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Uncommon Money News (Vol. 45)

January 29, 2009

Posted by Roshawn Watson under Uncategorized

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By: Roshawn Watson

In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Below are links to some of these sites. Enjoy!

I am especially appreciative to Miss Money, Good Financial Cents, Gather Little by Little, and Little Miss Know it all. Our post “Luxury Goods Are the New Porn” was included in the festival of frugality and the money hacks carnival. The carnival of twenty something finances included our The Thrift Paradox: Is Frugality Hurting the Economy? post. I appreciate all four sites for the links. Thanks for spreading the word!

To my readers: I am so honored by your support. Thank you for reading, subscribing, and for voting for articles from this site on social bookmarketing sites such as stumbleupon, reddit, delicious, digg, propeller, and yahoo buzz. Together, we are telling thousands of the importance of financial literacy. I absolutely could not do it without you. You are vital this this site, and I appreciate your help so much! Thanks.

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