Dear Harry: My father died in 1981. I am his only child. Until he died, he collected Social Security. This lasted about four years. My mother died before him so she never got a dime of his SS. I'm 51, and I'm too young to collect on my own SS, but it sure
A longtime Daily News columnist, Harry Gross writes on personal finance and takes reader questions. Write to him c/o the Daily News, Box 7788, Philadelphia, PA 19101.
Today's personal savings rate of 3 percent is nearly double that of a year ago. Economists say it could rise as high as 8 percent as households try to rebuild savings shredded by the recession. Yet all that saving isn't exactly paying off.
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The 2010 Acura ZDX is easily the most audacious automobile that Honda's upscale division has devised since its spectacular NSX sports car was unveiled some 20 years ago.
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