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Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...

The following information was released by Columbia University:. When wildfires sweep through neighborhoods, insurance is often the last line of defense. In February 2017, as pastoralists across ...

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