If you've recently left a job or been laid off, you may be wondering if it makes sense to convert your old 401(k) into a Roth IRA.


Roth IRA - 401(k) - Retirement - Individual Retirement Account - Personal finance
[Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:47:25 GMT]
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A businessman who tried to pay a property tax bill with 33,000 pennies got turned down by a county treasurer in Washington state, who said she didn't have the staff to count them.


Washington - Property tax - United States - Businessperson - Business and Economy
[Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:31:23 GMT]
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Do you pay off your credit card balances in full every month? Do you like tax-free income? Then here?s a deal for you: the best cash-back credit card out there.


Credit card - Business - Personal finance - Financial services - Credit
[Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:47:21 GMT]
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The amount consumers owed on their credit cards dropped to its lowest level in eight years, as cardholders continued to pay off balances in the uncertain economy.


Credit card - Business - Financial services - Debt - Personal Finance
[Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:10:02 GMT]
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Deflation is the potential new boogeyman for consumers, replacing inflation.


Inflation - Money supply - Economic - Deflation - Grade Inflation
[Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:24:32 GMT]
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A record number of workers made hardship withdrawals from their retirement accounts in the second quarter, suggesting Americans are continuing to struggle in the tough economy.


401(k) - Fidelity Investments - Retirement - United States - Education
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:12:52 GMT]
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As mortgage interest rates fall to record-low levels, many homeowners are taking advantage by refinancing from 30-year loans to 15- and 20-year terms.


Mortgage - Refinancing - Interest rate - Business - United States
[Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:18:59 GMT]
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This summer hasn't been very kind to investors. After starting the year on the upswing, the stock market has slumped and is basically back where it started.


Stock market - Business - 401(k) - Investing - Stocks and Bonds
[Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:52:14 GMT]
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A backlash is building against the growing crowd of college rankings. According to critics, the lists are misleading and unhelpful ? and some fail to focus on a pressing issue: value.


College and university rankings - United States - Education - U.S. News & World Report - Colleges and Universities
[Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:54:25 GMT]
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Don't let tax season catch you off guard.


United States - Tennessee - American football positions - National Football League - American football
[Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:51:28 GMT]
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Enrollment is soaring at the nation's 1,173 community colleges, yet they are struggling to cope with the influx as their budgets are slashed by debt-laden states.

Community college - Education - Colleges and Universities - United States - Directories
[Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:41:38 GMT]
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For people considering college, perhaps the greatest lesson of the Great Recession is not that you shouldn?t go to college but that you should make sure the investment will pay off.


Education - United States - Colleges and Universities - Two-Year Colleges - College
[Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:31:00 GMT]
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Consumer borrowing fell in June for a fifth straight month as households keep cutting back on credit card use.


Credit card - Business - Credit - Personal Finance - Home
[Fri, 6 Aug 2010 21:08:05 GMT]
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Kelly Trella has found a way to get rid of her 2-year-old son's old clothes: She swaps them.

Clothing - Shopping - Children - Business and Economy - Organic
[Fri, 6 Aug 2010 20:55:13 GMT]
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The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one has a bank account.


Identity theft - Theft - Social Security number - Bank account - United States
[Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:31:47 GMT]
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FedEx is reversing one of the uglier corporate trends of the recession: It will restore matching contributions to its employees' 401(k) plans.


FedEx - 401(k) - Business - United States - United Parcel Service
[Mon, 2 Aug 2010 16:57:30 GMT]
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