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  • Dragon and lion dance performers look on during a street parade in Hong Kong.
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    This week's young winners are making sound money decisions with their New Year's lai see.

  • Marketplace reporters Sarah Gardner and David Gura discuss their recent reporting trips to Nevada and Nebraska as they take the pulse of the nation ahead of the presidential election.

  • According to loan officer Niki Wong, Asian-American families view education as a key investment.
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    Credit union officer Niki Wong discusses how many Asian American households handle their personal finances.

  • Tess Vigeland and Kathy Kristof of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and CBS MoneyWatch answer listeners' personal finance questions.

  • How can ordinary Americans can get a tax rate like Mitt Romney's?

  • For saving for her own future

    This week's piggy is going to a mother who spent her money to keep her daughter happy.

  • Author Ramit Sethi says fretting about small expenditures are a waste of your time and energy.
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    Author Ramit Sethi discusses why fretting about small expenditures is a waste of time and energy. And why it's better to concentrate your energies elsewhere.

  • Jan 20, 2012

    Patience scores!

    How much patience you have may directly relate to your credit score.
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    Columbia Business School's Stephan Meier discusses his new study, which says that the more patient you are, the better your credit score is likely to be.

  • Fitter employees are more productive and less expensive. Which is why companies are working on innovative ways to help their people lose weight.

  • Is Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich justified in calling President Obama the "Food Stamp President?"