By Farnoosh Torabi for CBS MoneyWatch.comWhen was the last time you checked your credit report?I know; it's not the most exciting way to spend your lunch break - but you may want to take advantage of your annual free credit report (available at annualcreditreport.com) and review it for possible erro
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8 Rules for Paying the Babysitter
By Sarah Lorge Butler for CBS MoneyWatch.comLast summer I tackled the issue of how much to pay the babysitter. It's a question my friends ask me a lot. Here, I believe, is the guiding principle: Round up. -- How Much Should You Pay the Babysitter? -- Why
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5 True Tales: How Twitter Got Me Hired
By Amy Levin-Epstein for CBS MoneyWatch.comI used to think of LinkedIn as a career tool, Facebook as a way to catch up with friends, and Twitter as an outlet for procrastinating. Over the six months I've been writing On The Job, however, I've learned how Facebook can help get you hired, and how we c
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College Without Debt: What's the Secret?
By Lynn O'Shaughnessy for CBS MoneyWatch.comThe majority of students who graduate from college leave with a diploma and student loans. Two out of every five undergrads, however, earn a degree without borrowing for college. In the most recent reporting year available, that equals about 1.7 million un
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Packing Lunch? Best Ideas from Wolfgang Puck & Others
By Amy Levin-Epstein for CBS MoneyWatch.comLet's do the quick math here: You buy a $7 sandwich and a $3 drink, 5 days a week at the place around the corner from your office. But if you bring your lunch, you'd be hard-pressed to spend more than $5/day. Total yearly savings? $1,200.
- Back To School
College Shopping: 5 Things NOT to Buy
By Farnoosh Torabi for CBS MoneyWatch.comBack-to-school shopping - at the college level - is expected to take a dip this year. The National Retail Federation's latest survey shows parents and students will spend an average of $808.71 on clothes, electronics, dorm gear and food, about 3% less than in
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Repair or Replace? See Consumer Reports' Picks
By Stacey Bradford for CBS MoneyWatch.comMaybe it's because I have small children, but a lot of things break around my home. When I'm not threatening to throw broken objects out the window, I try to figure out what items are worth fixing and which ones I should replace. Thankfully, Consumer Reports
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Why Your Dentist Costs So Much
By Sarah Lorge Butler for CBS MoneyWatch.com Back in April I wrote about a person near and dear to me - yes, my husband - who needed two new crowns for $3,442. I published his experience in a post, Is Your Dentist Ripping You Off? Dentists howled in protest at the provocative headline, though most a
- Working It
10 Worst-Paid Jobs in America
By Kathy Kristof for CBS MoneyWatchMamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cashiers or food service workers. There are millions of jobs in these professions, but their average wages are paltry, amounting to less than half the pay of the average American worker, according to just-released data by
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Happiest & Saddest Places in the World
By Carla Fried for CBS MoneyWatch.comSo much for money being everything. For decades, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) leaned on Gross Domestic Product as a central measure of the relative well-being of its member countries. The basic idea was: Find the countries with
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Is Your Food Safe? 4 Rules for the Grocery Store
By Stacey Bradford for CBS MoneyWatch.comWhen it comes to my children, I'm happy to pay a bit more for food if it means I can keep the kinder healthy. I used to think it was enough to buy organic meat and produce to avoid antibiotics, hormones and pesticides. Now, thanks to ShopSmart Magazine, from
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Sneaky Costs of Summer Fun
By Sarah Lorge Butler for CBS MoneyWatch.comI used to think the holidays were the most expensive time of year, what with the presents, decorations and Christmas cards. But if the pile of bills, proposals, and camp brochures littering my desk is any indication, summer is running a strong second for s
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4 Big LinkedIn Mistakes You're Probably Making
By Amy Levin-Epstein for CBS MoneyWatch.comAre you on LinkedIn? I admit, I put in a lot more facetime with Facebook. And my experts tell me I'm missing out on opportunities. "Recruiters are using LinkedIn heavily now. You need to be professional - and findable!" says career coach Kimberly Schneiderm
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Scared Stupid? Customers Misled on Overdraft Fees
By Kathy Kristof for CBS MoneyWatchOnly about one third of Americans opted into overdraft protection plans over the past year. That's significantly less than the near 50% that banks had previously claimed -- and the only good news in this story.
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School Sports Costs Out of Control?
By Sarah Lorge Butler for CBS MoneyWatch.comUntil now I've been naïve about the cost of youth sports. But my eyes were opened recently, first by a mom in Georgia whose 9-year-old son plays travel baseball. Then by a dad here in Pennsylvania, whose three daughters play club volleyball.
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Too Frugal? 6 Dumb Money 'Saving' Mistakes
By Farnoosh Torabi for CBS MoneyWatch.comWe all know someone (or is that person) who drives miles upon miles in search of better gas prices, wasting time and money to save - at best - a nickel per gallon. Our focus on saving money can be so narrow at times that it can actually end up costing us down
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7 Ways to Get Paid More Now
In business, it's all about the Benjamins, right? Certainly, we're all aware that securing salary increases are essential to career progression, but many of us don't know how to make it happen. Whether you're negotiating a new job offer or re-negotiating your salary at a current job, my experts have
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Strange but True: 10 Weird Ways to Save Money
by Farnoosh Torabi for CBS MoneyWatch.com A couple weeks ago I received my insurance estimate for an upcoming dental procedure and nearly fainted. Met Life tells me they will cover 60% of the bill, but that still leaves me paying approximately $1,250 to get an implant - with a silver crown at that.