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Investors can find higher yields for cash accounts
Your Money staff reporterNot earning a competitive yield on your cash? A government agency is taking steps to show what you're missing. Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission introduced a proposal that would require brokerage firms to better explain cash account...Tags: ING Group, Banking, Stock Broking, Mutual Funds, Economy, Business and Finance
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Time is short to devise new strategies for cash
Your MoneyAlready retired and sitting on a pile of short-term investments? With lower interest rates likely coming soon, it's time to get your game plan together for squeezing the best yields out of your cash. Up to now, it has been relatively easy because short-...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Federal Reserve, Chicago Tribune, Politics, Personal Finance
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Flea market box yields Charles Schwab treasure
Of The Morning CallPenny McKim is an antiques hobbyist who considers herself a skilled treasure hunter. So when she came across a shoebox full of coins and medals at a church flea market in Montgomery County, she had an idea she'd struck gold. Turns out that $5 box...Tags: Auction Service, Lotteries, Metal and Mineral, Thomas Edison, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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Decision means shift for fee-based advisers
Your MoneyIf you've been socking away money in a fee-based brokerage account, you may be one of about 1 million customers facing some changes in the coming months. For retirement savers, it represents a good opportunity to evaluate exactly what advice you're...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Stock Broking, Career and Workplace, Retirement Planning Services, Financial Markets
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Annuity maze can have hidden traps
With the oldest U.S. Baby Boomers staring down retirement, the financial industry is betting sales of annuities will take off. Many Boomers haven't saved enough for retirement, and fewer of them are in line for traditional pensions. In response, annuity...Tags: New Products, Politics, Death, Personal Finance, Stock Broking
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Default retirement solution not as solid as providing plan advice
Your MoneyEmployers rushing to automatically enroll workers in retirement plans and directing the money to one-stop life-cycle funds are leaving old-fashioned investment advice behind in a cloud of so much dust. That may be a mistake, say advice providers, who are...Tags: Gaming, Chicago Tribune, Career and Workplace, Companies and Corporations, Retirement
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Seasonal slogans may not always peg investment truths
Tribune staff reporterIf you had listened to Wall Street's sloganeers and decided to "sell in May and go away," you're probably kicking yourself now. You would have missed out on a rally that lifted the blue chip Dow Jones industrial average and the Russell 2000 small-cap...Tags: Super Bowl, Stock Broking, Career and Workplace, Financial Markets, Retirement
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Forbes magazine list of 400 richest Americans
The 400 richest Americans, including U.S. citizens now living abroad, as compiled by Forbes magazine. Following each name is the person's age, net worth, hometown and source of wealth. Where more than one name is listed under a number, there is a tie....Tags: Gaming, The Home Depot, Blackstone Group, L.P., Football, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Market's frenzy has faded, but day traders click away
As stocks soared in the 1990s, countless Wall Street wannabes became "day traders," quitting their jobs and trying to make their living by trading stocks at a furious pace. When the boom ended, so did the day-trading craze. But rising stock prices and...Tags: Networking, Stock Broking, Corporate Officers, Marketing, Forrester Research Incorporated
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Racial divide in savings
If middle- and upper-income African-Americans continue to save and invest the way they tend to do, they stand to struggle financially through retirement in greater proportions than whites at similar income levels. On average, black Americans are saving...Tags: Personal Finance, Stock Broking, Mutual Funds, Consumers, Career and Workplace
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 6
While some Bethlehem Steel women did manual labor alongside men like John Wadolny, and some were secretaries like Althea Kulp, others had a role that reflected the company's urgent need for security. These women carried guns and kept watch for saboteurs....Tags: Bing Crosby, Nursing, Clubs and Associations, Defense, Firearms
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 3
Bethlehem Steel's directors had taken steps to expand when they reorganized the company in 1899. But then came the U.S. Steel merger, which left Bethlehem out. Schwab later said Bethlehem wasn't included because it offered nothing but duplication. Facing...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Metal and Mineral, Theodore Roosevelt, Health and Medical Professionals, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Dec 10, 2003
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