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Sartorial time-savers
| Jul 1, 2005Predictions say July 4th will be the biggest travel day ever. How to speed through airport lines? A smile might help — and you might want to be wearing the right shoes.
An unorthordox retirement plan
| Jul 1, 2005If you were born on January 1, 1946, this is your 59th-and-a-half birthday. Starting today, you can take money out of your retirement account without paying any penalties. Commentator and humorist Tim Bedore has a little advice for you.
Tony Blair steps in at the EU
| Jul 1, 2005Today's the day Britain takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union. Stephen Beard reports, some say that model's not all it's cracked up to be.
Too young to play
| Jul 1, 2005The NBA's rules about who can be drafted are changing. Lisa Napoli talks with commentator Diana Nyad about whether this really will protect young players.
A superhero and some aliens
| Jul 1, 2005Tess Vigeland talks with Michael Speier about what Hollywood's sagging numbers mean, in the big picture.
The "Buzzword": Sarbanes-Oxley
| Jul 1, 2005Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, <i>Marketplace Money</i> brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance - "Sarbanes-Oxley." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
From the Money Matters Desk: The Taboos of Talking About Money
| Jul 1, 2005Some folks would rather tell you how much they weigh than tell you how much they make. On this week's Money Matters -- our regular look at how to improve your bottom line -- we learn how to talk about your bottom line. Financial Planner and author Ruth Hayden teaches us the art of the salary sidestep.
That's billion, with a B
| Jun 30, 2005Commentator Jeff Steinbrink is not a billionaire. But not for lack of imagination.
Bringing Blair's flair to the EU
| Jun 30, 2005Each member country takes charge of the EU's president's seat for six months, and it's Tony's turn, as of tomorrow. He's been getting started on his agenda. From London, Marketplace's Stephen Beard reports.
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