Just dance / Shutterstock.com Shopping can cause problems, whether you are a compulsive shopper or an occasional impulse buyer. Spending more than you can afford, running a balance on credit cards and feeling stressed out from debt — all of these behaviors can pose a risk to your financial stability. …
Read More »Amazon sweetens $1.3 billion Zoox acquisition with $100 million in stock to keep workers
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today (Reuters) — Amazon plans to create at least $ 100 million in stock awards to retain the 900-plus employees of Zoox, the self-driving car startup it offered to buy last month, and can walk away …
Read More »3 Ways to Keep Going When You Feel Like Giving Up
There are times — and for many of us, 2020 has been filled with them — where we feel like giving up on our dreams. There are a lot of reasons for that feeling. It might be simple frustration or dissatisfaction with the world at large, causing us to feel …
Read More »5 Ways to Keep Glasses From Fogging When Wearing a Mask
Photo by Stock-Photo / Shutterstock.com Wearing a mask in public is annoying enough — but an irritating side effect makes the practice even worse for those who wear eyeglasses or sunglasses. As anyone who dons spectacles quickly realizes, wearing a mask can cause your lenses to fog. Every time you …
Read More »Here’s How to Keep the Coronavirus Out of Your Eyes
Photo by DenisNata / Shutterstock.com We take many steps — incessant hand-washing, wearing face masks, staying 6 feet from everybody — in our seemingly never-ending efforts to keep the coronavirus away. But for many people, one vulnerable part of the body — the eyes — goes unprotected. Experts say it …
Read More »As Playgrounds Start to Reopen, Here’s How to Keep Kids Safe
The playground padlocks are starting to come off. Now that all 50 states have begun to reopen, children in some areas are once again zipping down slides and swinging from monkey bars after months of waiting. A handful of states, including Massachusetts, Colorado, Ohio and Iowa, announced in June that …
Read More »14 Ways to Keep Your Garden and Potted Plants Thriving
A couple of months ago, I shared an article on how to start a garden without a back yard, which included a general guide to gardening that works whether you happen to have backyard garden space or just a bit of room on a balcony or a windowsill. If you …
Read More »9 Jobs From Home You Can Get and Keep
Photo by LStockStudio / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus pandemic has turned a lot of homes into home offices, and some people aren’t keen to head back to the old workplace. If that’s a category you fall into, there’s good news: There are all kinds of full-time work-from-home jobs and part-time work-from-home …
Read More »The 3 Safest Places to Keep Your Emergency Cash
Photo by Anton27 / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus pandemic has given Americans a painful reminder that emergencies pop up when you least expect them. The best plan for dealing with such crises is to prepare long before they arrive at your doorstep. Having money set aside in an emergency fund means …
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