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How to File an Insurance Claim
There’s nothing more deflating than having an insurance claim denied or not covered to the extent you had assumed.
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How to Insure Your House
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Hartford Says Goodbye to Annuities
WSJ.comHartford Financial Services Group Inc. on Wednesday unveiled plans for a radical overhaul of its business in an effort to revive its share price and satisfy demands by the hedge-fund manager John Paulson for "drastic" change at ...
4 Fast Ways to Save Money Now; A free-falling stock market can make everyone more frugal. How to find the extra cash in your budget
SmartMoney.comThe falling market – and the economic uncertainty that comes with it – has even the most frugal looking for new ways to save. Many of the easiest ways to do so may not even require that much sacrifice.
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Following the Smart Art Money; In an uncertain market, buyers are looking to top collectors for cues. What Eli Broad, Lily Safra and Ron Perelman are buying now.
WSJ.comThe art market is proving just as volatile as the stock market. This week, collectors from South America to Russia converged on New York for some of the season's most important auctions. In a few cases, bidders laid out record sums for ...
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While Home Prices May Be Falling, Insurance Premiums Are on the Rise
WSJ.comAlready plagued by stubbornly low home prices, homeowners soon may be facing another blow: rising insurance premiums. After five years of relatively stable premiums, some of the country's biggest insurers have raised rates—or say they ...
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How Art Expenses Stack Up; First-time buyers are often shocked by how much it costs to own art
WSJ.comThe hammer has gone down and the adrenaline is pumping – you have bought your first work of art. But when the excitement wears off, and the costs stack up, many inexperienced buyers can regret being over-zealous with the paddle.
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Taxing Year Brings a Less-Taxing Year; Lawmakers Acted to Extend Cuts, Give New Breaks as 2010 Came to a Close; the Certainty Will Prove Fleeting
WSJ.comIn the normally staid world of taxes, 2010 was downright tumultuous. Never was so much done to so many by so few—and for such a short time. Lawmakers in December finally settled questions on income, capital-gains and other taxes that had ...
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Other Ways the 'Foreclosure Crisis' Could Sting Homeowners
WSJ.comThe foreclosure mess could hurt homeowners in another way: The costs of buying a home and paying off the mortgage are likely to go up, say housing experts.
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Allstate Launches Roadside Assistance With a Twist
WSJ.comNEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Allstate Corp. unveiled a new roadside assistance program Thursday that will allow any U.S. driver--not just its own customers--to call the company for help when they're stuck on the side of the road.
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Car Insurers' Pricing Practices Under Fire
WSJ.comCar insurers' use of credit histories to decide what to charge customers has been controversial for years. Now, consumer advocates are trying to draw attention to other factors they dislike, including occupation and education.
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Darts Top Readers With US Airways Takeoff
WSJ.comHere are the new stock picks and the June 30 starting prices for Sunday Journal's 40th Investment Dartboard Contest, running through Dec. 31.
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Smart Year-End Tax Moves for Investors; Uncertainty in Washington Is Creating Confusion for Investors Trying to Minimize Their Tax Burden. Here's What You Need to Know—and Do.
WSJ.comThere are plenty of reasons for taxpayers to scream. Here it is, year-end tax-planning time, when investors must decide whether to take gains or harvest losses and make important retirement-account choices. Yet crucial questions remain—not ...
Fishing for Housing Bargains
SmartMoney.comWhen Jana Sestili and her husband decided to move with their two children to a larger house in the Pittsburgh suburbs, some people thought they were taking a foolish risk. The refrain, says Sestili, was simple: “I don’t know how you’ll do ...
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Got Insurance? Enough? You Sure?
WSJ.comMany U.S. homeowners haven't insured their homes against earthquakes and other disasters, but the devastating losses in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan may cause people to give their insurance policies another ...
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How Am I Driving? Insurers May Know
WSJ.comAfter more than a decade of experimentation, auto insurer Progressive Corp. is on the verge of a nationwide unveiling of a new type of insurance that charges customers based, in part, on real-time information about how well they drive.
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Follow-On Stock Offerings Lose Their First-Day Pop
WSJ.comThere has been a lot of focus on the fate of IPOs in the current environment, but another area of equity issuance is also suffering: follow-on deals.
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