Feb 15, 2008

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(Re)setting yourself up for trouble

by Bob Moon

Feb 15, 2008

The rates for millions of adjustable mortgages are set to skyrocket this year. How can you keep clear of the ARM reset landslide -- or dig yourself out? Bob Moon has some ideas.

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Straight Story: Haves and have-nots

by Chris Farrell

Feb 15, 2008

How should we measure economic disparity? Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on closing the gap between the rich and the poor.

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Day in the Work Life: Soap Opera Actor

by Judith Ritter

Feb 15, 2008

With Hollywood's writers back on the job, we turn an eye to entertainment and learn about an actor's day on the set with Tobias Truvillion of "One Life to Live."

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Buzzword: Out-of-network

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 15, 2008

Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. This week, make your list of doctors and check it twice or else you might end up "out-of-network."

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Lessons from the writers' strike

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Feb 15, 2008

After more than three months on the picket lines, writers are back on the job in Hollywood. Stacey Vanek Smith asks how they managed 15 weeks without a paycheck.

Writers walk the picket line in front of Fox Studio in Los Angeles.

Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

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Getting Personal

by Chris Farrell and Tess Vigeland

Feb 15, 2008

In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about changing insurance beneficiaries, not filing a tax return, deducting business expenses, life insurance and quitclaim deeds.

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Does the lifeline reach far enough?

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 15, 2008

Next up in the government's list of plans to curb the mortgage crisis: this week's "Project Lifeline," a major foreclosure freeze. Tess asks Gary Painter if it will make a difference.

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I would love a reservation...

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 15, 2008

Another Valentine's Day, another scramble to find an open table for your romantic evening. Ever score the perfect reservation for the 14th? Cash Peters did. Well, he tried...

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The title insurance trap

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 15, 2008

Curious about all those papers you signed along with your mortgage? One may be more sinister than the legalese made it out to be. Tess asks Scott Wilson about title insurance.