05/19/06
Marketplace Money for May 19, 2006
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Marketplace Money for May 19, 2006
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Day in the Work Life: A sea tale
On this week's A Day In the Work Life, our look at how folks trade their time for money, we get our sea legs with a cruise ship director.
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The Real ID
In the future, a single card may be your ticket to everything. You'll use it to access your bank account. Without it, you can't travel on a plane or collect social security. Bob Moon reports on the battle over "Real ID."
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Poker Face of Wall Street
Just like poker, Wall Street isn't for sissies. Author Aaron Brown deals out the similarities between these two versions of risk-taking. He talks with Kai about his new book, The Poker Face of Wall Street.
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Debt doldrums
Americans love their credit cards. But there's a thin line between love and hate. We're a nation at war with debt. Maureen McMurray files this story from the frontlines... her apartment.
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Mailbag for Friday, May 19, 2006
Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week, advice on: filing for bankruptcy, renting versus buying, and purchasing whole life insurance.
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Buzzword: A la carte
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 - "A La Carte." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
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Forced retirement
A new survey says more workers are facing early retirement. It's not how folks planned to start their golden years. Can workers recover the loss of earned income? Kai speaks with Joanna Rotenberg, a McKinsey consultant.
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Time off with benefits
Massachusetts has introduced a bill that would create the most generous paid leave package in the nation. Will other states follow? Kai finds out from Deven McGraw of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
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Straight Story: Tax cut. . . not
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: President Bush just signed a $70 billion tax cut bill. Chris reads between the lines.
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