EDITOR'S PICKS

• 10 Things Your Spouse Won't Tell You

  Partners keep plenty of secrets, especially about money.

• Living Together, but Investing Apart

  Some married couples have decided to draw a red line through their financial houses.

• The Six Financial Mistakes Couples Make

  While anyone will tell you that talking about money is the first step in resolving problems, talk alone won't do the trick.

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  May 23, 2012

  Remade in the USA; Detroit's Wages Take on China's

  WSJ.com

  CANTON, Mich.—For the past four weeks, a team of 45 workers in gray smocks have been doing something here that hasn't been attempted on a large scale in America for at least four years.

• May 17, 2012

  IRAs: 5 Timing Rules You Need to Understand; Powell: Get familiar with IRA dates, ages -- or risk your savings.

  SmartMoney.com

  Owning an IRA is one thing. Knowing the rules about IRAs is entirely different. And not knowing those rules can cost you dearly. "IRAs are extremely complicated and it's relatively easy for the average IRA account owner, and their financial ...

• May 15, 2012

  In Facebook IPO, Frenzy, Skepticism

  WSJ.com

  Facebook Inc.'s coming initial public offering has set off a frenzy of anticipation among Main Street and Wall Street investors desperate to get their hands on the stock.

• May 14, 2012

  Skip the dorm, buy your kid a condo

  MarketWatch

  Prices in many real-estate markets may be close to bottoming out. We hope. So the old adage about buying low may be something to consider if you have a kid who will soon be heading off to college. The idea is to buy a condo for the kid to ...

• May 7, 2012

  Mixing It Up; Consider Big Gifts to Family This Year; Affluent families who have more than enough wealth for their lifetimes may want to act before tax rules change at year-end, these advisers say

  WSJ.com

  Wealthy individuals who plan to bequeath part of their wealth should consider taking advantage of some estate- and gift-tax benefits that are set to expire at year's end, says Steve Weinstein, a financial adviser in Chicago.

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  April 12, 2012

  Facebook Opens New Playbook With Instagram

  WSJ.com

  Facebook Inc.'s acquisition strategy has long been to buy a start-up, shut it down and keep the talent. But it's going to need a new playbook for its biggest deal yet.

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  April 5, 2012

  Goldman Sachs' Top Oil and Gas MLP Investments

  Barrons.com

  Goldman Sachs ranks among the largest managers of energy master limited partnership assets, even though it launched MLP portfolios less than three years ago.

• March 15, 2012

  SmartMoney Magazine; Fix Your 401(k); At too many companies, critics say, the 401(k) plan is in so-so shape. Can savvy employees patch the holes and improve their odds of a secure retirement?

  SmartMoney.com

  Every day, millions of Americans give their investments the serious attention they deserve, riffling through the business pages, tracking the markets and grappling with tough questions. Do I need more exposure to stocks -- or less? How ...

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  February 29, 2012

  McDonald's to Tout Quality in China; Coming Ad Campaign Taps Into Consumers' Concerns About Food Safety

  WSJ.com

  SHANGHAI—McDonald's Corp. is launching a new ad campaign in China that taps rising worries over food safety and quality in an attempt to win market share from its dominant rival, Yum Brands Inc.'s KFC.

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  February 15, 2012

  Apollo Has Difficulty Landing Real-Estate Funds

  WSJ.com

  Apollo Global Management, a private-equity firm with $75 billion in assets under management, regularly mixes it up with other heavyweights in the buyout world.

• February 13, 2012

  Inheriting Your Spouse's IRA; Rules if you choose to disclaim your inherited IRA.

  SmartMoney.com

  You Want to Disclaim an Account Left to You by Your Spouse THE MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL rules state that the final beneficiary for an IRA (or SEP) account can be decided as late as Sept. 30 of the year after the year of the original account ...

• February 11, 2012

  Law Protects Fund Companies From Investors

  Barrons.com

  Fund Scope | Scoreboard A recent court case against Fidelity Investments is interesting, but not for the reasons you might expect. Ten days ago, Fidelity won its appeal in a whistle-blower case. Two Fidelity employees had claimed, in separate ...

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  February 9, 2012

  Snack CEO Ousted in Accounting Inquiry

  WSJ.com

  Diamond Foods Inc. fired its chief executive and chief financial officer, and said it would restate financial results for two years, after an internal probe found it had wrongly accounted for payments to walnut growers.

• February 9, 2012

  Spousal IRAs; The details on IRAs for stay-at-home spouses.

  SmartMoney.com

  Whether you're a stay-at-home mom or just taking some time off from work doesn't mean you should take a break from saving for retirement. And thanks to more generous federal guidelines, it's easier than ever to keep that nest ...

• February 8, 2012

  Should Married Taxpayers File Separately? Bischoff: Conventional wisdom says no, but for some couples filing separately is actually the best move.

  SmartMoney.com

  If you're happily married, conventional wisdom says you should always file a joint federal income tax return with your spouse. However, there are exceptions. Here's the story, starting with the basics.

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  January 30, 2012

  Money From MF Global Feared Gone

  WSJ.com

  Nearly three months after MF Global Holdings Ltd. collapsed, officials hunting for an estimated $1.2 billion in missing customer money increasingly believe that much of it might never be recovered, according to people familiar with the ...

• January 30, 2012

  The College Tax Breaks Explained; College costs may be soaring, but these goodies will make paying those bills a little easier.

  SmartMoney.com

  If you've got college-bound kids, we don't need to tell you that the cost of college these days is staggering. Mercifully, Washington has delivered some valuable tax breaks over the past few years to parents trying to foot those ...

• January 28, 2012

  Bonds of Blood

  Barrons.com

  Before putting up the seed money for Todd Boehly's opportunistic credit fund in the midst of 2008's financial crisis, a tough-minded investor told Boehly he wanted assurance that if it didn't work, the portfolio manager was ...

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  January 14, 2012

  TPG Is Exploring Joint Investment in Olympus

  WSJ.com

  TOKYO—Private-equity firm TPG Capital has made contact with a series of Japanese technology firms about a potential joint investment in some of Olympus Corp.'s businesses, people familiar with the matter said Friday.

• January 5, 2012

  5 Things to Do If You Want to Retire in 2012; There are important aspects of retirement to prepare and steps that can make the transition smoother both financially and emotionally.

  SmartMoney.com

  For some, 2012 will be much more than just another year. It will be the year that, after decades of punching the clock, they'll join the ranks of the retired.