Got a woodworking project with a few gaps or imperfections that need filling?Instead of rushing out to the hardware store, our next guest says there is a simple and cost-effective solution: ...

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Anna Abalkina is a research fellow at the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

The humble paper check had a good run, but it’s all nearly dead today. Originally developed one thousand years ago in the Middle East, checks were the most widely used non-cash payment method in ...