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Google has long since become a synonym for Web search. You don’t search anymore. You Google. But if you’re like most people, you are probably not using Google Search to its full potential. For example, did you know that you can check flight schedules and prices right on the search results page? How about sports scores, movie times and word definitions? The following tips will [...]

Each year titans from the AFC and NFC meet to determine who the Super Bowl Champion will be. And each year, forlorn wives and lovers are forgotten for approximately three and a half hours. Luckily, the Super Bowl commercial really started to change all that a few decades ago and became entertainment in themselves. The commercial festivities have become almost as grandiose as the game, [...]

Whether you need to negotiate a salary for a new job or ask for a raise from your current employer, it’s a scary thing to do. In fact, most employees are afraid to broach salary negotiations with their bosses. As a result, many employees are being grossly underpaid. Make sure you’re being paid what you’re worth based on your skills, education, experience, and job responsibilities. [...]

It’s a simple question. It’s powerful; it creates tension; it drives a wedge between relationships; and nobody likes to hear it. What is it? “Can I borrow some money?” Yes, that question. The dreaded question nobody wants to answer. Unfortunately, we’ve all been in this situation before. It’s always awkward and it doesn’t usually end well. Money is the cause of many failed relationships between [...]

Credit cards can be a double-edged sword. And while these plastic cards are perfect for building credit and meeting emergency expenses, they also open the door to debt. Getting your first credit card as an adult is a major milestone, and you might celebrate this milestone with a shopping trip. There’s nothing wrong with the occasional indulgence. But if you’re not careful, bad credit habits [...]

Mama opens on Jan. 18, and with it we’re reminded once again why we don’t want to have children. But this debut feature from director Andres Muschietti, based on his own 2008 short film, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro himself, isn’t the first and won’t be the last to tell us children are bad ideas. Life’d will now examine more than 50 years [...]

2013 marks the ten-year anniversary of the approval of Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, by congress. These medical savings plans can be powerful tools in either an individual or family health-funding strategy. With the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all US citizens obtain health care starting in 2014, it’s more important than ever to understand how HSAs work and to find out if they might [...]

If you want to land a leadership role in your career, then you need to have the necessary leadership skills first. Fortunately, you can improve those skills if you don’t already have them. The best way to get started is by identifying leaders you admire. What do they do that impresses you and makes you want to work with them or follow them? Also, think [...]

We’ve made it to 2013! Meaning that it’s time to start working on those resolutions, at least until your willpower gives out. We all know that some of the most common resolutions each year are related to health and fitness, with gyms getting swamped and kitchens being emptied of junk food every January. If you’re among the masses resolved to whip yourself into shape this [...]

In an ideal world, we would all work from home in our pajamas while eating Sour Patch Kids and listening to our Spotify playlists on full blast. Unfortunately, most of us have full-time jobs away from the comforts of home. Each morning, we get up, don our nicest business attire, and head into the office. Whether you get there by bike, train or car, the [...]