Dear Harry: Back in April, my wife and I attended a meeting of a "travel club." Afterward, we received a card for a three-day, two-night trip to anywhere in the United States. In order to "validate" the trip, we had to send a $100 mone
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Someone asked me if I was excited when the Dow once again hit the 10,000-point mark. Nope. It was October 2008 when we last saw that number.
Question: I've started trading futures and currencies. It's a small account, but I'm worried about the effect on my taxes because there is so much trading. Is there anything I can do about that?
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What are you doing that's wasting or losing money? The answer is different for everyone, but there are habits and routines that sap all our wallets. These sites could start your self-assessment.
Lots of vitriol yesterday on my voice mail and email, mostly about the SEPTA workers. One or two had some racial epithets for Willie Brown. One suggested that vets returning from the war replace the drivers, especially "that fat one," whoever that is. One said he'd like to see the whole group replaced.
Workplace suicides also are causing alarm around the world. The economy is considered a key culprit. What's the connection?
Discovering the perfect home isn't always about finding everything you want in one place. Sometimes, it's about finding the one place where you can make a home everything you want.
Question: I'm hoping you can give a brief explanation of the tankless water heater. I can't seem to make my husband understand. Our water heater is on the opposite side of our house from the bathrooms and laundry room. Consequently, it takes running the water a long time before we get any warm/hot water. Isn't the tankless heater something that allows you to tap into hot water on demand?
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Since it came to these shores in the early '90s, Kia has been running for sales on a price/value platform, as a somewhat dressed-down version of its corporate cousin, the Hyundai.
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The rocky economy has had an impact on the size, value and bottom line of many of the top 100 companies in the 10-county Philadelphia region, as well as on the total pay of their CEOs.
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Pfizer Inc., which bought rival Wyeth last month, said yesterday that it would move "a number of functions" from Wyeth's Collegeville, Montgomery County, location as Pfizer consolidated research and development at five "hub" sites.
New rules for Individual Retirement Accounts should induce you to see if 2010 is the year to convert any traditional IRA into a Roth IRA. It depends on when you'd rather pay the taxes.
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