Last month was open-enrollment season, and my wife and I got an unpleasant surprise. For 2010 we’re looking at an annual health-insurance premium that’s $1,600 higher than it is now, plus higher deductibles. Instead of flat co-pays, we’ll pay co-insurance, a share of the total costs. And that is with a plan provided by a […]

Home price gains of the past few months flattened out in October, according to a closely watched market report issued Tuesday.
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Venice’s canals aren’t the only ones with gondolas. In Southern California, American gondolier Michael O’Toole is steering his fleet through the recession.
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Whenever you mix extended family, financial outlays, forced jollity, and alcohol, you’re risking trouble. Economics carries some lessons about how to prevent seasonal squabbles from reaching epic proportions.
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Question: whether I sell a mutual fund to write off the loss on my tax return, do I face any restrictions on reinvesting the money? — Tom M., St. Paul, Minn.
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Obstinacy can push an entrepreneur to persevere when any sane person would quit. But obstinacy can additionally kill your business whether it keeps you in denial.
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For more than an hour I watched half-naked revelers jump into the 34° waters of Leech Lake. Some held hands, and others did backflips; all wore costumes. There were young women in prom dresses; gray-haired ladies with pink boas; big, furry men holding up their trunks with suspenders; and one gutsy woman who wore […]

Most troubled homeowners view President Obama’s foreclosure rescue plan as a way out of their financial troubles.
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Top executives at mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of which have been under government control since last year, received millions of dollars in pay that year, according to documents filed by the company Thursday.
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