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Brent is a 39 year old guy from Portland, Oregon, USA

Personal finance columnist and blogger at The Oregonian.

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For the banks, it isnt personal | Steve Duin - �...

Rated 12:00pm • 1 review • consumer info, financial planning, banking, fees, bank fees • oregonlive.com

"Automatic overdraft protection" is a lovely phrase, ingeniously designed to help you sleep at night while your bank performs that cattle-prod colonoscopy. Banks have promised reforms, but you wouldn't know it from talking to Gwen Schnurman and her 15-year-old son, Eli Hirsch.
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Has free checking gone away? | Its Only Money -...

Rated Feb 08 • 1 review • consumer info, financial planning, banking, fees • oregonlive.com

Consumers are discovering new fees at their banks. Here's what you can do in response.
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Havent received your W-2, 1099-R or 1099-MISC? |...

Rated Feb 02 • 1 review • consumer info, financial planning, taxation • oregonlive.com

Haven't received your W-2 yet? Jan. 31 was the deadline. Here's what the IRS says you should do.
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Unemployed or underemployed? Check out these breaks |...

Rated Feb 01 • 1 review • financial planning, unemployment, personal finance, taxes, 401 k, iras • oregonlive.com

Here are some oft-overlooked tax breaks and retirement plan allowances that might help unemployed or underemployed workers.
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Refund anticipation loan? Just say no | Its Only...

Rated Jan 25 • 1 review • financial planning, banking, taxation • oregonlive.com

There are better, cheaper ways to get your tax refund without using these short-term, high-cost loans offered by H&R Block and other tax chains.
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Haiti donations likely deductible on 2009 taxes |...

Rated Jan 22 • 1 review • financial planning, taxation, charity, haiti • oregonlive.com

Donations made from Jan. 11, 2010, to Feb. 28, 2010, can be deducted on 2009 taxes, provided Obama signs the legislation, as expected.
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How to help Haiti and avoid hidden credit-card fees |...

Rated Jan 16 • 1 review • consumer info, donations, credit cards, haiti, giving, charity • oregonlive.com

Just about 3 percent of every donation made to Mercy Corps via credit card goes to pay swipe fees to payment networks and banks. So it came as a relief to the Portland-based relief organization that, perhaps thanks to pressure from the Huffington Post, major credit card companies will waive transaction fees for donations to Haiti.
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As Wallets Open For Haiti, Credit Card Companies Take A...

Rated Jan 15 • 3 reviews • nonprofit charity • huffingtonpost.com
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Appliance rebates vary widely by state; Oregons helps...

Rated Jan 13 • 1 review • environment, financial planning, appliances, taxation, rebates • oregonlive.com

The so-called "Cash for Clunker Appliances" program varies widely by state and is generally off to a slow start. Find out who and what qualifies for rebates in Oregon, Washington and other states.
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We made it through tough year -- mostly | Its Only...

Rated Dec 28 • 1 review • financial planning, economy, personal finance • oregonlive.com

Let's check in with the folks so kind as to share their dinero dilemmas with us. Where are they now? Has 2009 progressed for better or worse?
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