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CLARK'S TIP TOPICS
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- Kroger testing lower prices, rewards cards
- Home Depot offers FREE CFL recycling program
- Be on the lookout for sweet deals at the gym
- Ikan can make home delivery of groceries even easier
- Banks offer diverging interest rates on savings and CDs
- Mortgage bailout proposal to help banks, not homeowners
- Credit limits being reduced without your knowledge?!
- Payday lenders charge up to 1,400% interest
- People's economic expectations the worst they've ever been
- Could you withstand a 50% decline in income?
- Seniors racked with debt during the golden years
- Clark continues to be impressed by Mint.com
- The 10 cheapest cars to own and operate
- Big 3 automakers rolling out great incentives and rebates
- New ruling clarifies e-privacy issues at work
- Cruise crime remains a persistent problem
- New ruling clarifies e-privacy issues at work
- Is pessimism about the economy truly warranted?
- 65 million paying for credit monitoring/fraud alert services
- Credit unions offer the nearest thing to a free lunch
- Sirius/XM merger can't hold a candle to HD Radio
- Drugstore chains sued for stocking expired products
- Best Buy experiments with new customer loyalty program
- Beware of greenwashed products
- Online and cable TV worlds delivering targeted ads
- New tech developments from NetFlix, Hewlett Packard
- New websites for people and public records searches
- McDonald's franchisees revolt against dollar menu
- Wal-Mart sets new toy safety standards
- Luxury clothing at deep discounts?
- What to do in tough economic times
- Pulling in the reins on consumer debt
- Are gas rebate credit cards a deal?
- Clark's used car buying tips
- Are gas additives for real?
- Scooters and bus commuters all the rage
- Jumbo loan relief finally hits the market
- Cheap electronics coming
- Furniture business presents both hazards and opportunities
- Ivy League schools introduce sliding-scale tuition
- Avoid single-issue insurance policies
- Thrift stores, Steve and Barry's in vogue with cheap clothing
- Ivy League schools introduce sliding-scale tuition
- States step into the gift card fray
- Test your tap water on the cheap
- Free e-mail providers differ on privacy issues
- A crash course in online safety
- Sezmi promises a new revolution in TV viewing
- Microsoft pays you to use their search engine!
- Pocket camcorders make a great gift
- Facebook adopts new safety measures
- Mini-laptops the wave of the future
- The fine line between economic pessimism and optimism
- Majority of people plan for retirement in the wrong way
- Baby boomers borrowing for basics
- The benefits of targeted retirement portfolios
- Online loans at interest rates of 2,000%!
- Maximum Earnings checking account pays 6% APY
- More banks following BoA's lead on ATM surcharge hikes
- Lower interest rates open refinancing window
- ATM fees topped $4 billion last year
- New guidelines proposed for credit card industry
- 40 cents for a stolen credit card number?!
- Payday lender starving out food bank
- Compact vehicles may be a better deal than sub-compacts
- Getting out of a car lease
- Honda to launch affordable line of hybrids in 2009
- Teens lax in buckling up; small cars becoming safer
- Dissecting Chrysler's gas gimmick
- Consumers win the battle of Real Estate commissions
- Investors to hand you a mortgage reduction?
- Occupancy fraud stalls housing market recovery
- Customer satisfaction survey results revealed
- Waiting out the storm of foreclosures
- Zillow.com offers home values, quality of life assessment
- Inflated real estate appraisals under investigation
- CouchSurfing.com may appeal to low-budget travelers
- Travel substitution the key to cheap international vacations
- Prepare a feast at home with Internet help
- Prepare a feast at home with Internet help
- Supermarkets trending smaller; goodbye to bigger and better
- Accelerated Funding Group revealed as classic Ponzi scheme
- Postage stamps still a good deal despite price increase
- Are Series I bonds still a good deal?
- Reprogram yourself to become a saver?
- Hi-speed Internet set to takeover thanks to Clearwire pact?
- Best Buy's Geek Squad actually a peep squad?!
- The downside of a possible gas tax holiday
- Auto insurance rates may decline
- The energy-efficient building movement
- Students seeking loans from peer-to-peer lenders
- Free credit score now available online
- Student loan consolidation rates to hit 3.25%
- HELOCs being yanked with no warning
- Insure your money above FDIC limits with CDARS
- Maximize your money in the market over time
- What's in and what's out with your money
- Your individual money style is hardwired into your brain
- Blank check investing all the rage despite dangers
