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Chaz Explains Why Having Separate Bank Accounts is One Key That Has Made His Marriage Successful

Chaz — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:02:14 +0000

When it comes to marriage, or any type of long term relationship, money can be the root of some pretty jacked up arguments as far as managing your finances together. He spent this, she spent that, it's a vicious cycle that a lot of couples go through. One way that has helped my wife and I, is that we separate bank accounts.

Rudy Teaches His Daughter the Value of Money Through Aluminum Can Recycling

Rudy Fernandez — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:30:45 +0000

I have (count them) eight wonderful children, five daughters and three sons. In an effort to try and teach this last child the value of money I decided I would prove to her that there is money in trash. So instead of throwing away our aluminum soda cans, we would save them and turn trash into cash. I went by Harbor Freight and purchased a can crusher for my 10 year old little princess, who began her can crushing journey six months ago. Just last week during Spring Break we took seven large trash bags full of cans to Pine Street Salvage.

5 Ways to Save Money on Your 2013 Taxes

Maura Chwastyk — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:07:25 +0000

It's hard to believe it's already the middle of tax season. 2013 is off to a fast clip, and unfortunately this means that Tax Day is right around the corner. You could bury your head in the sand until you hit April 14 panic mode, or this year you could give yourself a burst of energy and self-confidence knowing that you met your taxes head-on. Here are money savers to get you started:

How Much Will Americans Spend Eating Out on Valentine's Day?

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:17:17 +0000

Love may be in the air on Valentine’s Day, but so are bigger bills. According to a survey by online restaurant reservation site OpenTable, the average check for a couple when dining out this Valentine’s Day will be $139, a steep jump from the $85 OpenTable usually reports. The lovebirds out there don’t really seem [...]

10 Crazy Kickstarters to Waste Your Money On

Emerald Catron — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:12:25 +0000

Kickstarter is a wonderful, magical place, where you can buy "luxuriously rugged" men's underpants, or help bring chocolate-dipped, pretzel-sprinkled beer-flavored marshmallows into the world. But not all of the projects people are trying to do are so awesome.

New Years Foods that Bring Luck, Love and Money – Abilene's Top 5

Rudy Fernandez — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 04:10:32 +0000

New Years is a time for new beginnings, new goals, a time to start anew. New Years is often thought of as a time to renew our hopes for love, life and money. America, being as smelting pot of many cultures brings forth the many different cultural New Years beliefs, or as I like to call it "our crazy food superstitions

Stainless Steel Paper Clip is So For Money and It Doesn't Even Know It

Chris Illuminati — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:30:17 +0000

Back before we were pulling in mad cash for writing this blog, several of the writers and editors used common office supplies for other purposes. We used bulldog clips during office S&M sessions, scrap paper as kindling to heat the office and paper clips to hold our dollar bills together. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! That was a joke. [...]

Low on Cash and Looking for Cheap Entertainment in Abilene? Here Are 5 Things You Can Do

Chaz — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:01:40 +0000

If you're low on cash and looking for cheap ways to have fun in Abilene, I got you covered. Here are 5 ways you can still have a little fun in the key city that won't break your pocket book. Photo By Chaz 1 Disc Golf Disc Golf, played just like golf but [...]

Would You Do Your Christmas Shopping in January to Save Money? — Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:01:53 +0000

We all know some of the best sales of the year come right after Christmas. So here's an interesting thought: Why not do your holiday shopping in early January and get more bang for your gift-giving buck?

$300K in Gold Dust Found in Sacramento Home

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:15:04 +0000

If you live in Sacramento, it’s time to start tearing out the walls: these homeowners stumbled over roughly $300,000 in gold dust during a heater installation. Back in September, two HVAC installers from the company Clark & Rush found twelve baby food jars filled to the top with gold dust. In a moment which must [...]

Cabbie Returns $220,000 He Finds in Back Seat, Gets a 1% Tip — Is It Fair?

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:09:25 +0000

If you drive a cab in Las Vegas, you're gonna see some crazy things. But the biggest jolt of Adam Woldemarim's cab-driving career came last month after he finished a shift and was cleaning up his van. In the back seat of the vehicle was a soft laptop case that a fare had left behind. But instead of housing a computer, the case held $222,510 in cash.

Is Saving Money Good for Your Health? — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:29:57 +0000

Lots of people eat well and clock time at the gym to keep themselves healthy. But as it turns out, your well-being is tied to more than just your physical state. It has a lot to do with your finances, too. A recent survey found that fewer than half of American workers watch their spending, [...]

Abilene High Band Boosters Partner With Ford to Raise Money

Rudy Fernandez — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:37:15 +0000

I drove by Abilene High School Saturday afternoon and saw what looked like a couple hundred people standing around a dozen new cars in the main parking lot while the bands percussion section was playing Caribbean music. I stopped and asked, I learned that Ford Motor Company, Arrow Ford and the bands booster club had teamed up together to raise money through Fords 'Drive One 4UR School' event.

Wanna Make Money? Write Positive Reviews for Products You Buy Online — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:33:01 +0000

When people are shopping online, many rely on reviews written by previous buyers to help steer them in the right direction. But it seems some of those reviews may not be as honest as we think.

In fact, some product manufacturers are actually paying shoppers to write them — albeit in a roundabout way.

Men Spend More When Women Are Scarce

Shauna Wright — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:28:11 +0000

Single men who perceive a shortage of available women are more likely to drain their bank accounts in an effort to make themselves appear more attractive to the fairer sex, according to new research on competition in the dating world. In the first of two studies in the January Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, [...]

Happy People Live Longer [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:00:38 +0000

It's true, happy people do live longer, 35% longer to be exact. In the study that followed those being researched for 20 years, the study revealed that people with a more positive outlook on life and had healthy positive relationships with their spouses, children, family and friends fared far better than those who were slightly more cynical and had little to no relationships with close family and friends. The study that was published in Tuesday's National Academy of Sciences.

State Of Texas has $20 Billion Dollars and Some of it May Be Yours [VIDEO]

Rudy Fernandez — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:17:40 +0000

The state of Texas is currently holding more than $2 billion in cash and other valuable assets and they are waiting for the rightful owners to claim it. Keep in mind it’s never too late to make a claim, especially when we're talking over 2 billion dollars. This is cash money that could not be forwarded to you because you moved and maybe didn't put in a change of address, or your old bank, credit union or lending institution lost contact with you, maybe it's an old deposit or safety deposit box with valuables that you or your family members forgot about. It could also be an inheritance. It doesn't cost anything to at least check into it.

5 Great Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund

KEAN 105.1 Staff — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:45:32 +0000

It’s tax season, but that also means it's tax return season, too. In 2010, the average return was $3,036. That’s a lot of money to get at one time. With all that extra cash, you might be asking yourself, "How should I spend it?"

Here are few ideas.