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From the Money Matters Desk: Financial Aid 101
Mar 5, 2005
Financial Aid deadlines start this month. Last year, half the students eligible for aid didn't even apply. So on this week's Money Matters...our regular look at how to improve your bottom line...we get schooled on how to get money for school. Thom Johnson, a member of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, joins Kai.
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"Day in the Work Life": Meter Maid
Mar 5, 2005
Sometimes you can't find a spare quarter, but you park your car at an expired meter and just hope you'll avoid a run in with one of the most despised public servants: the parking enforcement officer. But on this week's installment of 'A Day In the Work Life'...our regular look at how folks trade time for money...we get the meter maid's side of the story.
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The "Buzzword": Blue Chip
Mar 5, 2005
Life 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 - "Blue Chip." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
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Late Fees, Money Magazine
Mar 5, 2005
Even if you sit down to pay your bills once a month, chances are you're racking up some late fees. We offer you a late fee checklist from Money Magazine's Cybele Weisser.
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Market Review
Mar 5, 2005
1999, maybe. But no one wants to party like its 2000. That was the year the stock market started to stumble. NASDAQ hit an all time high, and then fell. Dot coms lost their way. Layoffs were announced and a little thing called inflation entered the news. Some point to similar factors in our economy today. Newsweek's Allan Sloan compares and contrasts with Kai.
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The "Straight Story" with Chris Farrell: Gas Tax
Feb 26, 2005
It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. This week, Chris has a solution for our nation's dependence on gas. He’s banking his political career on it.
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From the Money Matters Desk: Greenback Travel
Feb 26, 2005
Need a vacation? Europe and Australia might be out of the question because of the dollar's decline. Don't fret. On this week's Money Matters -- our regular look at how to improve your bottom line -- we go to vacation destinations where the greenback is always... greener. Travel and Leisure's style director, Laura Begley, joins us.
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"Educating Rico": Micro Windfall
Feb 26, 2005
What happens when you come into a small amount of cash? Should you save it? Spend it? Invest it? In this installment of our series 'Educating Rico', our own Rico Gagliano comes into a (micro) windfall.
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"Day in the Work Life": Actor
Feb 26, 2005
There's the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards. And then there's real life. On this week's A Day in the Work Life... our regular look at how folks trade their time for money... we go over lines with a working actor.
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The "Buzzword": Yield Curve
Feb 26, 2005
Life 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 - "Yield Curve." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
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