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Women start their own businesses because they want to do something they love, they want more time and energy for family and personal activities, and they wish to help others through their work.

Although women are making great strides in income equality, in 1998 women earned about 76 percent as much as men.

There are over 9 million female-owned businesses in America, generating more than $2.3 trillion in annual revenue.

If your credit card balance keeps inching upward, consider this. A balance of just $5,000 at 15% will cost you $415 in interest if you manage to pay it off within a year.

Half of widows were just getting by financially a year or two after their husbands' deaths.

Fixing up your house to sell? The National Association of Realtors reports that a new exterior paint job really helps. A professionally painted exterior costs an average of $3,250 and recoups 81% of that cost in resale value.

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