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Obama talks up ideas to help ailing economy
McClatchy NewspapersDemocrat Barack Obama on Monday proposed $60 billion worth of new ideas to stimulate the ailing economy, including a tax credit to prod companies to hire more workers and a new way for consumers to cash out up to 15 percent of their IRAs or 401(k)s with...Tags: Punishment, Polls, Financial Markets, Public Finance, Federal Reserve
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Some feel reluctant to show pro-market license plates
Special to NewsdayNorth Bellmore resident Mandy Rofe wanted to squeeze in a few more "top-down" days driving her Mercedes-Benz CLK convertible to her city job. What gave her pause was "STOXBNDS," her personalized New York State license plate of four years. "She didn't...Tags: Volkswagen, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Jeep, Mercedes-Benz, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated
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U.S. firms cast wary glances overseas
As U.S. financial markets imploded and credit dried up in recent weeks, there seemed to be a haven abroad. But with financial turmoil spreading beyond America's borders, businesses and investors are likely to face daunting challenges as they tap into...Tags: Mutual Funds, Globalization, Money and Monetary Policy, Consumers, Hunt Valley
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A little something for ordinary taxpayers
The mega-bailout package for Wall Street also contains about $150 billion in tax breaks for the rest of us. Some are new, but many are tax breaks that had either lapsed or were near expiration and given another year or more of life. Among them are...Tags: Charity, Real Estate Sales, Colleges and Universities, Government, Stock Options
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How About A Boomer Bailout?
Like millions of other baby boomers, I contributed to traditional IRAs and 401(k)s. It is disappointing to see these hard-earned investments decline significantly as a result of government and business ineptitude and corruption. Even worse is that we...Tags: Glastonbury, Labor Legislation
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To open IRA, head to a brokerage
Dear Bruce: My wife and I are interested in opening a Roth IRA, but we don't know where to start. Should we go to our bank, or do we have to use a financial broker? Does it make a difference where we open it? M.B., via e-mail Dear M.B.: Starting an IRA...Tags: Stock Broking
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Resist the impulse to flee stock market, financial planners say
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA major Wall Street bank crumbles. A money fund tanks. The stock market retreats to levels not seen in years. And as investors are bombarded with scary bulletins from the financial system, financial planners are finding that their textbook advice --...Tags: Mutual Funds, Mark Wilson, Government, Financial Markets, Stock Broking
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Rational thinking is a haven from panic
Special to the TimesHaving trouble investing wisely in today's tumultuous market? The problem may be your brain. Brad Klontz, a Hawaii-based psychologist who specializes in financial disorders, says that thanks to lessons we learned as cave dwellers, human beings are...Tags: Social Security, Retirement, Stock Broking, Great Depression, Wages and Pensions
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Selling Panic During Final Hour
Associated PressThe chaotic hour before Wall Street's closing bell has never been for the faint of heart. These days, it's been absolutely brutal. In grim scenes repeated day after day, investors watch as an avalanche of sell orders inundate trading systems around the...Tags: Mutual Funds, Sales, Government, Consumer Electronics Industry, Chuck
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Finances are also personal matter
Of The Associated PressThe difficult economic times we're in have small business owners scouring their companies' books, looking for ways to improve cash flow and preserve their profits. They should also be taking that kind of care with their personal finances. For some...Tags: Retirement, 401K, Wages and Pensions, Small Businesses
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Is the era of easy credit over for the long haul?
The Associated PressAn inflatable gorilla beckoned from the roof of Don Brown Chevrolet in St. Louis, servers doled out free bowls of pasta and a salesman urged potential customers to "come on up under the canopy and put your hands on" a new set of wheels. But sitting...Tags: Delaware River, Mortgages, Money and Monetary Policy, Consumers, Loans
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As investments suffer, would paying off house be wise move?
Bob Dufresne and Thomas B. FleishelQuestion : Except for two mortgages, I have no debt. I have $400,000 in a 401(k), $100,000 in mutual funds, $50,000 in a money market account and $20,000 in a Real Estate Investment Trust. I have $300,000 in equity in house one and $80,000 in house two....Tags: Mutual Funds, Winter Springs, Winter Garden, Federal Reserve
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