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How to save on your heating bill...

"It isn't a romantic candle-lit dinner when you've had the electricity cut off."

The Heating Oil Problem.

"Stock options for your thoughts."

'Progress of a bookshelf'

Build Your Own Portfolio

So I'm "cheap." It's a perfectly good word. And it aptly describes my interest in conserving resources. I suppose we could call you "thrifty." Heavens no! And waste two whole letters? I see we've only wasted one whole tea bag.

"The little engine that could... after taking advantage of family connections, a trust fund, working two years for free as an intern, and finally getting hired as an independent contractor."

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

'Let's hope the new norm means that less really is more.'

"In the current market, it's just more practical."

"C'mon people! All for me and me for me!"

Musical Accompaniment to Household Chores.

Largest passenger aircraft ever built. "Why does it have to be so big?" "We had to make extra room for all the subsidy money."

"If CEO pay packets aren't a problem, why doesn't everyone get one?"

'Believe me dad. I'm on the school math team. If your investments declined 50 then increased 50 you did not break even.'

'This graph may need some explaining...'

The Great Leap Forward

The burden of carrying the Euro.

"Sure, money may be imaginary - but at least it's got everybody imagining it."

"I can tell it's new because it's alive."

'I don't know about the ecosystem, but the economy seems to be on the upswing.'

'Would you merge your mutual fund with mine?'

"There may be a moral equivalent of war, but, by God, there is not moral equivalent of money."

'Bedtime stories at the Browns'.'

'The good news is that we're making huge profits - the bad news is that we won't be getting a bailout.'

'We're quite confident this lull won't last long.'

'Ferguson here will explain the 'worst case scenario' of Social Security Privatization.'

'As your financial advisor, I'd have to advise you to change your main income provider,'

'You've made a breakthrough in FINANCIAL research?', 'Yep! - I split the ATM!'

We pay the maximum minimum wage.

I Want to be a Drone President

'Government economists called it a 'slight market correction'.'

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Overdraft limit.