On Healthcare, Older Women in Tightest Bind

September 6, 2009 by Chris Lombardi

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It’s been a summer of shouting about health care, and health insurance. Now, with President Obama about to address the issue to a joint session of Congress, some new studies [...]

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Going Out of Business – is there anything you can do? Definitely!

August 17, 2009 by Alexsandra Stewart

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Another shop in my Portland, Oregon neighborhood is closing. It’s the second in a month! Signs of the times all over my city include sad notices: “Going Out of Business,” [...]

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FTC: Don’t Get Scammed

July 5, 2009 by Women's Voices For Change

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Get-rich-quick schemes have always plagued our society. But now, with the Internet, it is all that much easier to be taken in — particularly in these economic times, when so [...]

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Toni Geyelin: Give Madoff Some Cellmates

June 30, 2009 by Antoinette Geyelin

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So, Mr. Bernard Madoff is going to jail for 150 years. Seems like a fairer sentence than the twelve his lawyers asked for. But you know what? I don’t think [...]

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After the Meltdown and Madoff, Back to Basics for Investors Like Us

June 22, 2009 by Antoinette Geyelin

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I am delighted and indeed very flattered to have been invited to write for WVFC, joining this group of very talented women. The idea is that I will be able [...]

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