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Meet Fiona Bayliss, 91. She is active, healthy, involved and…working. The owner and sole employee of Fiona’s Antiques and Gifts in Glendale, Calif., is part of what Catherine Collinson, president...
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What do 317,000 waiters, 141,476 receptionists, 107,457 janitors and 18,749 parking lot attendants have in common? They’re among some 17 million college graduates who are working in fields that have...
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The president’s deficit reduction panel issued a draft proposal last week that has virtually everyone up in arms. The proposal would savage seniors, decimate the housing market, bankrupt charities...
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Politicians and policymakers are watching a fiscal train wreck unfold in California with a sense of horror – and foreboding. The state is entering the third month of a budget impasse aimed at closing...
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Ann Kirkpatrick is part of a rarefied group. With an annual salary of $174,000, she earns more than 97 percent of American workers. She’s also got a generous guaranteed pension, great health benefits...
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Many Americans are worried about funding retirement. Not Bernard Parks. The former Los Angeles police chief retired at age 59 with a pension that paid 90 percent of his final years’ earnings – a tidy...
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Is the federal income tax code fair? As Americans put away their tax forms for another year, statistics indicating that the top 5 percent of the nation’s taxpayers pay 60 percent of federal income...
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Katie O’Connor doesn’t want to say that her mother was crazy when she suggested that the recent college graduate start looking for her first home. Unrealistic? You bet. “I’m only 23 years old and...
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Christopher J. Thomas, a 29-year-old customer service representative, will likely be a millionaire by the time he’s 40 — and it has nothing to do with being a high-flying businessman. It’s all about...
