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    Mar 2, 2012

    Marketplace Money for Friday, March 2, 2012

    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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    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.

     

    Marketplace Money for Friday, March 2, 2012