Feb 16, 2007

Marketplace Money for February 16, 2007

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Closing the tax gap

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 16, 2007

The IRS wants to fix the tax gap. Going after uncollected tax revenue could mean more individual audits. John Dimsdale reports.

Saying 'I don't'

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 16, 2007

First comes love, then comes not getting married. A growing number of Americans are choosing to skip the walk down the aisle. But what effect does this have on their finances? Alex Cohen reports.

Our special series continues on investment clubs in America. Host Tess Vigeland takes us to a club meeting in San Jose. Meet a co-ed group that does lunch, chews over spreadsheets and cooks up a nice profit in the stock market.

For some, it doesn't pay to get sick

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 16, 2007

Congress wants to guarantee all American workers a week of paid sick leave a year. But the legislation is making some businesses sick with worry. Tess Vigeland interviews Debra Ness of the National Partnership for Women and Families.

Buzzword: Piggyback

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 16, 2007

Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance, "Piggyback." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

Day in the Work Life: The lion king

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 16, 2007

On this week's 'A Day In the Work Life,' our regular look at how folks trade time for money, we hold steady with a lion tamer.

Straight Story: Retirement, the right way

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 16, 2007

The Labor Department will issue new guidelines for work retirement plans. Economics editor Chris Farrell has some recommendations.

Mailbag for Friday, February 16, 2007

by Marketplace Staff

Feb 16, 2007

Our economics editor Chris Farrell answers your burning money questions. This week, advice on: funding a child's college education, dealing with identity theft, transferring stock as a gift and answering the question, "What protections does a mutual fund have?"