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Living Longer
Your guide to health, wealth, and happiness in later years. Sunday's new edition highlights empty nesting, the importance of health, and financing as a baby boomer.
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Smart Tips about Gift Cards
Ask about fees. Some expenses may be deducted when the card is used, including purchase fees, transaction fees, inactivity fees and shipping and handling costs.
Ask about fees. Some expenses may be deducted when the card is used, including purchase fees, transaction fees, inactivity fees and shipping and handling costs.
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Blogs
Big markdowns on Mother's Day gifts, more
Firefly Jewelry & Gifts has storewide markdowns of 25-60 percent. Find artisan jewelry, decorative glass vases, picture frames, and scarves, along with less reverent gifts...
Strategies for fighting arbitration
Consumers who get into an argument with a big bank might want to write off their loss and run for the exit rather than stand and fight.
New rule helps stay-at-home spouses
Credit card issuers can consider income and assets that a nonworking individual shares with a spouse or partner.
What not to buy in May
Looking for bargains in May? Forget the TV, and step away from the lawn mower. Instead, enjoy a picnic on the patio.
5 housing and mortgage trends this spring
Homeowners who endured years of declining home values will discover that the game has changed.
Live on $7.50 this week
Could you live on $1.50 a day? Some very rich celebrities, including actor and producer Ben Affleck, are going to give it a try this week.
How to avoid summer insurance claims
With the cold weather and snow finally gone, you would think that as a homeowner you could relax. That thinking would be wrong.
Public pensions on the mend?
The fiscal stability of state and local government pensions has been the source of much retirement planning consternation.
FINANCIAL NEWS FROM BANKRATE.COM
- 8 great ways to avoid growing bank fees (Bankrate.com, 5/03/2013)
- Credit card interest rates for May 2, 2013 (Bankrate.com, 5/02/2013)
- 6 financial planning tips for 40-somethings (Bankrate.com, 5/02/2013)
- Tax record-keeping tips (Bankrate.com, 5/01/2013)
- With damaged credit, can I get a mortgage? (Bankrate.com, 5/01/2013)
- 6 home fixes that aren't worth the money (Bankrate.com, 5/01/2013)
- Will the Fed buy even more barrels of green ink? (Bankrate.com, 4/29/2013)
- Will the Fed buy even more barrels of green ink? (Bankrate.com, 4/29/2013)
- Obama, Romney on future of the Fed (Bankrate.com, 10/17/2012)
- How about a loan with that diamond ring? (Bankrate.com, 10/01/2012)
Greater Boston tops for old homes
Yes, we are the old home capital of the country. That's the the verdict from Trulia, which just released a national survey looking at American...
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