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  • Master Card credit cards
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    So how will this new credit card bill of rights directly affect consumers? Tess Vigeland welcomes a variety of experts to sound off about the pros and cons about the new law.

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  • Pam and Craig MacDonald at their Sun City home.
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    Pam and Craig MacDonald say they reside in the Sun City retirement community, but they don't live there. They, and their son Steve, tell their story to Tess Vigeland.

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  • May 16, 2009

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
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    Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell answer listener questions about life insurance and paying off a credit card cash advance.

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  • Gail George signed up to have us track her finances for 30 days. She talks with Tess Vigeland about what she learned in Week 2.

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  • Online shopping used to be a haven for better deals. That might not be the case for much longer.
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    Tess Vigeland talks to The New York Times' Charles Duhigg about his upcoming article on credit card companies collecting more and more personal information about their customers.

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  • High school students in Burbank, Calif., tell reporter Andrea Gardner how they're scaling back on prom because of the recession.

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  • Our economics editor Chris Farrell thinks about retirement a lot, and gets a lot of questions about it. Here's his assessment of the next American Dream for retirement.

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  • Tess Vigeland interviews Arizona State Professor Kevin McHugh at Sun City.
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    The vision of retirement created by Sun City may not last. Tess Vigeland talks with Kevin McHugh, who has studied the community, for his perspective on its future.

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  • The grass is arguably greener for German retirees, compared to their American counterparts. But it may not be for long. Stephen Beard reports.

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  • The Sun City, Ariz. sign
    Nancy Farghalli

    The desert community that launched a million retirement dreams for nearly five decades is facing an uncertain future as the American Dream of retirement fades. Tess Vigeland reports.

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