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  • Jeff Klein, a shop owner in Massachusetts, talks about why customers buy everything from firewood to ice when bad weather makes the news.

  • Mindblown Life, a new mobile app, is designed to help young people achieve financial literacy by helping players make tough financial decisions.

  • Feb 8, 2013

    A bond bubble?

    When fears about the stock market boiled over during the economic crash, investors turned to bonds. More than a $1 trillion has gone to buying bonds since 2009, but things are turning around again. Are we on the verge of a bond bubble burst?

  • Most guys, when they go shopping, stuff their wallets and keys in their pockets. Maybe a cellphone. But sometimes you need more than your pockets. Commentator Scott Huler has a suggestion — a man bag.

  • How can you build credit if you've just moved to the U.S. from abroad? What resources are out there to help with student loans? Author and journalist Carmen Wong Ulrich tackles these questions and more.

  • Straight talk from a banker on what makes an application for a re-fi or a loan modification stand out in the eyes of a bank.

  • A woman uses a credit card reader to charge a credit card from a customer for payment at Lorenzo's Italian Market in Miami, Fla. 
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Merchants can now pass the credit card processing fees they pay on to consumers.

  • Mortgage heavyweights Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced a bailout program for struggling homeowners who are current on their payments. If there's a pressing need to leave their property, they can just walk away.

  • Domino's Pizza expects to sell over 11 million slices of pizza on Superbowl Sunday. What do stores do to prepare for this? David Lazarus went to a Domino's to take a look.

  • A new prepaid debit card targeted at former substance abusers aims to keep the holder's spending on a very short leash.