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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Planet Money
Big College Merit Scholarships Are A Problem (If You Don't Get One)
March 14, 2013 A bidding war for top students means less money for students who can't afford college on their own.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Financial Basics For Baby Boomers
From Grief Comes A Mission To Make Estate Planning Less Daunting
March 12, 2013 A Seattle widow's one-stop estate planning advice blog was inspired by her own paperwork frustrations after her husband's death. Chanel Reynolds offers a checklist of documents to prepare, a will template and a list of details to write down, like passwords to online accounts.
Friday, March 08, 2013
Economy
5 Things The Jobs Report Tells Us About The Economy (Or Not)
March 8, 2013 Sure, the economy added 236,000 jobs last month and unemployment dropped to 7.7 percent. But questions about low wages, consumer debt and government austerity cloud the sunny picture. We look at five points economists are debating.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Financial Basics For Baby Boomers
For Baby Boomers, Lessons In Financial Basics
March 5, 2013 The generation that came of age in the 1960s is beginning to retire. Born after World War II, they grew up in an era of rising living standards, but the Great Recession destroyed any sense of financial security. Now they face challenges, including putting their kids through college and caring for their parents.
Monday, March 04, 2013
All Tech Considered
'Consumer Reports' Offers Tips For Doing Taxes Online
March 4, 2013 More self-preparation tools have become available this tax season. Some people may be anxious about doing their taxes online, but an expert from Consumer Reports says it's worth a shot.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Americans Earn More Than Their Parents (With A Caveat), Study Says
February 27, 2013 Most Americans are earning more money than their parents, according to a new study from Pew's Economic Mobility Project. But that doesn't tell the whole picture: It often takes two incomes to surpass the one salary that was enough for the younger generation's parents.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Economy
Too Soon To Blame Payroll Tax For Stagnant Retail Sales?
February 25, 2013 Several big retailers say the return of the full payroll tax is causing consumers to curtail spending, but so far the evidence is mostly anecdotal. Some analysts argue a variety of factors, and not any specific policy, contributed to slower growth in consumer spending in January.
Friday, February 22, 2013
It's All Politics
What's The Sequester? And How Did We Get Here?
February 22, 2013 They've been everywhere this week: dire warnings about threats posed by across-the-board federal spending cuts. But what's the real story? Here are the answers to four burning questions about the cuts known as "the sequester."
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Politics
Get A Social Security Check? Treasury Says It's Time To Go Electronic
February 19, 2013 Every month, the government sends out about 5 million paper checks to Americans who receive federal benefits. As of March 1, however, the Treasury Department is planning to make those checks a thing of the past. It's encouraging holdouts to move to direct deposit or a debit card.
