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In times of economic hardship, “do-it-yourself” is a tempting mantra for many homeowners with dripping faucets, running toilets, leaky windows or sticky locks. The savings can add up when you don’t have to call a repairman, especially for things like painting, plumbing and appliance repair, said Ken Collier, editor-in-chief of The Family Handyman. “Parts are [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer, said its series of Kindle e-readers and tablets were the top three most-popular purchases in December. As the company stated earlier in the month, customers bought more than one million Kindles a week during the holiday shopping season. Since the Kindle’s 2007 launch, Amazon (AMZN, [...]

Despite a stagnant employment market in 2011, online hiring has grown at a record pace, up more than 100 percent from 2010. Elance, a platform for online workers and employers, released its 2011 Online Employment Review, which reveals that the future of work will be contingent, global and online. As more companies seek instant access [...]

This isn’t quite where LaToya Wright wanted to be in life. At the young age of 24, she’s learned that everything comes at a price. She’s had to postpone plans to land her dream job and, instead, work two jobs making just above minimum wage. She’s had to give up her nights and weekends to [...]

Anti-SOPA pop-up banners online protest a law that many argue will dramatically alter the Internet. In the growing battle for the future of the Web, some of the biggest sites online — Google, Facebook, and other tech stalwarts — are considering a coordinated blackout of their sites, some of the web’s most popular destinations. No [...]