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  • No naked hippies at this annual festival. Just a bunch of Warren Buffett groupies. At least they avoid bad stock trips.

  • Insurance companies and certain states are allowing customers to shop around for better costs on operations – from a gallbladder replacement to a nose job.

  • Think that no one else shares your appreciation for a certain stock? Alisa Roth takes us into the world of online stock communities, where investors share their favorite picks.

  • Is the 13,000 Dow Jones milestone an indicator of the overall economy, or just a fancy number? Tess Vigeland figures it out with Marketplace's Bob Moon.

  • Apr 28, 2007

    Buzzword: Pay gap

    Decades of womens' rights activism and mens' annual salaries still average about 20% higher. To close that pay gap, you gotta put your foot down.

  • This week, economics editor Chris Farrell offers solutions for the gap between the pension promise and the pension money.

  • This week, Chris Farrell and Tess Vigeland answer listeners' questions on using a health savings account, correcting a tax mistake and avoiding data mining schemes.

  • There's love in the air. Good thing there's a director of romance around to keep it circulating.

  • If you don't like your money, why not make some of your own? Ethan Lindsey reports on regional currency in Berlin, a colorful alternative to the euro that also gives back to the community.

  • You hear it all the time: Get your money in index funds. Tess Vigeland gets long-term investing tips from John Bogle, creator of the first indexed mutual fund and founder of the Vanguard Group.