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Germany's richest woman's fight against sex video blackmailers

So did you hear the one about the BMW heiress who made a sex video? Germany's wealthiest woman, who is worth $13.2 billion, was lured into an affair[...] read more »
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Department Of Labor Spends $40 Billion To Create One Amazing New Job

In addition to a $500,000 annual salary, Solis said that the job also includes 12 weeks of paid vacation, a generous pension, bimonthly bonuses for a[...] read more »
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Pet Millionaires: Seven Cats and Dogs Who Are Actually Richer than You

These dogs know how to live the high life. Seriously. They give a whole new meaning to the phrase “being treated like a dog.” read more »
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'Stimulus plan' the new buzzwords for sales

A search of the Internet reveals all kinds of other "Stimulus Plans" from baseball teams around the country, many of them minor league teams, as a [...] read more »
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The other price you pay when you buy expensive toys- $300 dinosaurs

I think there may be another reason parents aren't buying expensive, elaborately-designed toys. They're too cleverly designed.There are so many toy[...] read more »
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Back to square one: Lowered credit limits foil some vacation plans

Have you ever heard of a vacation that wasn't a big-ticket purchase? Budgeting just $100 a day for a week-long vacation would be considered miserly.[...] read more »
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Most Foreclosures Pack Into Few Counties - WalletPop

More than half of the nation's foreclosures last year took place in 35 counties, a sign that the financial crisis devastating the national economy m[...] read more »
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The Liberal Arts education: A recipe for poverty?

"When you're working in the money markets, what use are the novels of Wordsworth?" A portion of my brain, which I call "the asshole English teach[...] read more »
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Microsoft (MSFT) Leverage: Yahoo! (YHOO) Could Lose Money In Q1

"CEO Steve Ballmer has yet again made a public comment about doing a search deal with Yahoo! (YHOO). Because Yahoo! still has a 20% market share in [...] read more »
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Americans have parked $600 billion in cash with their brokers

Across the country, millions of Americans have been sitting on cash—not at banks, not at credit unions, but in brokerage houses. read more »
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Which America? The Possibilities of American Thrift

"When I think of this same basic division today, I think of Donald Trump and Warren Buffet." read more »
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Beginner's Guide to Using Tip'd [Video]

Tip'd webmaster Jimmy Atkinson produces our first ever video: it's basically a Tip'd 101. Your feedback is welcome, we're still new to this video[...] read more »
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More Discussion on Tip'd, Please!

We LOVE the comments we get on Tip'd stories, but we wish we got more of them! How can we better encourage comments? What would make YOU comment mor[...] read more »
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How Real People Grow Their Wealth

"This is why "time" (and lots of it) is step #3 in my three steps to becoming rich. If you gather little by little and invest it over a long perio[...] read more »
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Fed Cuts Two Rates: Federal Funds Target Rate and Discount Rate

"The Federal Reserve Board responded to the economy yesterday by lowering the target for the federal funds rate to 1% and the discount rate to 1.25%[...] read more »
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