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<title>Saving lives also saves Dh520m Abu Dhabi Road Safety Forum told</title>
<description>ABU DHABI // The steady reduction in casualties on Abu Dhabi&amp;#039;s roads since 2010 has saved the emirate Dh520 million, figures presented at the forum show.  The decrease in deaths was so dramatic that the Department of Transport had to revise its casualty reduction targets for 2021.  &amp;quot;Our initial target in 2009 was 22.7 fatalities per 100,000 population but we had to revise our target ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:46:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Oklahoma dad credits teacher with saving childrens lives</title>
<description>MOORE, Okla. - The father of an 8-year-old Oklahoma boy says a teacher saved his son&amp;#039;s life as a tornado tore into their school yesterday.David Wheeler says the teacher at Briarwood Elementary in Moore took students into a closet and shielded them with her arms as the tornado collapsed the roof and starting lifting children upward. He says the pull was so strong that it sucked the glasses ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why Investing In Smarter Pill Bottles Could Help Us Save Billions Of Dollars In Health Costs</title>
<description>A pill bottle that glows blue when it&amp;rsquo;s time to take another dose, and red when you&amp;rsquo;ve accidentally forgotten to take one. Pills embedded with sensors that allow doctors to track who&amp;rsquo;s swallowing them. A pill bottle that starts to grow spots, like an overripe banana, when the medicine has expired.  Insurers and pharmacies are ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>African Americans more financially confident but underserved</title>
<description>Half of African Americans say their financial situations have improved from a year ago, compared to 33% of the general population, according to a Prudential report released Tuesday. The survey polled 1,153 people who identified as African American or black and a general sampling of 471 ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>When ‘loser’ ETFs close investors can lose too</title>
<description>Next month, iShares, the largest exchange-traded fund provider by assets, will do something it hasn&amp;#039;t done in more than a decade: close one of its 290 ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:56:42 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Video Why 529 plans are the best college-saving tool</title>
<description>As college tuition prices continue to rise, parents and students need all the financial help they can get. 529 plans provide many tax advantages to families saving for college. Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst, explains the ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Market At Record Highs Why Is Investment At Record Lows</title>
<description>The stock market is hitting record highs. But stock ownership is at record lows, according to a Gallup poll. Host Michel Martin speaks with Roben Farzad of Bloomberg Businessweek about how low participation rates could hurt struggling ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:03 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>TaxWatch Estate planning for the rest of us</title>
<description>Most folks are no longer exposed to the federal estate tax, thanks to today&amp;#039;s relatively generous $5.25 million exemption. Great. But being exempt from the federal estate tax is not the end of the story. If you have assets (maybe just a car or two and some nice furniture) or minor children, you probably need an estate plan regardless of your tax situation. Here&amp;#039;s ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Nigeria $1 bln wealth fund to start investing in June</title>
<description>Tue May 21, 2013 9:45am EDT
* Nigeria to start fund investment next month
* Fund has been delayed twice, starts with $1 bln
* Targets listed and unlisted equities and debt
By Camillus Eboh
LAGOS, May 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria will begin investing the initial $1 billion allocated to a new sovereign wealth fund by June, a statement from the fund showed, after it delayed the start date ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:45:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Slide Show Oklahoma tornado slams hospital school in Moore</title>
<description>, near Oklahoma City, on Monday. The storm tore through that suburb, killing at least 51 people as winds of up to 200 miles per hour flattened entire tracts of homes, two schools and a ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:31:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>5 Ways to Tame Investing Fears</title>
<description>quarterly or bi-annually - allows you to make modifications based on market conditions, economic tides and changes to your own financial situation that may affect your investing strategy.  After a quick review of your portfolio, you likely will need to rebalance - even if you&amp;rsquo;ve decided to retain the same allocation you had originally set. That&amp;rsquo;s because over time, your investments ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:51:31 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>How much money does a family need to get by</title>
<description>By Allison Linn, TODAY Americans think that a family of four would need to bring in a minimum of $58,000 a year, on average, just to get by in their community, a new Gallup survey finds.That&amp;rsquo;s more than double the 2012 poverty threshold for a family of four, which was around $24,000 a year, according to ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Is mortgage payment for rental tax-deductible</title>
<description>Dear Tax Talk,  Is a mortgage for a house rental tax-deductible? I know mortgage interest is, but how about the monthly payment I make? I report the rental income as income; why not the mortgage as ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>5 graduate programs that arent worth the money</title>
<description>In today&amp;#039;s tough job market, many recent college graduates are enrolling in graduate programs to enhance their credentials and gain an edge with hiring managers. In some cases, the tactic may lead to lucrative job opportunities. A recent report from Georgetown University&amp;#039;s Center on Education and the Workforce found that a graduate degree can boost an individual&amp;#039;s earning power by ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>5 life insurance lessons from show business</title>
<description>You buy a life insurance policy to cover your family&amp;#039;s expenses after you die. If you bungle -- by getting too little coverage, skipping payments or not updating your policy -- the result can be a quagmire. The same goes for celebrities, with oodles more money at stake. Their life insurance policy errors can lead to dwindled coverage equal to far less than what stars are worth. See these ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>4 tips to guard your Social Security number</title>
<description>Your Social Security number is the key to your financial castle. Armed with those precious nine digits, identity thieves can rip off your good name and credit to set up new accounts and loans or rob your existing accounts.High-tech schemes to steal your &amp;quot;Social&amp;quot; use deceptive phishing emails, spyware or keystroke software that copy your passwords for online banking or other accounts. ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>9 reasons your credit card was declined</title>
<description>We&amp;#039;ve all been there -- a perfect moment shattered by the disgrace of a declined credit card.Maybe it was a flawless date -- romantic ambiance, carefree banter, flirty eyes -- ruined by that record-scratching moment when your waiter tells you in hushed tones that your credit card &amp;quot;didn&amp;#039;t go through.&amp;quot;Or maybe it was that celebratory vacation halted by the aggravating ... </description>
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<title>Filing Ch. 7 on your own Avoid these mistakes</title>
<description>Dear Bankruptcy Adviser,  I filed for Chapter 7. I received a deficiency notice to file a Chapter 7 Individual Debtor&amp;#039;s Statement of Intention, but I do not have any secured debt. Do I still have to file the ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:51 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Homeowner wants to be mortgage-free by 52</title>
<description>Dear Dr. Don,  I recently purchased a new home with a 30-year mortgage fixed at 3.375 percent. I hate the idea of paying for a home for 30 years, not to mention the added interest over time. So, I have begun making monthly payments of an extra $262 toward the principal. This will reduce my loan term to 20 years. I will be 52 when the mortgage is paid off.Do you think it is wise for me to pay off ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:51 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Seniors losing savings to pension advance firms</title>
<description>A U.S. Senate committee is looking into pension advances to determine whether the deals come with &amp;quot;illegally high rates of repayment interest&amp;quot; and defraud ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>In complex world investing should be simple</title>
<description>Conventional Investing in a Complex World &amp;quot; (Journal of Investing, Spring 2013), cautions investors who are thinking about abandoning traditional investment plans. He advocates &amp;quot;policies that are simple, transparent, and focused rather than the increasingly popular alternative tactics, such as illiquid instruments and vehicles, leverage, and complex, opaque investment ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:17:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>TaxWatch What if you never file your tax return</title>
<description>The Internal Revenue Service hasn&amp;#039;t been under such intense public scrutiny since the hearings in the 1990s that led to the Tax Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (also known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights 3). Last time, the targets were the audit and collections divisions. This time, the focus is on the IRS&amp;#039;s division on tax-exempt ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Inflation falls in April giving more leeway for stimulus</title>
<description>By Christina Fincher and Olesya Dmitracova  LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation fell twice as fast as expected last month, giving incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney more leeway to support the economy with more stimulus should the ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:15:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Gen Xers may never be able to retire</title>
<description>Typical Generation Xers now in their late 30s to late 40s saw their net worth drop by a larger proportion than older Americans during the financial crisis and came out of it less prepared for retirement than the post-World War II boomer generation, according to a new ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:12:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Robert Powells Retirement Portfolio When advisers go from hero to zero</title>
<description>But let&amp;#039;s say you take a financial problem, or your retirement goals, to two or three financial advisers. New studies show that you&amp;#039;re unlikely to get the same, or even similar, recommendations about what investment products to buy or what strategy to pursue. And that could make a big difference in your financial ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:12:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Will your insurance stand up to a tornado</title>
<description>Tornadoes Will Your Home Insurance Take On A Tornado?  It seems to appear out of nowhere and is gone within minutes, but in that short time a tornado can devastate a home. The vital question is: Can your home insurance withstand its winds?  About 1,000 tornadoes touch down in the U.S. in an average year, causing billions of dollars in insured losses, according to ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:55:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Best deals in investing</title>
<description>Money magazine&amp;#039;s Best Deals on Everything: Your guide to the latest bargains in the investing world, from beer can makers and ETFs, to Chinese technology and ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:12:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>UK buy-to-let lender Paragon to launch bank in 2014</title>
<description>* Plans to take advantage of lighter capital rules  * New bank to offer personal loans, car loans  * New bank to be deposit-funded  * H1 underlying profit 48.2 mln stg, below forecasts  (Releads with CEO comments on setting up bank, adds shares)  By Matt Scuffham  LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - British buy-to-let mortgage  provider Paragon ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:10:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Buy-to-let lender Paragon to set up bank next year</title>
<description>LONDON (Reuters) - British buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon (PARA.L) plans to set up a bank next year, offering personal and car loans, Chief Executive Nigel Terrington told Reuters on Tuesday.  Terrington said Paragon decided to launch the ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:07:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Salem High finance class lauded as model for Massachusetts</title>
<description>Bethany Bray/Staff photo State Treasurer Steve Grossman, left, and Mayor Kim Driscoll hosted a discussion about Salem High School&amp;#039;s financial literacy curriculum yesterday. SHS recently received a $13,700 state grant to continue and expand its personal finance ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:03:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Falling petrol prices drive first drop in inflation since September</title>
<description>LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer price inflation fell last month for the first time since September, giving incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney more leeway to support the economy should the recovery weaken.  Inflation eased to 2.4 percent ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:59:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Curb ads for payday loans urges poverty minister</title>
<description>Huw Lewis, Wales&amp;#039;s Minister for Tackling Poverty, has today written to the Office of Fair Trading to ask for stricter controls on advertising from the 2bn payday loan sector.He believes the sharp business practices of unscrupulous lenders can trap people into a spiral of debt.  Mr Lewis warned: &amp;quot;Many payday lenders do not comply with basic compliance requirements, such as assessing the ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:29:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Simon Read Credit unions can help beat expensive payday lenders</title>
<description>Simon Read is Personal Finance Editor at The Independent. He edits the Saturday Your Money section as well as writing for the news and business pages of the Independent and i ... </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:29:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Pregnant Salvadoran woman Beatriz seeks life-saving abortion in El Salvador</title>
<description>The pregnant woman has lupus and doctors say her baby has anencephaly, a total or partial absence of the brain and the skull. Source: Quest Newspapers  A pregnant, chronically ill Salvadoran woman testified before the Supreme Court to urge the justices to allow her to proceed with an an abortion that could save her life.    Abortions are strictly forbidden in El Salvador, where the sentence for ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>10 tips for taking out a personal loan</title>
<description>The personal loans price war is hotting up. This week Derbyshire Building Society has thrown down the gauntlet to rival providers by launching a rate of 5.6 per cent on loans between 7,500 and ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:19:23 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Personal Finance Daily Under Yahoo will Tumblr go way of Flickr</title>
<description>In the official memo announcing Yahoo&amp;#039;s $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr today, the companies promised not to &amp;quot;screw it up.&amp;quot; But similar promises have been made before. What happened after Yahoo purchased Flickr back in 2005? Find out in today&amp;#039;s Personal Finance ... </description>
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<title>Skeptical of Stocks Try Convertibles</title>
<description>More than four years into a powerful bull market, there are signs that rank-and-file investors are creeping back into stocks. But they&amp;#039;re doing so with fear, uncertainty and doubt, driven mainly by the lack of appealing alternatives. If you&amp;#039;re skeptical of stocks and annoyed with the microscopic yields on bonds, consider convertibles -- hybrids that give you a piece of both asset ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Bucks Blog Tips on Avoiding Phishing Frauds</title>
<description>I consider myself fairly cautious about Internet security, but I was still nearly caught off guard by a phishing effort aimed at me a couple of years ago.  I had gone online, as I routinely do, to check my bank account balance, and make sure nothing looked amiss. I logged out and returned to my work. A few minutes later, I received an e-mail &amp;mdash; apparently, from my bank.  The message had my ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:41 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Smithsonian Saving Animals From Extinction</title>
<description>But in rural northern Virginia, little more than an hour from Washington, D.C., you can find all of those animals at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.  It is home to some of the most endangered animals in the world, including clouded leopards, originally from Thailand.  The institute currently has two clouded leopard cubs, a male and a female, that are a little more than ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:56:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>First Solar rides renewed solar investing interest to new high</title>
<description>Panels from Tempe-based First Solar.
First Solar Inc.s stock price hit a 52-week high on Monday, the result of another good earnings report.
Tempe-based First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) has been benefiting from a return on higher revenues and some quarterly profits of its own and other companies. Today the good news came from JA Solar, which didnt even make a profit.
The last couple of years have not ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:38:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Best deals in investing</title>
<description>Money magazine&amp;#039;s Best Deals on Everything: Your guide to the latest bargains in the investing world, from beer can makers and ETFs, to Chinese technology and ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:05:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Best deals in investing</title>
<description>Money magazine&amp;#039;s Best Deals on Everything: Your guide to the latest bargains in the investing world, from beer can makers and ETFs, to Chinese technology and ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:05:36 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Best deals in investing</title>
<description>Money magazine&amp;#039;s Best Deals on Everything: Your guide to the latest bargains in the investing world, from beer can makers and ETFs, to Chinese technology and ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:05:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Five questions about Credit unions</title>
<description>Because 31 credit unions, including Voyager Alliance which serves the passenger transport industry, have signed up to a 35.6m government scheme which could help them take on expensive payday lenders and banks that refuse to deal with vulnerable ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:43:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why Do We Have Tax-Exempt Political Groups Anyway</title>
<description>Indeed,  President Nixon personally directed that tax agents badger his enemies.  JFK himself ordered up the not-so-subtly-named Ideological Organizations Project.  And FDR used the then-Bureau of Internal Revenue for his own political purposes.  But the latest imbroglio overshadows a question begging for an answer:   Should any politically oriented group be eligible for tax-exempt ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Gold Investing by the Skin of Your Teeth</title>
<description>BullionVault . Besides jewelry, outrageous cutlery, money, microchips and a thin veneer for astronauts&amp;#039; visors, gold once got sizeable demand from dentists. The least reactive of all elements, gold is also highly malleable but very dense. Making it the perfect fit for cavity fillings everywhere.No more however. &amp;quot;The long-term declining trend in dental demand for gold showed no sign of ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Analytica secures Taiwanese distributor for time-saving Auto Start Burette</title>
<description>(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia)Analytica has secured a letter of intent from a major Taiwanese medical products distributor to roll out its time-saving Auto Start Burette initially in Taiwan and then into other Asian markets.Taiwan Allied Dragon (TAD) will distribute the product to Taiwan&amp;#039;s medical system, which consists of over 507 hospitals and 20,628 clinics.The Auto Start ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:47:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Best WSe High Schools Teaching Personal Finance Rankings Announced</title>
<description>New York, NY (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 o Inaugural event marks the 10th anniversary of the national Working in Support of Education (w!se) Financial Literacy Certification ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:33:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Bucks Challenge What You Think You Know</title>
<description>I used to ride my road bike a lot.  While I didn&amp;rsquo;t race very often, I did ride with a group of really competitive riders. And when you ride a bike competitively, especially when long climbs are involved, weight is a factor. The less you weigh, the faster you go. Needing all the help I could get, I got in the habit of stepping on the scale regularly, and that habit has stuck with me even ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Carl Gibson Saving Our Economy With Public Banking</title>
<description>Napa Valley, Calif . But public banking can be the antidote that will free us from our dependency on Wall Street and put monetary power in the people&amp;#039;s hands. In short, our economy would heal and we&amp;#039;d all feel great.  Despite its name, the Federal Reserve ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Chuck Jaffe Fund investors Ignore individual stocks</title>
<description>That, in turn, has inspired decades of &amp;quot;window-dressing,&amp;quot; the oft-disavowed but widely practiced tactic of making sure that &amp;quot;the right names&amp;quot; are in a portfolio on the days when the fund must report holdings, so that shareholders are comforted with the picture they see when they get that rare glimpse of what&amp;#039;s ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:23:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Bucks Blog Monday Reading Smoke Can Permeate Nonsmoking Hotel Rooms</title>
<description>Children often ask tough questions about money. In a series of posts this month the Bucks blog will discuss them one by one. We invite you to answer a few yourself or suggest new ones that your children have ... </description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:34 -0400</pubDate>
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