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A good reminder

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Chris Farrell | Sep 19, 2008
I got a note this morning from a certified financial planner that I really respect. It's a letter he sent out to clients. In the note,he makes an...
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Where's the SEC?

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Chris Farrell | Sep 18, 2008
Do you remember the kids book, Where's Waldo? It was a fun picture book for youngsters searching for Waldo who was cleverly hidden in the crowd....
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Ag exports are too big for containers

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Scott Tong | Sep 11, 2008
Agricultural exports have been going strong but American farmers are frustrated because they could be exporting even more, if not for a bottleneck in shipping. Scott Tong reports.
Posted In: Agriculture
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Governments put limits on short selling

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Bob Moon | Sep 18, 2008
The SEC has toughened rules on short selling, the British government has banned shorting of financial firms, and New York's attorney general has launched an investigation into the shorting of financial stocks. Bob Moon reports on why these actions were deemed necessary.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Toyota's Tundra a frozen production

| Aug 8, 2008
Today, Toyota will be halting production of the Tundra, its full-size, gas-guzzling pick-up. Sales of the vehicle are down 15 percent and the production suspension could last for months. Renita Jablonski reports.
Posted In: Auto
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Trickling down to Main Street

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Rachel Dornhelm | Sep 17, 2008
The owners of small businesses have the same concern many of us do -- Is my money safe? But they have the added worry that all of the bad financial news will discourage shopping. Rachel Dornhelm reports.
Posted In: Economy, Entrepreneurship, Retail
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This is really scary...

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Chris Farrell | Sep 17, 2008
...that a major money market mutual fund has "broken a buck"! Say what?...
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Big firms' failures aren't the last of it

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Bob Moon | Sep 15, 2008
Lehman Brothers is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Merrill Lynch has been snapped up by Bank of America. What's next in the mortgage-crisis fallout? Bob Moon takes us through all the changes.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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The future of independent brokers

| Sep 17, 2008
A lot of well-known investment houses are gone now -- remember E.F. Hutton? Bob Moon talks with a former Goldman Sachs partner about what it will take for investment banks to survive from now on.
Posted In: Economy, Investing, Wall Street
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Is my Roth safe? How about my SEP?

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Chris Farrell | Sep 17, 2008
Question: I have my Roth IRA with Merrill Lynch, in what they call an MFA account. Also have my SEP there. Since the Bear Stearns debacle, I've...
Posted In: retirement savings

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