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The United States Federal Trade Commission estimates as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Identity theft is a crime in which an impostor obtains key pieces of someone else’s personal identifying information - such as Soci...

Charles Ergen started off with little to show that he could build up a multi-billion empire some day. Back in 1980, he was selling oversized satellite dishes in Colorado. He just had his best friend as business partner, with his would-be wife chipping in....

With the rash of mailbox bashings in rural areas in 16 states, victims are becoming creative in their strategies for protecting their mailboxes. Some ideas are pretty humorous. Here are a few of them. One rural resident determined that it was boys from ...

Few things are as certain as the eventual need to plan a funeral. Unfortunately, many people take care of the details in the midst of turmoil, when planning and decision making is most difficult. In light of the circumstances, many feel uncomfortable in e...

If you are planning a funeral for yourself or for your beloved once, you need to consider so many things before selecting the best funeral services provider. However, it is most sorrowful decision to take in that difficult time to select the funeral prov...

If you manage telephone marketing representatives who make sales calls to residential (non-business) consumers to solicit a product or service, or if you make those types of calls yourself, it is more important now than ever to make sure that your call li...

The US Do Not Call List is officially called the National Do-Not-Call Registry. This is a method by tool by which telemarketers are prohibited from making unsolicited calls to US consumers. This was supposed to be implemented in 2003, however, due to a le...

When a loved one dies, tons and tons of burdens come into play. Without counting emotional stresses, we also experience the stress that comes with the dozens of decisions that need to be made regarding the funeral. All of them should be made quickly under...

It was only a matter of time before the new wave of scams cashing in on the popular concept of the economic stimulus swept the nation. The ads promise consumers that the government is handing out large chunks of cash they never have to repay. The Web sit...