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'Chained CPI' hurts seniors
Apr 10, 2013
Obama's proposal to recalculate the rate of inflation hurts seniors who spend more on health care than the rest of us.
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Boston 'Flab' Party
Apr 9, 2013
The year's almost up on the challenge from Boston's mayor for the city to lose one million pounds.
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Too proud to sell: The disposition effect in behavioral finance
Mar 25, 2013
The disposition effect says investors tend to "sell the winners, and hold onto the losers" for purely emotional reasons. One behavioral economist fell for the classic investment mistake.
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Retirement advice from a cancer survivor
Mar 25, 2013
Why one woman refused to let cancer alter her retirement planning.
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Why aging boomers are more prone to scams
Mar 22, 2013
It seems like con artists are dreaming up new scams every week -- and often seniors fall prey to the trickery. But why?
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I heart New Jersey... despite its high property taxes
Mar 22, 2013
Commentator Jen Miller could up and leave the Garden State with its high taxes. But is the grass -- and the tax savings -- really any greener someplace else?
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When cars themselves are backseat drivers
Mar 18, 2013
Commentator Beth Teitell on the downsides of increasingly intelligent car technology.
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Housing recovery: Good for would-be homeowners?
Mar 13, 2013
Commentator Robert Reich says the housing recovery is mostly benefiting investors, not home buyers.
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Payday lenders need to be more transparent
Mar 8, 2013
Last week on Marketplace, a payday loan lender defended his industry, saying as long as customers did the math, he wasn't doing anything wrong. Commentator Helaine Olen begs to differ.
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The case for working from home: Commentary
Mar 7, 2013
Writer and artist Tim Sniffen explains why Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's ban on working from home simply won't work for him.
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'Chained CPI' hurts seniors
Apr 10, 2013
Obama's proposal to recalculate the rate of inflation hurts seniors who spend more on health care than the rest of us.
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Boston 'Flab' Party
Apr 9, 2013
The year's almost up on the challenge from Boston's mayor for the city to lose one million pounds.
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'Chained CPI' hurts seniors
Apr 10, 2013
Obama's proposal to recalculate the rate of inflation hurts seniors who spend more on health care than the rest of us.
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Boston 'Flab' Party
Apr 9, 2013
The year's almost up on the challenge from Boston's mayor for the city to lose one million pounds.
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