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How moving house can affect your credit rating

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Specialist lender aqua card has released a graphic which will help home-movers understand the impact that moving house might have on their credit rating, and the steps they can take to minimise the damage.

How Bikes Can Save Us

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America is car country. We drive everywhere, and we all pay the price: transportation alone accounts for 20% of an American family’s budget, the 2nd biggest cost after housing. A sedentary lifestyle doesn’t just kill our pockets, either – it kills us. After tobacco, inactivity-related diseases are the number one killer in the US. But […]

Schooling the Republican Candidates – How Educated Are They?

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The media enjoys getting a laugh (or twenty) mocking the educational background of recent candidates entering the Republican nomination. So how educated are these candidates really? Here, we break down exactly what degree each possesses… and what their chances for success are.

How Americans Spend Their Time Online

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The average American spends over 4 hours of their day glued to the tube and while TV consumption is at an all time high, according to a recent Forrester survey it seems Americans are spending just as much time on the Internet. While it may not come as much of a surprise that social networking […]

How Colors Affect Purchase Decisions

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KISSmetrics has collected this handy infographic on how colors affect our buying decisions, including which colors attract impulse buyers or budget shoppers. All of this quantified data, however pretty, is just another window into the terrifyingly sophisticated psychology behind consumer marketing.

How Banks Sold Themselves CDOs

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As the housing boom began to slow in 2006 investors became nervous about the riskier parts of their investments. Therefore, banks created and ultimately provided most of the money for new CDOs.

How fast does my new car lose value?

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The very minute that you drive a new car off a dealer’s lot, it loses value. That’s just a fact of life, and the infographic below gives you a roadmap of depreciation milestones. But depreciation doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy a new car. In fact, if your plan is to drive the wheels off your […]

How Laughter Impacts Your Health

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The idea that ‘laughter is the best medicine’ isn’t just a cliche. While a bit of an exaggeration (it’s no replacement for penicillin), laughter can certainly do wonders for your health. Here’s a look at why exactly laughter is good for you and our way of encouraging you to be happy (though not fat and […]