Tag: money correspondent
member name: Ms. Meacham: Money Maven
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May 13, 2008 05:26 PM EDT --
As many of you know, I receive press releases from various sources. A few I'll call to Gatherers' attention. Here's one that I think has interesting implications. The below story is being . . .
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July 24, 2009 04:57 AM EDT --
With the number of centenarians jumping from an estimated few thousand in 1950 to more than 340,000 worldwide today, it's a real possibility you'll live to be 100.
Indeed, Associated Press writer . . .
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February 03, 2009 05:40 PM EST --
The newest savings figures are out from the Commerce Department, confirming my earlier suspicions (see " The online holiday retail breakdown -- Where's your silver lining? ").
According . . .
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May 14, 2008 06:29 PM EDT --
I met a friend for drinks yesterday. She left her job several months ago, and with no job replacement in near term, is cashing out her 401(k) rather than rolling it over to an IRA. For her and her money . . .
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July 02, 2008 09:07 PM EDT --
Today shares of General Motors Corp. stocks plunged to the lowest level since September 1954. It's a rude awakening for a stock long listed as "blue chip," and one that's . . .
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June 04, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
With news of Boomers sacrificing 401(k) and IRA contributions to pay for their children's education comes this note from a kind reader:
"I don't like 401(k) plans or IRA plans," . . .
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April 16, 2008 09:13 PM EDT --
Chain letters are still out there. Whether mailed or e-mailed the scheme is the same: Mail a check to the people listing in the letter, add your name to the bottom of the list, then mail the letter to . . .
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May 29, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
This week has been a busy one for me, trying to wrap up half a dozen assignments due by month's end. So, today's The Bottom Line blog will focus on a few of the news stories that have crossed . . .
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May 08, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
TODAY THE U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution to stop making pennies that cost more than they're worth -- a move that "could save about $100 million a year, or . . .
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January 26, 2009 01:31 AM EST --
I'm organizing this week's recycling, sorting a stack of old periodicals - The Economist, Forbes , a few copies of San Francisco's satirical Onion - when I was struck by a 2005 Onion . . .
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February 19, 2008 06:52 PM EST --
I've heard all the rumors about the "economic stimulus" checks approved by Congress in recent weeks. Today I set out to check those rumors out. After speaking with my sources at the Internal . . .
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May 09, 2007 05:22 PM EDT --
RECENT BLOGS ON RISING CONSUMER CREDIT SPENDING underscore an even more pressing everyday spending decision: paper or plastic. That's said tongue-in-cheek, but just barely.
Shoppers Snag . . .
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August 17, 2007 05:28 PM EDT --
Earnings for Nordstrom, Kohl's and Penney's are out and they look good. Insiders say it's a reflection of middle-class shoppers having money to spend.
That contrasts with the disappointing . . .
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July 10, 2008 09:24 PM EDT --
With the new iPhone 3G coming out tomorrow (July 11), some retail analysts predict consumers will be "on a weekend buying frenzy." I won't be one of them, although with my Palm Pilot . . .
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April 14, 2009 01:16 AM EDT --
New research shows that 55 percent of respondents would like access to financial planners through their employer retirement plans. Not surprising, given the growing uncertainty in picking growth investments . . .
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May 18, 2009 04:05 PM EDT --
Economists are waiting with baited breath to see how retail earnings will impact stock prices . Big retailers will start announcing their results this week.
I don't quite know what to expect. . . .
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April 24, 2008 09:51 PM EDT --
Purse strings are tightening.
There are food riots in countries throughout the world as the rising cost of things like the fuel used for transporting food and the corn used to augment fuel or . . .
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May 21, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
It's a crazy mixed-up oil world out there. The big-oil executives are testifying today in front of the Senate, and they're getting heat for what the Senators say is OPEC price collusion . . .
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July 10, 2009 01:25 PM EDT --
With unemployment at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, all is not lost. The number of newly laid-off workers filing for unemployment insurance has actually been dropping since early April . Granted, that's . . .
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October 08, 2008 02:57 PM EDT --
Individuals who completed Roth conversions last year have until October 15 of this year to reverse the conversion, says Denise Appleby, author of The Retirement Dictionary .
"This reversal . . .
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