03/02/12
Marketplace Money for Friday, March 2, 2012
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When a bank executive says customers with less than $100,000 in deposits are "unprofitable," what's your reaction? Apparently, we don't expect banks to love us anymore. We do expect our president and First Family to present a certain image -- but it comes at a price. Having kids is pretty costly, too. We have some advice for to-be parents. Plus, reporter Eve Troeh looks at the cost of luminescence. And the New York Times' Carl Richards discusses using art to offer financial advice.
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The cost of living... in the White House
The president lives in that big ol' D.C. mansion, where he's waited on hand and foot at the taxpayers' expense, right? Not exactly. Author Jodi Kantor says being president is plenty hard on the pocketbook.
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Carl Richards: Live and doodling
Tess talks with personal finance commentator and artist Carl Richards in front of a live audience in Park City, Utah.
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Health care costs: A pain in the neck
When you're in pain and in need of treatment, it's hard to pay really close attention to your health care choices. Commentator Renee Lux describes how treating her stiff neck led to a huge hike in her insurance costs.
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Bracing for baby
Kids are expensive! Author Carmen Wong Ulrich discusses the serious financial decisions to-be parents should be thinking about.
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Cutting savings to the bone
Marketplace's Wealth and Poverty reporters talked with people from all over the country, and many, regardless of their earning power, had very little in the way of savings.
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Chase slips up
A JPMorgan Chase executive said this week that clients who have less than $100,000 in deposits are unprofitable for the bank. New York bureau chief Heidi Moore discusses consumer reaction to that statement, and what it means for the bank.
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New light bulb lexicon
New government guidelines are taking incandescent bulbs off the market, leaving us with compact fluorescents and LEDs. But now there's a new language for bulb shoppers to learn.
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