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Beyond the Piggy Bank

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Thursday, March 03, 2005

Being young can often mean being underpaid and in debt, but it’s also the time when a penny saved can become big bucks, thanks to compound interest. Financial guru Suze Orman wrote her new book, The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke to help 20-somethings get their financial houses in order.

The Great Wal

Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor, Professor of Social & Economic Policy at Brandeis University, visiting professor at UC Berkely, and author of, most recently, Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America (Knopf 2004)
-says consumers are responsible for the rise of Wal-Mart
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Salvation at the Car Wash

Eugene Robinson, a columnist and associate editor at The Washington Post who writes about politics and culture, author of Last Dance in Havana (Free Press, 2004)
-on race, Hollywood and the Oscars
» Oscar's 'Ray' of Hope [sign-in required]

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Lose the Piggy Bank, Sweetheart!

Suze Orman host of the Suze Orman Show on CNBC and author, The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke (Riverhead Books, 2005)
-says even the young, fabulous, and broke can save money
» Suze Orman

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Carrots and Sticks

Robert Doar, Commissioner of the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
-on the new tax credits available to young working fathers who pay their child support dues
» More on the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

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