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Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres – Talk Show Celebrities Compare Their Money and Status

Women make an average of 30% less than men: $.70 cents to a man’s $1.00. Women of color fair even worse when it comes to income—making just around $.64 cents to a white man’s dollar. While the odds are against …

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Money and Finance for Women this Week

this week - 1The week’s news and hot topics on money and finance that are relevant to women reveal a growing number of successful female entrepreneurs, while many average waged women still struggle. Breast CA is put on the spot and men are found to be the real shopaholics.

Angelina’s faulty genes

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The preventive double mastectomy announcement by Angelina Jolie draws attention and praises that undergoing the knife doesn’t make anyone less than a woman. Many women who have had the surgery to take out a lump of cancerous cells or those who are scheduled to undergo the knife are encouraged by Angelina’s coming out. But another issue, albeit buried under the womanhood and health angle, is the cost to anticipate the defective gene called BRCA1. The test can reach up to $4,000, well beyond the average salaried woman to avail of. For Angelina, who has a strong family history of developing cancer, the preventive surgery can likely save her life in the future; but for the rest of women, we can only hope the test is made more accessible in days to come.  Read the full story »

How to Save Money: 6 DIY Ideas for Living Room

How to save money can be fun, too, especially with these six DIY ideas to dress up your living room. We culled some of the more interesting DIY projects with each one to complete a living room set. From the …

One Household, One Income: Challenges of the Sole Financial Provider

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Being the breadwinner – and the sole financial provider at that, is not a choice especially in these hard and trying times. The unstable job market, changes in family structure with more and more single-parent households, and the practicality of …

Make Money From Your Hobby – There’s a Job for That!

Do you want to make money out of your hobby? There’s a job for that and just about any other hobbies. Working with passion is every employer’s dream and every employee’s aspiration because when you love what you do work …

Women With More Money: Views on The Financially Independent Woman

With so much that is happening on the economic front and its effects on individual lives and families where money and survival are concerned, financial independence has become a hot topic of discussion especially among women. It also seems fitting …

Saving Money Tips and Money Management for Your Teens

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Teaching you near adult about saving money tips and money management is not as simple as telling a kid why money is important. You may have to seek an audience with a teenager locked in his or her room, or …

Online Freebies That All Small Businesses Should Try

If you’re a small business starting to put up an online presence, fret not of the costs and technical brouhaha. In most instances, you can get a lot of free online business tools . Think of the Internet as the …

Home-Based Businesses: 4 Easy Ways to Get Started

If, for whatever reason, you’re a stay-at-home mom, dad, or single adult there is no need for you to be without an income. There are a variety of skills and attributes you can parlay into a successful home-based enterprise. We …

Famous African Americans They’re Not But Successful Nevertheless

Famous African Americans are often confined in sports and music, but little is known that blacks have also made a name in various fields. Stereotypical issues aside, successful blacks are not a few in finance, invention, civil service, science, and …

5 Great Blogs to Help Women Save

Women’s financial needs are not identical to those of men. With different sources of income, different health concerns, and different life risks, it’s important for women to consult with experts on our own particular financial concerns. With that in mind, …

Money and Motherhood: For Better Or For Worse

A good number of women today juggle work and motherhood at the same time. While there are many other things that can motivate moms to work anew (be it at or away from home) such as self-worth, seizing opportunities and …