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  • Actor Hill Harper.
    Scott Olson

    Actor Hill Harper discusses why it is important for everyone — rich and poor — to really understand money and its place in our lives.

  • One physical reason women cry more than men at work is that female tear ducts are smaller then men's. While men's eyes may just well-up when they cry, tears stream down women's faces.
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    A new study finds that crying at work has no negative impact on your standing with your company or prevent you from being promoted.

  • Sep 7, 2012

    Keep it simple

    Bank regulation and personal finance is just as simple as catching a frisbee — even a dog can do it.

  • The cost of college continues to soar higher and higher. An education expert posits that costs can go down if the public sector pulls out of higher education.

  • Commentator Andrew Kelly says tax dollars should fund innovation in higher education, not more of the same

  • David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times answers caller questions on personal finance, along with CBS MoneyWatch.com editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger.

  • Figuring out where personal responsibility ends and government intervention begins when it comes to eating habits.

  • The director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services says there should be financial incentives for healthy food choices, consequences for unhealthy ones.

  • A former supporter and architect of the Medicare vouchers program explains why he's now opposed to the program, which Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney supports.

  • Undecided voters in Florida and North Carolina share what their greatest concerns are in the upcoming election.

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