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I don't know one single woman who actually likes buying a bathing suit. Not even the ones who generally love shopping. Men have it easy; they can choose from long and loose or tight and, how can I put it…revealing. Women on the other hand are offered a bewildering variety of bathing suits.

Unfortunately, too often during times of economic uncertainty, employers large and small take advantage of employees through various unethical and sometimes downright illegal actions and demands.

It was just announced today that Sirius XM, the new hybrid satellite radio station, has lost another 400,000 subscribers in the last month and because of this and many other issues is reporting huge losses. Is this really a surprise to anyone? Can we really be shocked that a service we all expect to pay nothing for is struggling to make ends meet?

If you're one of the lucky people who expect a refund instead of a big bill come tax time, you probably don't mind so much when tax season rolls around. That extra influx of cash is generally something that you don't plan for-- so getting it every year can seem like a cause for celebration. But it's important to remember that your tax refund is your money. So getting a big bang for your refund bucks should be a priority.

Until a few months ago, the idea of getting a laptop for no more than you'd pay for a fancy cell phone probably sounded a little nuts. Laptops cost well into the hundreds, after all, and on into the thousands if you want a really great one. But as of late 2008, inexpensive miniature laptops, called netbooks, have begun to take over the laptop market.

Both the US and Canadian governments have offered financial aid totaling tens of billions of dollars to the ailing number three carmaker in return for an ownership stake; 8% in the case of the US government, 2% for the Canadian government. Why are they doing so?

By now most of North America has heard of Twitter. It's even been talked about on Oprah so by now you likely have an idea about the site and its service. For those who don't, Twitter is basically a social network/communication tool that allows users to write short blog style posts to the world.

We've all experienced embarrassing, perhaps even mortifying, situations. How you handle them can say quite a lot about you! How would you have handled the following;

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