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Money & Careers

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore…

By Kathleen Rogers
The state of California will issue IOUs to its business vendors, students awaiting financial aid payments, and taxpayers expecting refund checks. When I first read this story, I had to check the calendar – was it April 1? No, this April Fool’s joke is exactly three months late. I am reminded of my childhood, playing the Game of Life with friends,…
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Toni Geyelin: Give Madoff Some Cellmates

By Antoinette Geyelin
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 he should be there alone; I think he should have some company. Quite a lot of company in fact. Who should be there with him? For starters, all the fund…
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Understanding Financial Markets: From Fear to Fluency with Viv’s Vocabulary

By Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
By Elizabeth Hemmerdinger I don’t know about you, but I feel the need to follow this dreadful financial crisis almost perpetually.  Until a couple of weeks ago, I was an innocent, only occasionally scanning the headlines  and topic sentences of media coverage about business.  After all, I’m an Arts-Person, so I was drawn to the financial world pretty much only…
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Money & Careers · Politics

Financial Collapse: Why All Americans Are Responsible

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
 We will never be the same because of the economic crisis of this year.  In one way, at least, this is a good thing.   We now have an opportunity to become informed about the way our financial system works, what roles politics, lobbying by so many special interest groups, and government regulation and oversight play in this very complicated dance…
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Financial Intelligence and The Shut-Down Myth

By Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio I was reminded, as I read a feature on Susan E. Manske and Linda Strumpf in the Business Section of The New York Times, that the financial crisis the guys in Washington now admit is a recession, would, in other times, have washed right over my head –- in much the same way that algebra…
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Women and Wealth

By Malaika Adero
A “Women and Wealth” study released today by Asset Management Advisors shows that the majority of wealthy women are well-educated, working women. “Women are key decision makers, making up 46 percent of top wealth holders in the U.S., so understanding their needs, views and approach to wealth is critical to helping families successfully manage their wealth,” said AMA’s CEO, Mel…
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