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Useful and provocative personal finance stories from around the Web. Enjoy.

7 Money Lessons Learned in 7 Years of Marriage – Mighty Bargain Hunter, Feb. 2, 2009 (O.K., not technically this week, but it’s a good one.)
Degrees With The Highest ROI – Yahoo! HotJobs
How to Claim the Recovery Rebate Credit – Five Cent Nickel, Feb. 5, 2009
Fashion on a Budget: Organizing and Updating Your Wardrobe for [...]

Kiplinger’s personal finance magazine is teaming up with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors to offer free financial advice to people across the country today. Known as Kiplinger’s Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Day, NAFPA members across the U.S. will be standing by to answer your call-in questions about your finances for free.
Phone lines are [...]

Bringing you interesting recent articles about personal finances and taxes from around the web:

How to find the sweet spot when buying electronics (from WiseBread)
Do you need to pay taxes on your eBay sales? (from Moolanomy)
8 fundamental money lessons for kids (Million Dollar Journey)
More ways to squeeze savings from home and food products (from Frugal Duchess)
How [...]

The Internal Revenue Service announced on October 16, 2008 cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for tax year 2009.
Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code provides for dollar limitations on benefits and contributions under qualified retirement plans. It also requires that the Commissioner annually adjust these limits for cost-of-living [...]

Geezeo, a free personal finance web application, has redesigned their website and launched several new features to help its users manage their money better today. We think many of you will find Geezeo to be a useful service.

Geezeo, which allows you to track spending goals and manage your credit card and bank accounts, is a [...]

The blog has been an ongoing project over the last year, with (almost) daily updates about features, the team, and topics related to receipts, bookkeeping, online accounting, and tracking spending.
There is a lot to write about here, and a lot of great posts. In order to make sure that some of the most important information [...]