Take workplace, career goals one step at a time
New year, new you -- new career? Workplace issues and career inspiration top many New Year's resolutions lists, and as the calendar turns over to 2013, life purpose/career coach Lou Daddea has some...
View ArticleButler: Flexible 529 plans make good sense
These college savings programs adopted back in 1996 offer tax-free compounding of earnings and then tax-free distributions on the money (including the compound earnings) when the money is spent on...
View ArticleNew federal rules aim to curb risky mortgages
The rules being unveiled Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau impose a range of obligations and restrictions on lenders, including bans on the risky 'interest-only' and 'no...
View ArticleUS unemployment aid applications tick up to 371K
WASHINGTON -- Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits ticked up slightly last week, the latest sign of stability in the job market.
View ArticleBay Area to feel impact of new mortgage lending rules
New federal rules for mortgage lending are designed to protect homebuyers against the excesses of the housing bubble, when homes people couldn’t afford were sold to them with toxic loans that couldn’t...
View ArticleRetirement Planner: Old age: Preparing for the inevitable
My 96-year-old father and I flew in a private air ambulance across the country recently from Sarasota, Fla.
View ArticleDebtAdviser: Protect inheritance from creditors
Dear Debt Adviser: I'm about to receive an inheritance and would like to use some of it to buy a home.
View ArticlePayPal continues to expand reach, announces deal with ATM operator
PayPal took another step in its effort to expand in the physical retail world on Tuesday, unveiling a partnership with ATM company NCR that will get the payment service into restaurants and gas stations.
View ArticleiPhone users can now buy music directly from Amazon
Amazon says iPhone and iPod Touch users will be able to buy music from its digital store for the first time beginning Thursday.
View ArticleFederal consumer bureau announces new rules to protect struggling mortgage...
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced new standards for loan servicers that are intended to curb the abuses of the past few years and which could help tens of thousands of...
View ArticleBusiness CEOs call for raising retirement age
An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and to partially privatize the health insurance program...
View ArticleButler: Time to take a bull-market reality check
What happens next will be anyone's guess, but it's always comforting to know in advance that there has never been a 12-month period when the stock market didn't experience at least one downdraft of 10...
View ArticleGetting Hired: Enlist neighbors via flyers when looking for a job
The first rule of networking is to develop a brief "elevator pitch" that explains, in terms that anyone would understand, exactly what your job/career goal is.
View ArticleSix tips to get out from under holiday debt in 2013
A wallet-emptying shopping binge and New Year's debt hangover are mainstays for many consumers. And now that the holiday bills have arrived, many face the daunting task of whittling down the mountain...
View ArticleButler: Saving and rolling with a Tesla sedan
So what does my recent indulgence have to do with retirement planning? Well, here's the deal. I drive about 20,000 miles a year in a car that normally gets around 20 miles per gallon. So, there's a...
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