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A Roth IRA through the back door

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:03:53 +0000

NEW YORK (Money) Question: Our granddaughter fully funds her 401(k). But to give her an incentive to save even more, we give her $2,000 a year to invest in a Roth IRA, provided she invests $2,000 of her own money first. She recen

Fed can't stop recession

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:02:56 +0000

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) Problems in housing, the financial markets and the first job decline in four years have made a Federal Reserve rate cut next week all but certain. But it has also raised talk about a recession and whether the Fe

Anita Roddick's entrepreneurial legacy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:02:54 +0000

FSB For years, Body Shop founder Anita Roddick's work has inspired Lisa Jones Christensen's students at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Many young MBAs want to follow the passionate and political

Investors still steering clear of commercial paper

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:02:53 +0000

LONDON (CNNMoney.com) Investors shunned a key short-term debt market for a fifth straight week, according to the latest statistics from the Federal Reserve.

The amount of outstanding commercial paper fell by $8.2 billion to $1.92

Anita Roddick's entrepreneurial legacy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:02:52 +0000

Can you explain why or when you would purchase Guest PIP in Kentucky?

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:36 +0000

is a type of coverage that must be purchased if basic PIP has been rejected by the insureds listed on a policy. Kentucky is a "choice no-fault" state meaning that a motorist can choose to insure their vehicle under the tort system or the

I have a Massachusetts license but received a speeding ticket in Connecticut for going 83 mph in a 55 mph zone. Does MA include the ticket in my driver history and will my insurance increase i.e. is MA and CT part of DLA? Can I pay off the ticket in CT an

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:31 +0000

tts is not part of the Drivers License Compact (DLC) but Connecticut is. However they both are members of the Drivers License Agreement (DLA).

The goals of the DLA are to require each state to honor licenses issued by other member s

Online game aspires to Pokemon success

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:02:04 +0000

(Business 2.0 Magazine) Most adults still find Pokémon difficult to grasp. The numbers are easier: The franchise, originally based on a trading-card game, has raked in a total of $15 billion for owner Nintendo. It was less lucrative for

Senate approves increase in national debt limit

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:02:03 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) A Senate panel on Wednesday approved an increase in the limit on the national debt to $9.82 trillion, the fifth increase in the government's borrowing limit since President Bush took office.

The move came in respo

Union sues feds to stop meatpacking raids

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:02:02 +0000

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A union representing workers at six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants sued federal immigration authorities Wednesday, alleging agents violated the workers' rights during raids by roughly handling even those not suspected

No relief in sight for battered dollar

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:01:58 +0000

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) With the dollar slipping to an all-time low against the euro, currency strategists say the greenback is not likely to rebound anytime soon.

After hovering near record lows against the euro in recent

Boosting sales with pricing software

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:01:57 +0000

(FSB Magazine) What's it worth to you? A CD seller and software developer spins a pricing strategy that gets results. Brett Wickard's homemade pricing software is playing well for him and fellow indie CD retailers, struggling to survi

HarperCollins acquires new James Frey novel

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:01:57 +0000

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) Book publisher HarperCollins has acquired North American rights to Bright Shiny Morning, a novel by James Frey, author of the admittedly embellished non-fiction memoir, A Million Little Pieces.

First Horizon to slash 1,500 jobs by early 2008

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:01:56 +0000

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) First Horizon National Corp. said Wednesday it will cut at least 1,500 jobs by early next year due to challenging conditions in its mortgage, national real estate and banking businesses.

The company employs rou

I live in Minnesota. Recently my friend was pulled over in my vehicle and received a speeding ticket. Will this affect my insurance in the future? Do insurance companies look at the drivers record, or the record of the car, regardless of who is driving?

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:00:21 +0000

ly your friend receiving a speeding ticket in your vehicle would not affect you or your insurance rates if the ticket was written to them, which it should have been.

If the ticket instead had been writtenÂ as a type of equipment tic