Free-spending, debt-laden: Credit woes can have roots in emotional needs
Personal-finance experts estimate that at least 10 percent of debt woes are a direct result of overspending — pure lack of discipline. Overspending and accumulating debt may be manifestations of deep, unresolved emotional issues and unmet needs. Shopping becomes like a drug, just as work is for workaholics, and provides a temporary escape from worry and anxiety.
Free-spending, debt-laden: Credit woes can have roots in emotional needsRehabilitation programs at Down East prison save Maine money
MACHIASPORT, Maine -- The rows of sewing machines are busy, humming through the fabric in the small workshop. The men working the machines are quiet, with heads bent and hands at the task of turning ...
Rehabilitation programs at Down East prison save Maine moneySnowe lashes out at Democrats as Republicans block small-business bill
President Barack Obama's election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up ...
Snowe lashes out at Democrats as Republicans block small-business billA rising tide of uncertainty
HARPSWELL — Lynn McGhee is concerned. It all began when a friend visited her house and told her husband that new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regulations would require her to purchase much more costly flood insurance policy.
A rising tide of uncertainty