Your Financial-Crisis Questions Answered (KiplingerForecasts.com)
From home foreclosures to safeguarding your retirement account, here's what you need to know.
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NH House members stay on the fence (New Hampshire Union Leader)
New Hampshire's two Democratic House members -- who voted against the $700 billion financial bailout package on Monday -- won't say how they will vote today when the House takes up the revised legislation.
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Fidelity College Savings Indicator Finds Parents Are Projected to Meet Only 21 Percent of Future College Costs - Three ... (Centre Daily Times)
Fidelity Investments(R) today announced the results of its second annual College Savings Indicator (CSI), which found that parents are projected to meet only 21 percent of the total cost of their children's college education, a three percentage point decrease from last year. The CSI calculates how prepared parents are to pay for future college expenses, currently estimated at $120,000(1) for ...
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A slightly twisted take on the news in Snohomish County and beyond. (Everett Herald)
Turns out there was a good reason cold medicine made us gag when we were tots. The government now says cold remedies shouldn't be given to kids under 4.
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Fidelity College Savings Indicator Finds Parents Are Projected to Meet Only 21 Percent of Future College Costs - Three ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BOSTON----Fidelity Investments® today announced the results of its second annual College Savings Indicator , which found that parents are projected to meet only 21 percent of the total cost of their children's college education, a three percentage point decrease from last year.
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Getting Help Before You're In Too Deep (Washington Post)
Q. Is it true that mortgage servicers will not help troubled borrowers until they stop making their payments? I am a home retention counselor, and I keep hearing from people referred to me that they have received no response from their servicer because they have not yet missed a payment. I would hate to advise people that they have to stop paying if they expect to get any help if that is not ...
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How to Survive Bad Economy: Tips & Links (FOX 5 News Atlanta)
Get helpful hint and tips on how to get yourself out of debt, to avoid foreclosure, to apply for student or college loans and how to handle the stress of a bad economy.
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Emily Henry: Welfare Policy, Leg-Up Versus Hand-Out (HuffingtonPost)
Britain is criticized as being too lenient, too ready to hand out money first and ask questions later. America, on the other hand, forces people to jump through loops even to find out what help is available.
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It's going to cost you to save Social Security and Medicare (Money via Yahoo! Finance)
We'll go out on a limb and assume you've heard the rumor that Social Security and Medicare are headed for trouble.
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Wall Street runs through Las Vegas, campaigns (Las Vegas Sun)
Published Thu, Sep 18, 2008 (2:02 a.m.) Updated Thu, Sep 18, 2008 (7:55 a.m.) Sen. Barack Obama appeared at Cashman Field on Wednesday, but a more appropriate spot might have been four miles down the road on the lonely grounds of Echelon.
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