Tag: jennifer meacham
group name: personalfinance
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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 . . . more
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August 07, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
A cottage industry of professionals now offers coaching and facilitation services for setting up an Individual Retirement Arrangement-owned Limited Liability Company. These professionals advertise their . . . more
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July 16, 2008 05:33 PM EDT --
Do you know that you can use your 401(k), without using it up? Apparently about 45 percent of employees leaving 401(k)-generating jobs don't. A study by HR consulting firm Hewitt . . . more
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July 09, 2007 06:47 PM EDT --
Today Gather Editorial Coordinator Jennifer Hodge posted the news that this week the venerable Wall Street Journal business daily celebrates its 118th birthday.
Born of Dow Jones & Company's . . . more
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June 18, 2008 05:03 PM EDT --
Today I covered a press conference that proceeded an anouncement at the National Press Club about a new study on late-in-life careers. Along with reporters from USA Today , the LA Times and more . . . more
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August 01, 2007 08:41 PM EDT --
The Center for Retirement Research's study of retirement savings gives yet another reason for us to max out employer 401(k)s and other retirement plans.
Sure, average balances for all 401(k) . . . more
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August 29, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
I just finished taking the FineLiving quiz, "Are you a house hunting pro or real estate bait?" (According to the quiz results, "You're all too familiar with setting up house. Why not . . . more
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March 28, 2008 06:08 PM EDT --
While banks make $25 to $40 on every payment they run through your account after it's over drawn, you're left holding the bag -- at a time when you didn't have enough money to begin with. . . . more
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November 28, 2007 02:42 PM EST --
THE HOUSING HUBBUB has a sunny lining for Gatherer's looking for a new place to call home . Home prices have fallen most sharply in the Sunbelt cities, marking a buyer's market for . . . more
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July 26, 2007 05:41 PM EDT --
The Senate Special Committee on Aging is investigating insurance companies that train agents to pitch older consumers on annuities, and other financial products, using scare tactics aimed at getting . . . more
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . . more
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June 11, 2007 09:30 PM EDT --
In this special edition of The Bottom Line I bring you my entry into Gather.com's "Weekend Wise" informal $50-weekend blog party. My goal was to have a Friday through Sunday weekend . . . more
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June 06, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
It's safe to assume that the investments in your defined-benefit plan are a determining factor in how well you can retire. What's surprising is both how much and when those investments have an . . . more
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January 18, 2008 01:24 PM EST --
President Bush has spoken, today calling for " an economic growth package as soon as possible ." (For more see Chris W.'s Gather article, " Jumpstarting the economy: . . . more
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September 12, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
If you're like most people nursing a retirement portfolio, you're on at least one invitation list for those educational investment seminars that come with free lunch, snacks or dinner. I’ve . . . more
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April 09, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
"Do you know a FICO from an IRA?" So asks the Fine Living television network's new Money IQ test .
I just took it: 10 questions, lots of hints, entertaining and educational videos, . . . more
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October 03, 2007 09:05 PM EDT --
Think you could outsmart a high schooler when it comes to money questions? Now's your chance to find out.
The Center for Financial Studies at Southern New Hampshire University's has created . . . more
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October 17, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
U.S. homeowners be warned: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the housing slump is "not ending as quickly" as presumed and looks like "it will continue to adversely impact our economy, . . . more
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January 23, 2008 08:48 PM EST --
Tuesday's Gather homepage poll struck a cord:
Turns out that a majority of Gather.com members responding to this Jan. 22 poll feel that a recession is indeed in the cards. . . . more
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July 23, 2008 07:49 PM EDT --
THIRTY-SOMETHINGS SCOTT AND ANGIE Patterson pooled their paint contracting and business development experience to become full-time property investors in 2002. Their co-owned firm, Greenlight . . . more
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