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Insights for Business at a Moment of Change It is already a cliche to call the inauguration of Barack Obama an historic moment, but with so much--including the economic health and prosperity of the country--riding on his Presidency, it's hard not to ...
TURNING CONSERVATIVE You're in transition: For yields on cash instruments, check out Bankrate.com. Compare plans at Savingforcollege.com. Evaluate your retirement plan against your goals using the "Ballpark E$timate" retirement calculator at Choosetosave.org. Copyright 2008 BusinessWeek
COLD COMFORT: IT'S STILL EXPENSIVE TO GET SICK, BUT... About 46 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2007, slightly fewer than in 2006 because of increased federal coverage. Most big companies don't intend to cut back, and price increases have slowed. Copyright ...
IS IT TIME TO REFINANCE YOUR MORTGAGE? Applications for mortgage refinancing tripled in early December on news that the U.S. Federal Reserve will buy up to $600 billion of mortgage debt. BusinessWeek personal finance editor Lauren Young spoke with mortgage guru Keith ...
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS ARE 'ROCK SOLID' " Too Much Like Fannie and Freddie? " (What's Next, Nov. 17) says Federal Home Loan Banks have incentives to lend irresponsibly. The Federal Home Loan Bank system has performed well throughout the nation's financial ...
As the collapse of the housing market and the related financial crisis have continued to unfold, the numbers of those struggling to meet mortgage payments, newly unemployed, or simply in financial distress due to lower home equity values or stock market values ...
As bankers claw their way out of the credit crunch, they're likely to get a lot more curious about our ability to repay loans. To do that, they'll no doubt search for statistical correlations between financial risk and our behavior in different ...
Venture firms are sounding the alarm over what this downturn might mean for their portfolio companies. While it's true that great companies are built during downturns, it's also true that plenty of entrepreneurs are going to be shut out of any sort ...
Financial advisers are usually an unflappable bunch. When the markets are wild, investors turn to their financial planners for calm, consistent advice: Stick to the plan, think long term, don't do anything rash. Advisers have studied their history and know that markets ...
As the strike by 27,000 machinists at Boeing (BA) is poised to move into a second week, labor and management seem as far apart as ever. Estimates for how long the impasse will linger range from about three weeks, which would mark ...
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