Half the income: My story I was married for 14 years before my income was reduced to a little less than half because the marriage ended and we separated. I am relieved that I still get supported through the alimony payments. Of course, this is a bit less than half of the income I was used ...

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2009 was a rough year for dividend income. For the past couple years I have been tracking a 30-50% growth rate in dividend income, but 2009 was the first year our dividend income actually shrank despite a net increase in stock holdings for the year. Its largerly explained by the dividend cuts ...

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‘Avatar’ sales reach the sky We all saw it coming, but it’s still impressive that it happened so quickly. Just six weeks after its release, “Avatar” is the highest-grossing film of all time. It took “Titanic” 10 months to reach that spot. But hey, James Cameron is still the money-makingest director, so he isn’t going to ...

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What a Mess [caption id="" align="alignright" width="425" caption="Photo: ehow.com"][/caption] Getting into debt is easy, because all it takes is to spend more money than you make through credit cards and other loans. The time has come for you to pay the piper after living the good life. Taking out a loan to pay off your debts may ...

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Payday Loans Won’t put it Back Together Again “He piled upon the whale’s white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart’s shell upon it.” – Herman Melville, “Moby Dick” Whaling is ...

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