Finance
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One more reason you should saveApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For years I've been telling my kids they better take care of me in my old age. "Mommy, can we go to McDonald's?" one of them might ask. "Do you promise to ...
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Chinese banks seek U.S. branchesApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Major Chinese banks are racing to open branches across the United States, but they are unlikely to make much money from them any time soon. The banks, once i...
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Younger workers see retirement out of reachApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK-- Baby boomers say they are worried about achieving a comfortable retirement, but a new study suggests Generation X is even more pessimistic. More than two-thir...
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Insightful book tackles secret topic of financesApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cyndi Lauper is right when she sings, money changes everything. The abundance or lack of it does change everything. But if money is so important why do so ...
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Economist's report says tax rebates could be ticket to summer vacationApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- For many Americans, those tax rebate checks meant to stimulate the economy will be coming just in time -- for a vacation. The centerpiece of Presiden...
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Here's a surprise: Sex, money linked in brain
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles -- sex. When young men were ...
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Credit cards often make spending too easyApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- There is no question that the federal government plus many lenders and financial professionals shoulder a lot of the blame for our current economic crisis....
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Health-care issue shouldn't be dismissed by the insuredMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Maria Gomez knows firsthand the devastation that can hit families who don't have health insurance. Gomez is chief executive officer of Mary's Center for Ma...
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There are alternatives to high fee managersMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. We are rolling over my wife's $160,000 lump sum retirement into a managed account with our bank. She's 55. Wells Fargo charges 1.5 percent a year and a 1.5 percent lo...
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Be smart about how you use tax refundMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For years I've been begging people not to use tax withholding as a forced savings tool. I understand the reasoning. Times are tight and people want some fi...