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Some interesting articles from Clark Howard’s website:

Debt is at the center of business failures, not the economy

Failing businesses all have their excuses about why they’re going bankrupt. The sales guys will tell you it’s because of the advertising slowdown. The retailers blame the drop in sales. The manufacturers blame the decline in manufacturing. And on and on…

Is that what’s really going on?  Read the full story.

Ditching cable/satellite to get free TV

Some 1.1 million Americans have now disconnected their satellite or cable service, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Are they going TV-less? No, they’re getting TV content on the web or over the air instead. In fact, you actually get a superior picture over the thin air with a modern flat-screen TV vs. the compressed signal delivered by satellite or cable.  Read the full story.

Senior market for cell phones heating up

Jitterbug is one company that’s had a real corner on the market when it comes to selling senior-friendly cell phones to an aging population. Clark’s 85-year-old mother has become a heavy Jitterbug user. Unfortunately, many of their service plans aren’t exactly designed with the talkaholic in mind, so it’s becoming an expensive habit.   Read the full story.

Money a motivator in kicking the smoking habit

A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine finds that people can be bribed to quit smoking.  Read the full story.

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