Can Money make you happy?

Money is a tool which can be used to purchase items which might give you a sense of happiness for a period of time

For many years people have been debating whether or not money can buy you happiness and there are many people in both corners. A lengthy thread on Quora has revealed that many people strongly believe that money does indeed buy you happiness. There are some people that acknowledge that money is a tool to buy [...]

15 Foods which are cheaper to make

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Although it is often more convenient to buy items off the shelf while doing your weekly or monthly grocery shopping, it is not always the cheaper option to adding the items into your menu. We all know that we pay for convenience, but when you are on a tight budget it is wiser to fore [...]

Benefits of regularly investing

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A lot of people are still trying to figure out when is the best time to invest, some people even have a good lump sum stored away in a current account waiting for the ‘perfect’ time to enter into an investment, and the problem with this is that you are losing out on the interest [...]

Trying to make sense of Credit Scoring

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Most people have gotten into the habit of checking with places like Equifax before trying to apply for credit of any sort, mostly because the probability of them obtaining the credit or having their application approved is highly dependent on the information received from Equifax. What do you do when you know that your credit [...]

The top tricks of pick pockets

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If you haven’t been the victim of a pick pocket or bag snatcher then you probably know someone who has been, and can understand that moment of revelation is embarrassing and stressful. With times being tough and everyone looking for ways to make ends meet it is even more important to ensure that your valuables [...]

Parents Mask Housing Crisis

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There are a lot of people that are fortunate enough to have mom and dad around with the available funding to help them into their own home, but as the global recession has affected everyone the chances of mom and dad being able to afford to help their darlings into their own home is getting [...]

Helpful tips for spotting fakes

In the world of fake how do you spot the real?

In this day and age of technology there are a lot more imposters around than there used to be years ago, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to separate the truth from the fake. Whether you are looking at the amount of friends or followers on Facebook and Twitter or for faux fur items in [...]

Weekly Wrap 26/07/2013

It is the last full week of the month and it has been an exceptionally stressful week! Most people in the corporate world find that the busiest week of the month is the last week of the month as everyone is rushing about trying to get things finished to meet deadlines before the start of [...]

Who can’t afford McDonalds

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During the global recession McDonalds managed to keep its clientele more than other large fast food companies, mostly because of their dollar deals, now that the recession is nearly over McDonalds has found that people are not as eager to stop off and buy a dollar meal or anything that they could cook at home. [...]

Dinosaur Park gets green light

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Clive Palmer has recently been given the green light to build a dinosaur park in his Coolum resort in Queensland. The dinosaur park is expected to increase tourist activity for the resort and will not impact on the area itself. Although it took a while for the Sunshine Coast Regional Council to approve his application [...]