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Credit unions

Chris Farrell | Sep 19, 2008
Got this nice note this morning. It's an important reminder....
Posted In: banking
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Shedding light on fluorescents

| Sep 11, 2008
Compact fluorescent bulbs, or CFL's, come in many different sizes and shapes, not just the squiggly one. But are they dangerous because they have mercury in them? Joellen Easton finds out.
Posted In: Health, Retail, Science
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Money market mutual funds

Chris Farrell | Sep 19, 2008
Question: If the government is now going to insure money market funds, will the return go down as the risk does? Carolyn, Tallahassee, FL...
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Soon we'll all answer to the 'Numerati'

| Sep 19, 2008
Writer and commentator Stephen Baker has been trying to figure out how to push his blog to the top of Google's rankings -- and he says he's learned a lot in the process.
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Should we keep Wall Street out of the retirement business?

Chris Farrell | Sep 19, 2008
Remember the Bush Administration's push to partially privatize Social Security? The privatization advocates warned that insolvency loomed unless...
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How does financial crisis strike you?

Mitchell Hartman | Sep 19, 2008
After all the screaming headlines and doom and gloom of the last few days, we got to wondering whether the government's bailout plans have made people feel better. Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman went to find out.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Paulson rescue plan is unprecedented

| Sep 19, 2008
The plan would take on the liquidity crisis by clearing the so-called toxic loans from the balance sheets of troubled financial institutions. Markets worldwide were boosted on the news. Jeremy Hobson has more.
Posted In: Economy, Investing
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The week's big story: Meltdown

Tess Vigeland and Bob Moon | Sep 19, 2008
Need some perspective after this week's collapse? Our senior business correspondent Bob Moon provides some. He discusses with host Tess Vigeland what we've been through and what's ahead.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Should government buy toxic debt?

| Sep 19, 2008
The bailouts so far haven't generated much of a bump on Wall Street, but the proposal for the government to buy and hold $800 billion in "toxic debt" is well-received. Scott Jagow asks an expert what's up.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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A good reminder

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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