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LINDA STERN

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5 Ways to Survive the College Tuition Hurdle

Posted: 4/22/2013 4:54:00 PM

This is the time of year when high school seniors start to calm down and their parents start to get anxious. The students have received those coveted college acceptance letters, so they know they …

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Jumbo Mortgages Fuel Luxury Real Estate Market

Posted: 2/27/2013 3:00:00 PM

Home sales and prices are rising briskly in those neighborhoods where the well-heeled like to plant their mailboxes: along Chicago's north shore, in the San Francisco Bay area and in the haute Ham…

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Money Moves to Make Before the Year-End Cliff

Posted: 12/26/2012 5:20:00 PM

By now, we thought the path forward would be clear and the usual six-day flurry of tax-focused check writing and income-shifting could commence. But we're still in wait-and-see mode; watching…

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The Myth of Being ‘Rich’ at $250,000 a Year

Posted: 11/29/2012 11:35:00 AM

From where I sit, $250,000 a year – the amount President Barack Obama and other Democrats say is top-tier household income – is a substantial amount of money. But I don't sit in Manhattan or Honol…

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Life Insurance Industry Suffers – and So Do Consumers

Posted: 10/25/2012 12:12:00 AM

Nobody wants to feel sorry for life insurance companies. They're just the annoying folk who make you think about death, cash your checks, and then give you grief if you ever have to file a claim, …

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TODAY’S BELTWAY BLAST

We've hit the debt ceiling again, and the U.S. is on life support. Are we headed for another blowout?