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- December 15, 2010
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Monroe entrepreneur creates professional workspace for women0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- July 17, 2013
Working from home can be challenging due to constant distractions, a problem which has led many entrepreneurial women to seek more productive workspaces outside the home. Entrepreneur Tracy Mate decided to open the Collaborative Women’s Center in Monroe, Connecticut to solve the problem for herself and for others with similar situations.
READ MOREMoney-saving ways to still go on vacation0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- August 22, 2011
It’s not too late to plan a little vacation, especially when the travel industry is struggling to recover from the downturn in travel caused by the recession and is offering deals to help you save money. Use these tips to find cheaper airfare, hotels, rental cars, and anything else you may need on your vacation.
READ MOREMoney Lessons From Mom0
- Personal finance
- May 19, 2013
These simple tips, taught to the writer by his mother, can help you make wiser financial decisions. Daily Finance, 5/8/2013
READ MOREMommy, why is that lady so fat? Embrace the embarrassment0
- Home & Family
- January 5, 2012
What do you do when your child makes a loud, embarrassing comment about someone in public? All too often, the answer seems to be to shush them, avoid eye contact and hustle away. Meg Zucker, a woman born with only one finger on each hand and one toe on each foot, and two of her
READ MOREMom’s BPA levels linked to son’s thyroid problems0
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 5, 2012
A study from UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health was recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The senior study author, Kim Harley, adjunct associate professor of public health and associate director of CERCH, said in a press release that BPA is everywhere in our environment, with more than 90 percent of women of
READ MOREMom challenges school sunscreen ban after daughters are severely burned0
- Green Initiatives
- June 27, 2012
After a school sunscreen ban left two Tacoma, Washington elementary students severely burned, their mother decided to take on the school district. The mother discovered that 49 states nationwide have policies that do not allow staff to apply sunscreen to students, and students can only apply it themselves if they have a doctor’s note. The law
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