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Latest news on debt consolidation. Below are latest from CNN-Money and Yahoo Personal Finance. You may also be interested in our debt consolidation calculator section.
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| 12 ways to cut your taxes The bright spot of the dreary 2009 economy: savings for everyone. |
| The wrong way to pick funds Photographer friends tell me that if you're picking out a point-and-shoot camera you shouldn't focus much on the megapixels. That measure of a camera's resolution is hyped by manufacturers, but most cameras on the market give you all the pixels you'll need. |
| 43% say they have less than $10k for retirement The percentage of American workers with virtually no retirement savings grew for the third straight year, according to a survey released Tuesday. |
| How Uncle Sam wants to boost your retirement Usually I cringe when our leaders in Washington try to help improve our finances. I'm afraid their efforts may do more harm than good. But two new ideas being discussed inside the Beltway could actually make it easier to prepare for retirement. Both center on the income you'll generate from your 401(k). |
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| 3 ways to save money this spring 1. Book a sweet getaway |
| Ford shares: Buy or sell? Ford is back. The automaker recently reported its first annual profit in four years; sales are improving; and investors have pushed up its stock 550% in the past year. |
| Citigroup shares: No longer toxic? Yes, Citigroup lost billions in the financial crisis. And yes, it's still swimming in toxic assets. But Bruce Berkowitz argues the worst is over. |
| Mr. Distress is ready to buy Whether it's steel, textiles, or auto manufacturing, Wilbur Ross has built a lucrative career finding gold in industries left for dead. |
| How to save on a classic watch With proper care, a good watch lasts virtually forever. But you don't need to spend a bundle to own one. |
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| Home loan demand nudges higher in latest week
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| Nationalized UK bank Northern Rock back in profit
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AP - Nationalized mortgage lender Northern Rock said Wednesday that it returned to profit in the second half of 2009 as interest income rose and losses on loans fell. |
| One Congressman's Solution for Boosting Small Businesses Loans
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The Motley Fool - The first Friday of every month brings the all-important employment report. February's numbers were better than anticipated. The United States lost only 36,000 jobs, versus the 68,000 that experts expected. This compares with 651,000 jobs lost in February 2009. Still, the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%, with the unofficial rate stuck around a whopping 16%. |
| Commercial delinquency lower than other mortgages
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AP - Commercial mortgages were among the best-performing loans and leases held by banks and thrifts in the fourth quarter of last year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Tuesday. |
| Management Education on the Fly
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BusinessWeek - Who got us into this mess? It's not just greedy mortgage lenders and irresponsible economists who are responsible for the current financial crisis. Leaders, so called, have played a role too, by not managing their companies and so being detached from what was going on in them. And behind much of this has been an educational process that encouraged such detachment. As I've argued at length in my book, Managers not MBAs, the MBA is fine education -- but in the functions of business, not the exercise of managing. ... |
| Summary Box: AIG's $15.5B Alico sale to MetLife
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AP - THE SALE: American International Group Inc. sold its American Life Insurance Co. division, or Alico, to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion. The deal is AIG's second big asset sale in two weeks. On March 1, it said it would sell its AIA Group unit to Prudential PLC for $35.5 billion. |
| AIG sells Alico unit to MetLife for $15.5 billion
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| MetLife seals Alico deal after two-year quest
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| Is Bank of America a Buy?
(The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - With the recent auction of Treasury's Bank of America (NYSE: BAC - News) warrants, the big bank joins Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - News), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS - News), and several other banks in completing its exit from TARP. But, is it a buy? |
| US insurer MetLife to buy AIG unit for $15.5 bln
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