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Output from jewelers in Italy fell 15 percent in 2005, leaving India to take over Italy’s position as the world’s largest manufacturer of gold jewelry, the Italian goldsmith federation Federorafi told Reuters this week.

India Surpasses Italy as No.1 Gold Jewelry Producer

About.com’s Dads and Grads page has a list of 12 ways that budgeting can improve your life. For example:

Following a realistic budget frees up spare cash so you can use your money on the things that really matter to you instead of frittering it away on things you don’t even remember buying.

Click here to see full article on : 12 Reasons Budgeting Can Improve Your Life

Get your credit reports and look carefully. Even if everything looks okay, be suspicious of “credit inquires” that don’t look normal to you. A bad mark was the first indication that something was wrong. But looking at the inquiries was how I found out they had cell phones in my name. Why would Verizon be looking at my credit? I’ve never been near them.

What to do if your identity is stolen

This saturday my brother from India used SKYPE OUT service to call me. So the call was originated from BHOPAL, India and destination number was from Los Angeles, CA.

And to my expectation the service worked just fine. And total cost was $0.021 or 2.1 cents per minute. Its just great.

Now I will go ahead and buy a SKYPE enabled phone so that my parents doesnt have to deal with SKYPE on the computer and will be able to use the phone to call me from INDIA.

I wanted to find out if you are using a SKYPE phone. If yes please provide your recommendation.

THANKS in advance!!

Most People Use the Standard Deduction
You can always use the higher of your standard deduction or itemized deductions. Most people are better off taking the standard deduction.
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http://taxes.about.com/b/a/157629.htm