He remembers Bergamo, Italy. It's in the mountainous North of Italy, just South of the Swiss border and about midway between Maranello, where the incomparable Ferrari automobiles are manufactured and Milan, home of the La Scalla opera house, where ...
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How the Best Entrepreneurs Manage Their Finances
Money problems; virtually everyone has them. After all, the average American has about $38,000 in personal debt. That's a massive amount that many won't even manage to pay off in their lifetime. When dealing with a tough financial situation, though, ...
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7 Straightforward Ways to Improve Your Small Business
Having a small business is a challenging endeavor. Everything depends on you, and you have to compete with other small businesses as well as giants in the industry. Furthermore, you probably want to increase your revenue without compromising the ...
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20 Easy Ways to Save at Least $5 a Day
Need $100 this month? Who doesn't! The trick is in finding an easy way to save that cash in small increments. The good news is you can add an extra Benjamin or two to your bank account by taking advantage of these simple ways to save $5 ...
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$8100 Chicken Nuggets and Other Strange Items for Sale on Amazon & eBay
I don't know about you, but I find a lot of things in life that often make me stop and just shake my head in pure bewilderment. For example, why do tourists go to the top of tall buildings and then put quarters in telescopes so they can see things on ...
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Black Coffee: Weekend at Bernie’s
It's time to sit back, relax and enjoy a little joe ...
Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what's been going on in the world of money and personal finance.
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How to Properly Prepare for Your Next Cruise
Preparing for a cruise trip can be overwhelming, especially if it's your first time traveling. Unlike other activities, such as camping, cruising requires more detailed preparations. If well planned, cruising can be very exciting. Otherwise, it can ...
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Is South Boston the Right Neighborhood for You?
If you are relocating to Boston, you might be struggling to know exactly where to stay. The state capital of Massachusetts is a beautiful city and is home to many different people scattered across a variety of neighborhoods. South Boston, or Southie ...
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100 Words On: Why the Customer Is (Almost) Always Right
Almost everyone has asked a restaurant, bank, or other business to redress a particular grievance. It's debatable whether the titular idiom of this post should be credited to Marshall Field or Harry Gordon Selfridge, but it's true nevertheless. ...
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Buying And Selling? Try Using Bitcoin Escrow to Protect Yourself
Not everybody is looking to scam you out of money, but if you've been selling products or services online, then you likely have been burned before.
You uphold your end of the bargain and expect others to do the same. Most times they do, but it ...
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6 Ways to Create a Stylish Home Office on a Budget
Flexible scheduling and the beauty of technology in the workplace has allowed for more opportunities than ever to work from home -- either part or full-time -- rather than hanging out in the office seven days a week.
That being said, just any ...
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Six US Presidents Who Suffered with Personal Debt Problems
Four US Presidents were born in the month of February, including two who are memorialized on Mount Rushmore: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. (Ronald Reagan and William Henry Harrison are the other two.) As such, it should be no surprise that ...
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Black Coffee: The Kingdom of the Blind
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How to Find the Perfect Marketing Agency for Your Business
Specialization is the name of the game. In the modern business world, more and more companies are exploiting niche markets to positive effect. After all, consumers don't want generic products. Instead, they want to patronize businesses they feel ...
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Grandfather Says: The Boy Is ‘Just Who He Is’
Grandfather says his preparing for retirement boiled down to supporting and, to the extent needed, enabling the family members (particularly the wife -- permanent fixture -- kids, temporary) to live the lives they wanted to live in their best ...
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5 Lessons From My Italian Father on Love, Marriage and Money
I talk about my Italian parents so much that most of my friends think Mamma and Papa are paying their firstborn son to say nice things about them. In fact, I often tell my readers at Scordo.com that if it weren't for my parents I'd be lost in terms ...
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Get Cash Now: How to Cash a Check Without a Bank Account
If you're wondering how to cash a check without using a bank account, rest assured that you're not alone. Statistics show that around a quarter of US households either don't have a bank account, or regularly use an alternative means of check ...
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14 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day on a Budget
Ironically, there are a lot of broken hearts on Valentine's Day. Those of us in relationships often have high expectations of our partners, and when they fall short of what we think we should receive on February 14 or how we should be treated, well, ...
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Vaccines Have Been Lifesaving, But Are They Money-Saving Too?
Vaccines are considered to be one of the greatest human inventions of all time. Every year, vaccines prevent more than 2.5 million unnecessary deaths. Additionally, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that among children ...
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Sneaky Price Tricks Your Grocer Doesn’t Want You to Know
When I was teenager I worked in a grocery store, initially as a box boy. Within six months of being hired, however, I was promoted to checker.
Over time I eventually got to work almost all of the jobs in the store including working the deli ...
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