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Making hybrid vehicles even more appealing
| Mar 21, 2005"HOV" lanes were intended to be the domain for drivers with at least one passenger in their car. Now, some states want to extend their use to folks driving solo... if they're behind the wheel of a hybrid vehicle. But as Cy Musiker reports, Uncle Sam may be putting the brakes on that idea before states can get up to speed.
The "Straight Story" with Chris Farrell: Dollar Blues
| Mar 19, 2005It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell is to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. This week, the dollar is falling, the dollar is falling. Chris takes cover.
Factoid: Setting the stage to sell your home
| Mar 19, 2005Factoid: Setting the stage to sell your home
From the Money Matters Desk: Selling Your Own Home
| Mar 19, 2005Spring is in the air and "for sale" signs are sprouting on lawns. More owners are trying their hands at selling their home themselves. So on this week's Money Matters -- our regular look at how to improve your bottom line -- we talk to financial author and journalist Ilyce Glink about whether it makes sense to be your own realtor.
Reinventing Retirement
| Mar 19, 2005This week, we air the last segment in our series, "Reinventing Retirement." Special Correspondent Joe Giese looks at how retirees are building homes that will age with them.
"Day in the Work Life": Librarian
| Mar 19, 2005What if we told you there's a place where you can get books for free? On this week's "A Day In the Work Life" -- our regular look at how folks trade time for money -- we browse the stacks with a librarian at a Philadelphia school for girls.
The "Buzzword": Non-Executive Chairman
| Mar 19, 2005Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Sound Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance - "Non-Executive Chairman." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
Mailbag for March 19, 2005
| Mar 19, 2005Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers more of your burning money questions. This week: advice on matching a 401k, picking a class "A" stock, and setting up a small business.
Buzzing Away
| Mar 19, 2005A can of Folgers will cost you 12 percent more this week than it did last week. Why the sudden jolt in coffee prices? Kai counts beans with Peter Navarro, a coffee expert.
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