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| 03/16/2010 01:30 PM |
| Job-search tool: Headhunters |
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Decent job listings are pretty scarce these days -- which is why it's more important than ever to get your résumé in front of the top headhunters in your field. Executive-search professionals serve their client companies by quietly cherry-picking candidates for high-level jobs, many of which are never advertised. And if you're not on the recruiters' radar, you may miss out on prime opportunities. These strategies can help you get on the gatekeepers' good sides: |
| 03/16/2010 01:26 PM |
| The lowdown on permanent life insurance |
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1. It's more coverage than most people need |
| 03/12/2010 05:57 AM |
| The three-figure kitchen makeover |
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Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen? If so, a sledgehammer may feel like the only solution. But these days you're probably not up for spending the $50,000 or more -- maybe much more -- it would cost to demolish the space and build a new state-of-the-art room from scratch. |
| 03/11/2010 04:31 PM |
| Living on a freelancer's budget |
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Chris and Janie Peterson have an enviable life. They own a lovely 3½-bedroom ranch house just outside Minneapolis and have work schedules flexible enough to allow them lots of time with their children, Reece, 10, Cecily, 9, and Georgio, 7. |
| 10/06/2009 04:48 PM |
| Money's new More Money blog |
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| 03/16/2010 07:22 AM |
| 12 ways to cut your taxes |
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The bright spot of the dreary 2009 economy: savings for everyone. |
| 03/10/2010 09:17 AM |
| The wrong way to pick funds |
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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. |
| 03/09/2010 11:29 AM |
| 3 ways to save money this spring |
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1. Book a sweet getaway |
| 03/05/2010 08:22 AM |
| How to save on a classic watch |
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With proper care, a good watch lasts virtually forever. But you don't need to spend a bundle to own one. |
| 03/04/2010 08:08 AM |
| Retire early, save for a home |
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Like many households, Wener and Tieun Vieux have suffered a few financial jolts of late. |
| 03/08/2010 02:55 PM |
| The 20 best money Web sites |
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These sites can help you make better money decisions. |
| 03/08/2010 02:57 PM |
| Is the SEC protecting you? |
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In January 2009, when Mary Schapiro took over the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency was the butt of jokes. Though the SEC's whole purpose is to police the securities industry, it had missed massive abuses such as Bernie Madoff's decades-long Ponzi scheme and Allen Stanford's alleged $8 billion scam. |
| 03/08/2010 02:52 PM |
| Cashing in on the condo bust |
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Great bargains abound, but you have to shop carefully. |
| 03/01/2010 01:47 PM |
| Cheap therapy |
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Anyone who's ever sought mental-health treatment knows how quickly the bills for such care can add up, even with insurance. Just what the doctor didn't order: money anxiety on top of whatever else you're facing. |
| 03/01/2010 01:47 PM |
| 4 401(k) fixes |
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With stocks up more than 60% since hitting bottom last March, the red ink is finally fading on the typical 401(k) account. Yes, it's safe to look at your statement again: Balances for boomers who have worked 10 to 20 years at the same company are now down less than 3% on average, compared with pre-crash levels; younger employees and 45- to 64-year-olds with less tenure are solidly back in the black. |
| 03/01/2010 01:41 PM |
| How the e-readers stack up |
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Money tested these three to help you pick one you won't be able to put down. |
| 02/22/2010 10:26 AM |
| Do we have the right mix? |
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Richard and Cheryl Ebers began their married life together just nine years ago. She was divorced and raising two sons (now adults); he was a widower with a young boy of his own (Eric, now 13 ). |
| 02/22/2010 10:27 AM |
| How much should I save? |
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Julia Labaton has spent 10 years building her own business, a PR agency serving the beauty industry, and it has prospered through two recessions. |
| 02/22/2010 10:22 AM |
| Are we protected? |
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Jim and Carol Nelson are living the life they'd like to continue through retirement: combining travel with charitable work. Though Carol still works to maintain health insurance for the couple -- Jim retired from banking in 2003 -- the Nelsons are able to get away two to three times a year to go on missions with their church and Rotary International. Recently they assisted doctors in a poverty-stricken area in Ecuador, following that up with a vacation to the Galápagos Islands. |
| 02/15/2010 09:54 AM |
| The end of the treasury bull run |
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Making money in bonds used to be so simple: All you had to do was put your dough into U.S. Treasuries and watch it rise. Had you held your entire portfolio in U.S. government issues -- which have a minuscule chance of default because they're backed by the full faith and credit of Uncle Sam -- you'd have earned an annualized return of 8.5% over the past two decades. That's about half a percentage point a year ahead of the stock market and three points above their historical average. |
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