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Pay Dirt: New research finds that people who "like" an inordinate number of Facebook status updates may be mentally unstable.
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The New Muzak: Scent Marketing
Kadet: What's that smell? Companies using scent marketing say it's the sweet smell of success.
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The 5 Biggest Muni Defaults Ever
Real-Time Advice: With areas of the muni market showing signs of stress, we look back on the five biggest defaults -- and where they are now.
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Why a 'Balanced' Portfolio May Not Work
Arends: That 60/40 portfolio of stocks and bonds your adviser is pushing might not work.
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Cut Travel Costs With Free Gas
Deal of the Day: Hotels can help fund – and fuel -- a summer roadtrip.
Retirement
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Retire Here, Not There: Wyoming
Forget Jackson Hole. Here are three places to live the Cowboy-state life for less.
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IRAs: 5 Timing Rules You Need to Understand
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Talking to Mom About Alzheimer's and Her Money
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Avoid Retirement Health-Care Mistakes
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The Sibling Sinkhole
SmartMoney Magazine: How showing a little brotherly love can be an expensive proposition.
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Mom's Flowers: Roses or Thorns?
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Gay or Straight, Marriage Gets Pricier
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Buried Treasure: A $34,500 Gold Coffin
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Grad School: Higher Degrees of Debt
As Congress searches for ways to alleviate the loan burden for undergrads, graduate students are sinking deeper into debt.
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Getting a Bigger Financial-Aid Offer
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Can Private Student Loans Undercut Federal Rates?
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How to Use the IRS as a Credit Card
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College: 'Best Investment' or Big Risk?
Hough: The financial return for a four-year degree may surprise you.
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More Americans Stashing Cash in Home Safes
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Insurance for 'Titanic' Events
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Fatten Your Reserves
TAXES
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What End of Bush Tax Cuts Would Mean for You
Bischoff: Unless Congress takes action, it's not just the "rich" who will see higher tax bills.
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What's Keeping the Euro From Sinking
Casey: To the chagrin of many currency traders, the euro refuses to sink. What's behind its stickiness?
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Banks: Back to Risky Business?
Real-Time Advice: J.P. Morgan's $2 billion loss suggests risky derivatives trading didn't end with the financial crisis.
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Investing
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How Smaller Investors Can Play Facebook
With pre-IPO shares going mostly to Wall Street's top clients, advisers are seeking alternative ways to be part of the action.
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Who Should Regulate Investment Advisers?
Zweig: Investment advisers are being examined infrequently, inconsistently and incompletely. It's time to put computers on the case.
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Deal of the Day
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The Case for Extreme Couponing
Deal of the Day: Shoppers looking to cut their grocery bills may need to expend more effort to get deals.
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5 Products With Overhyped Health Claims
Real-Time Advice: This week's FTC settlement with Skechers is part of an ongoing crackdown on exaggerated health claims in ads.
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