Personal Finance Roundup

20 ways to make $100 more a month [MSN Money] “Do your months stretch further than your money does? Here are reader-tested ideas for moonlighting your way into solvency or savings.”

5 Steps to Early Retirement [Yahoo Finance] “We followed these simple steps 20 years ago, and they worked for us. Here’s what we did in order to retire early.”

Don’t Slow Your Job Search During the Holiday Season [Career Journal] “It’s a myth that hiring slows down between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Many offers are made during the holiday season as managers try to fill jobs before their budgets expire.”

Tax breaks: What candidates are proposing [CNN Money] “The presidential front-runners are vying for votes with lots of new ideas, including new incentives to save, invest and buy insurance.”

Move Over, ‘Cyber Monday’ [Business Week] “Online retailers, bracing for a record holiday season, say their busiest day will come in December’s second week; eBay calls it ‘Green Monday’.”

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