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How to Stop the FBI From Reading Your Email
Despite the Fourth Amendment's protections against unlawful searches, federal agencies do not necessarily need a warrant to read emails older than six months.
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Why Shoppers Don't Care About Bangladesh
Consumers express shock over factory conditions, yet still buy the clothes.
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How to Convert Your Home Into a Rental
You can probably shelter most of the rental income with tax deductions.
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Analysts Laud Netflix Rehabilitation, if not its Stock
Commentary: Original content will drive its quest to be a network.
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10 Things Your Cruise Line Won't Tell You
Navigating a sea of potential sickness, danger and debt.
Retirement
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Investing Rules to Rescue Your Retirement
Commentary: Burton Malkiel and Charley Ellis don't want your money. In fact, these two respected investing experts want you to spend less on mutual funds.
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Best Retirement Move Almost Nobody Makes
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10 Things Medicare Won't Tell You
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Should Gramps Save for College?
SPEND
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We're Eating More Sugar, Less Splenda
Sales of white sugar are up, as the big artificial sweeteners struggle.
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A New Way to Pay for Dream Vacations
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The $4,200 Bottle of Perfume
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5 Software Upgrades That Flopped
BORROW
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Happy Mother's Debt
Mothers and children blame each other for financial failures.
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96-Month Car Loans Wreck Your Wallet
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More Wiggle Room for Student-Loan Debt?
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10 Things Credit Bureaus Won't Say
PLAN
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Why dads pass on paid paternity leave
88% of new fathers declined perk, one study found.
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Chris Christie and Me: The Skinny on Being Fat
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Your Boss: Want a Raise? Get in Shape
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It's Easier to Apply for Green Card Than Obamacare
TAXES
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Hire Your Kid, Get a Tax Break
Here's an idea for those running a small business as a sole proprietorship or husband-wife partnership. Consider hiring your under-age-18 child as a bona fide employee.
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Why You Won't Be Audited This Year
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Hiring Your Parents to Watch Your Kids
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April 15 Isn't This Month's Only Tax Deadline
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Dow 15,000? Try 116,200
Commentary: When the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 15,000, it had me dreaming of bigger things. Specifically: Dow 116,200. Why it's not as far-fetched as it sounds.
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