Inexpensive ways to keep warm this winter
With winter in full swing, there are several ways to keep warm without spending a fortune. To reduce the amount of heat you lose while battling cold temperatures, it’s important[…]
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Helping People Afford Life: Weekly Tip
HPAL Tip of the Week: Maintain the correct level of antifreeze to ensure your car is winterized. According to Weather.com, without the adequate combination of antifreeze and water, freezing temperatures[…]
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Sony Hack: What we need to know
Andy Anderson of CDC FCU recently shared the following post on LinkedIn It’s easy to think no one is safe on the Internet anymore. On December 1, tech giant Sony[…]
Buying a New Car? Keep these things in mind…
There are a lot of theories and pieces of advice out there about buying a new car. What to look for. When to buy. How to finance. Not necessarily in[…]
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Getting Your Financial House in Order
It’s the season for spring cleaning (and for filing taxes), and it’s as good a time as any to make sure your financial house is kept tidy. When I was[…]
Salary Negotiations: Does it pay to ask for more?
According to the Year-End 2013 Consumer Survey by Georgia Credit Union Affiliates (GCUA), 49.3 percent of respondents have never asked their employer for a pay raise. At the same time,[…]
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Don’t Get Caught Unprepared for Emergencies
I walked out to the garage and something wasn’t right. There was a pool of water, and it was spreading. I could hear a faint gushing sound and it took[…]
Personal Finance New Year’s Resolutions
The following is a blog post contributed by the elusive blogger “Jeff” at Delta Community Credit Union. We call him “IMI” around here…International Man of Intrigue. We can’t tell you[…]
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Time for a Little Game We Call Fall Organizing
You’ve got your Spring Cleaning. Now make some room in your life for Fall Organizing. Get ready for winter – and the upcoming holidays – by throwing some thought (and[…]
Who Knew: Household Hints
I love coming across these kinds of tips. I always wonder if they work (don’t sue me if they don’t), and I wonder even more how someone figured this stuff[…]
