If you consider the current economic climate and the fact most people are trying to better control their budgets it's easy to understand why restaurant servers' tips have declined. Still, diners, drinkers, spa junkies and patrons across the US customarily tip 15 to 20 percent for good service. And that adds up to a whole lot of dolla dolla bills.
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Coupon clipping is a cornerstone of countless families' food budgets, and it's a part of consumer culture that has seemingly existed forever. Like all things, the idea of companies printing coupons to be clipped by shoppers did start somewhere. Do you know which brand first introduced the concept?
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According to US Census Bureau figures released last week, only one state in the country saw a drop in median household income in 2007. This same state also saw a rise in poverty. Can you guess which state stands alone in its losses?
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A recent poll here on SavvySugar showed 55 percent of you got your first credit card shortly after high school, which got me thinking about credit card use throughout the entire country.
Clearly, credit cards are a fact of our financial lives. Visa's statistics for 2006 indicated that consumers carry more than 1 billion Visa cards worldwide and more than 450 million of those cards are in the US.
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The mortgage crisis was at the tip of everyone's tongues last year and many jobs were lost in the industry that literally lent itself to disaster. Can you guess how many mortgage jobs were eliminated in 2007?
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I think we're all aware that women are paid less than men for doing the same job, but do you really know what the guy next to you is earning? Let's find out.
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