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Do Credit Card Laws Not Value Homemakers?
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Job seekers fill out applications at a job fair in the Queens borough of New York City earlier this month. Economists say jobs in the middle — in sales, administration and assembly, for example — are being squeezed.
Help Wanted. But Not For Mid-Level Jobs
()Changes in the job market have meant fewer jobs for those with mid-level skills. Economists call the trend labor "polarization" and say it's forcing those in the middle to take jobs at lower pay.
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Family Matters: The Money Squeeze
Multigenerational households face difficult financial decisions surrounding elder care, paying for college and retirement.
Planet Money
The Price Of College Tuition, In 1 Graphic()
May 25, 2012 Over the past 15 years, the sticker price has gone way up. The price students actually pay has risen more slowly.
In Tight Credit Market, A Tool For Small Businesses()
May 25, 2012 Many small-business owners have had a tough time securing credit since the start of the economic downturn. "I couldn't understand why they wouldn't be willing to give us a loan," one owner says. A new website aims to help such owners, grading banks based on the percentage of deposits that are used for small-business loans.
The Two-Way
Wall Street Titans, Behaving Badly()
May 23, 2012 The reputations of JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have all been taken down a notch or two in recent days and months. If you're keeping up, the latest black eye came in the wake of last week's flubbed Facebook IPO.
The Two-Way
Facebook's Stock: What Should It Cost?()
May 22, 2012 Put your financial acumen to the test. Where should the stock, which has been on a slide since it debuted on Friday, land?
Family Matters: The Money Squeeze
Time To Move Grandma: What To Do With Her Home?()
May 22, 2012 Depressed home prices make the decision to move an aging relative even more difficult than normal. So what should be done with the house? Try selling in a depressed market? Or rent it until prices perk up? One family weighs a tough choice as it struggles to pay for a grandmother's care.
Economy
Could Glass-Steagall Have Stopped JPMorgan Loss?()
May 19, 2012 The banking giant's $2 billion loss has many lawmakers and economists wondering what happened to the 2010 financial overhaul, which was supposed to prevent risky hedging. Many are also looking back further — to a Depression-era law, repealed in 1999, that separated commercial and investment bank activities.
