Oprah effect brings microlending to Main Street
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The credit crisis may be fouling up billion-dollar takeover deals, but if you're a poor African seamstress who needs a loan for a new sewing machine, you could not ask for a better borrowing market to expand your business.
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Making money in a different world than Wall Street.
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While many social media marketers focus on the big social sites, there can be hidden treasure in smaller "micro communities."
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The discount broker spreads the wealth around.
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A migrant community whose disposable income runs to billions has become a prized market for high-street banks, supermarkets and bookstores
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It's not just a blue chip for widows and orphans.
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A new study shows that giving can make you wealthier.
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Credit cards aren't the only way to get cash back.
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Shopping at your neighborhood &quot;dollar store,&quot; you can likely find bargains on backscratchers, potholders, and key chains.
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Casual Male caters to a big clientele but has to overcome a hefty debt load.
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A simple strategy can get you out of debt faster.
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More and more people are forming charitable investment clubs to research, socialize, and give.
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Diamonds -- online -- can be an investor's best friend.
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For Europe s biggest lenders, servicing the rich is turning from a peripheral business into a main one.
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Oprah Winfrey&#39;s now-famous Pontiac giveaway last Monday spiked traffic to her Web site - and also drove viewers to Pontiac&#39;s online site.
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At a local neighborhood grocery store, customers may soon be able to pay for their purchases with a quick wave of their cellphone, doing away with the need for wallets, loyalty cards and even cashiers.
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Some books sell because Oprah Winfrey wants you to buy them. Others get help from a major prize, a controversy, a movie tie-in, a famous author or an especially clever marketing campaign.