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Our wallets love generic snack foods, but do kids? Savvy Spender sits down with four kids to taste test popular snack products. Will they prefer generic to the more expensive name brands? What do your kids prefer?

Generic v. Name Brand: http://yhoo.it/1eEIMwJ

Explain! Share your secrets with the community. With a stronger U.S. dollar in your pocket, international travel is more affordable than you’d think. So tell us a few inexpensive trips that you or your family did. Then look at five exciting travel destinations abroad, all with deals under $1000.

Top 5 most affordable destinations: http://yhoo.it/1647gMN

In the 1950’s, consumers paid the equivalent of a few thousands dollars for television sets that showed only a handful of channels--for free. And the costs ended there. Now we pay monthly for cable, internet, and wireless plans. So what expenses and technology did your parents never worry about? Tell us!

VCR's used to cost almost $3000? Watch: http://yhoo.it/12gHasw

Go ahead and give us your tips, we'd love to hear from you! With a little bit of planning, you can slash your grocery bills by an average of $2,000 a year! Share with us your secrets and then watch "Cost of Living’s" Vera Gibbons show you how to take advantage of great deals and reduce costly waste.

Cut Your Grocery Bill by a Third: http://yhoo.it/15zm7y9

Most would see greed as a bad thing. Its definition says so: excessive consumption or desire for wealth and power. So let's turn the question around. When do you think greed can be a good thing? Perhaps your financial needs or interests? Tell us!

5 Ways Greed is Good: http://yhoo.it/16MA253 (Watch!)

As college graduation season gets under way, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance and The Daily Ticker are teaming up to produce a special live streaming event on May 23 at 12:30 pm ET around the rising cost of college. During the live event we will have a panel of experts who will be answering questions from students and parents. We'll chose a few good ones from our Answers Community. Check back here for the link!

Valentine's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for restaurants. According to Zagat's survey, 43% of people plan on going out for dinner and the average couple will spend about $142. So we wanted to ask you. Is this worth it? Share and then watch The Daily Ticker to see how you can avoid getting ripped off on Valentine's Day.

The Daily Ticker: http://yhoo.it/VgYSXf

The Daily Ticker covers the most important business stories of the day -- the economy, investing, corporate leadership and politics.

Answers is teaming up with Yahoo! Finance to bring you "Just Explain It." A video series that takes big financial news and hot-button topics and breaks them down into bite-size pieces. So here's a question for you: What are some ways to get the most out of your SS check? Make more money before you retire is one way, but there are other ways. Share and then watch!

Watch today's Just Explain It: http://yhoo.it/VLxHq7

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