Articles by Kiplinger

Don�t Bury Your Technotrash

"E-waste" is the fastest- growing source of consumer trash. But don't dump your old computers, cell phones and other devices in a landfill. Your trash could be someone else's treasure.... Read >>

What to Know About Labor Day Sales

Labor Day usually offers people that last chance to get away before the school year starts and fall activities kick into high gear. The three-day weekend also is a time when retailers have sales... Read >>

Data-Tracking Technology Can Help Lower Your Car Insurance

If you're a good driver, you're probably paying too much for your auto insurance. With the traditional insurance model, your premiums have little to do with how you drive -- until an accident or... Read >>

Smart-Phone Users Wrestle With Complex New Pricing Plans

More smart-phone users face the monthly challenge of keeping tabs on megabytes and gigabytes as major carriers, including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, substitute unlimited data... Read >>

How to Deal With Coupon Overload

By Michael Stratford From the popularity of daily deal sites to TLC's show Extreme Couponing, it's clear that cash-strapped consumers want to squeeze savings out of each purchase.... Read >>

Smart Ways to Save for College

He makes a good salary but has no job security. She's currently a stay-at-home mom. The older of their two girls heads off to college in five years. If the kids attend their parents' alma maters,... Read >>

MBA Is Costly Investment in Her Future

OUR READER Who: Kim Reese, 44 Where: Atlanta Question: How can I pay off the debt I took out to go back to school? Like many Americans, Kim was a victim of the Great... Read >>

Best Rewards Credit Cards, 2011

Of the 1.4 billion credit card solicitations mailed in the first quarter of this year, 80% were for cards with rewards programs, according to Mintel, a market-research firm. Issuers are... Read >>

Great Advice From Around the Web

There's a baby boom at Kiplinger.com right now. Our business development director's wife just had their third child. I'm expecting a third soon. Our online sales director is pregnant with her... Read >>

Free Credit Score Catch

I've been reading about various consumer-friendly rules that are scheduled to take effect as a result of last year's financial-services-reform law. One of them requires lenders to give people... Read >>

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