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The Latest Bad News For Your 401(k)?

As if your 401(k) hadn't been through enough. American workers, forced to look on helplessly as the value of their 401(k)s sink in sync with the Dow, now have something else to worry about. On Wednesday, General Motors told its nonunion employees that starting next month, it would stop matching t...

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Financial Meltdown Worsens Food Crisis

SHANGHAI -- As shock waves from the credit crisis began to spread around the world last month, China scrambled to protect itself. Among the most extreme measures it took was to impose new export taxes to keep critical supplies such as grains and fertilizer from leaving the country.

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Our Wobbly Retirement Reality

In retirement planning, financial advisers often talk to clients about a three-legged stool. It is an analogy for how we all should plan for our sunset years.

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Four Steps to Stay Out of Debt In a Roller-Coaster Economy

In the face of an unpredictable economy, can you withstand a fiscal crisis? Here are four steps to take to protect your household from falling into debt during low financial times.

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What Your Shopping Style Says About You

Want a window into your soul? Look at why you buy.

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There's Still Time to Set Up A Health-Savings Account

It's not too late to set up a health-savings account this year and contribute the maximum amount -- as long as you get moving by Dec. 1.

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When Imitation Isn't Flattery

Q I'm an interior designer at an architecture firm, and one of our important corporate clients has asked us to design and have made -- at a low price -- close copies of an expensive line of contemporary furniture. My boss says this is perfectly legal, as long as I modify slightly some details and...

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Voters to Decide Whether Animals Need More Space

LOS ANGELES -- In a clash between a major state industry and the growing humane farming movement, California voters will decide next month whether the state's farms must afford more living space to veal calves, egg-laying hens and pregnant sows.

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Upside Down on Their Homes but on Top of Their Debts

Think of them as the walking wounded. They are the homeowners who are upside down on their mortgages -- owing much more than their home is now worth. But they're still on their feet and still sending their payments each month.

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Back Away From the Bear

Now that we're up to our grizzly necks in this bear market, the people at Morningstar know just what you're thinking. "You might be wondering whether a bear market fund is worth looking into right about now," fund analyst David Kathman wrote in a recent report.

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26.10.2008 05:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

washingtonpost.com - Business

The Latest Bad News For Your 401(k)?

Financial Meltdown Worsens Food Crisis

Our Wobbly Retirement Reality

Four Steps to Stay Out of Debt In a Roller-Coaster Economy

What Your Shopping Style Says About You

There's Still Time to Set Up A Health-Savings Account

When Imitation Isn't Flattery

Voters to Decide Whether Animals Need More Space

Upside Down on Their Homes but on Top of Their Debts

Back Away From the Bear

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