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Buying a Home: Are you creditworthy?
Several months ago, Dawn and Darrell Swisher applied for a loan to refinance their home mortgage. ?My husband had a...
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Who Will Fill Science and Engineering Jobs?
Organizations that track science trends are reaching the same troubling conclusion: the number of U.S. citizens training to become scientists...
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Living Large
Did you know that more than 40 percent of American families spend more than they earn? Close to 24 percent...
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Tax Report: Itemizing vs. the standard deduction
Many of you might have to do some precise calculations before you can determine whether to base your end-of-year tactics...
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Workplace Trends: Aging baby boomers, global economy spur new opportunities
In its ?Labor Day Report: Challenger Future Workplace Trends,? global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. cites several areas...
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Custodian accounts: An easy way to save on taxes
A previous column discussed how investors with long-term capital gains from the sale of stocks and other assets could reduce...
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Figuratively Speaking
African-American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week beginning on Feb. 12, 1926. In 1976, as part of the...
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Love Affairs: Having one can be taxing!
The Internal Revenue Code provides for the taxation of incomes ?from whatever source derived.? But no income taxes are due...
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Tracking Minority-Owned Businesses Expansion, contraction, survival rates
In its latest report on minority-owned businesses with employees, the U.S. Small Business Admini-stration?s Office of Advocacy (www.sba.gov/advo) says such...