01/19/07
Marketplace Money for January 19, 2007
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Marketplace Money for January 19, 2007
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Day in the Work Life: Bend it like. . . a chiropractor
On this week's 'A Day In the Work Life,' our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we stretch a tale with a back-bender.
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A new way to get a loan
The bank's not the only place to get a loan. Online communities are matching borrowers with people willing to lend. Amy Scott went searching.
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Buzzword: Earmark
Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance, "Earmark." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
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Unplugging the phone tree
Consumers can't often find a human on the other end of a customer service call, but that might soon change. Host Tess Vigeland checks out a service allowing you to skip the automated phone tree.
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Straight Story: Baby boomers, be gone?
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. Are baby boomers destroying our nation's financial future? Chris shakes his head.
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Day trading returns
It's back, and not better than ever. Investors are once again being lured into day trading. Tess Vigeland talks with Walter Hamilton of the Los Angeles Times.
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Mailbag for Friday, January 19, 2007
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week, advice on investing in a health savings account, teaching stocks and bonds to young investors and using a 1031 exchange.
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Planning for early retirement
Your golden years can happen sooner than you think. All you need to do is plan. Tess Vigeland talks with Ellen McGirt of Money Magazine.
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IBM pension battles and your retirement
The Supreme Court declined to hear two pension cases involving age discrimination at IBM. Pension consultant Jeremy Gold explains how the decision might change the retirement landscape.
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A virtual visit to the doctor
Add doctor's visits to the long list of things we can do online. Helen Palmer reports on patients who are accessing their medical records and getting prescriptions filled without going in for a check-up.
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