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Dave McGinn's Mr. Miser
Is it better to fix it, or buy a new one?
When things fall off or break down, it's often easier to buy a new one than take the time to have them fixed. That's expensive for your wallet, and the environment
Managing Money
Financial Plan: Set it, forget it
Use automatic electronic transfers and breathe easy, says Angela Self
Sarah Hampson's Currency
Relationships: When to have the financial talk
How you choose to discuss your bank book can affect the bottom line of a potential relationship
Workplace hazard
Are co-workers ripping off your ideas? Outing them may be tricky
Colleagues passing off your efforts as their own is hard to prevent, but even harder to address after the fact
Money trouble
Canadians would rather take on debt than take a handout
Canadians are twice as likely as those in other nations to borrow from a bank than from Mom, a new global survey finds. It's all about our need to not look like losers
Shoptimism by Lee Eisenberg
Q&A: Good news – it's okay to shop
Our romance with spending can be like any relationship – tumultuous and complicated, says author Lee Eisenberg. But we needn’t feel guilty about the thrill of the buy
How to be a slacker at work
Do less at work with author Stanley Bing's ‘executricks'
Marketplace
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Angela Self's Smart Cookies
Debt rising? Befriend a credit counsellor
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Earlier discussion
Holiday spending: How to stick to a budget
Need help keeping a lid on credit card bills? Credit counsellor Becky House takes your questions
My last stupid purchase
1994 Mitsubishi Pajero
Adam Pesce, Reunion Island coffee product specialist, on his car
Living Better
How to score a cross-border deal with the high dollar
Our new guide to your life: this week, how to buy smart from U.S. e-tailers
Home Cents
How families can play the higher loonie
Book that Disney vacation or shop in the U.S. but beware of chasing currency-driven deals, says personal finance blogger Chaya Cooperberg
Amy Verner's Suitable
A dress code that will never go out of style
Top 10 tips for what to wear to the office
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Get Suitable makeover winner Jennifer Moore
When you've got it, why not flaunt it? A streamlined silhouette and strategic dashes of colour inject youth and vigour into this financial planner's look
