Count your blessings not just your profits
A Greek restaurant owner contrasts profits with life investments and explains that true profit includes education, family success, vacations, and health. The piece urges counting blessings, planning enjoyable home activities, and seeking counseling to improve life satisfaction. It ends with a mailing address for Susan Bondy in The Gazette.
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Money market fund yields slip in latest week
The seven day average yield on money market mutual funds declined to 0.52 percent for the week ended Tuesday from 0.53 percent. 30 day yields fell to 0.52 percent while the average portfolio maturity rose to 58 days.
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New York
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Money Fund Report
iMoneyNet Inc
Westboro
Mass
Money Funds
Bankrate.com
North Palm Beach
Investment Company Institute
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Consumer driven plans shift costs to health care users
Health insurers and employers push consumer driven plans with high deductibles to curb costs. Jan Dodson, a Fort Worth worker, joined in 2001 and pays 68 dollars every two weeks from a health spending account. Critics warn plans may raise burdens on low income and chronically ill patients while encouraging care avoidance.
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Roger Yu
Knight Ridder
Jan Dodson
Weatherford
Texas
Dodson
StyroChem
Dennis
Aetna Inc
Humana Inc
Lumenos
Definity Health
Doug Kronenberg
Lisa McGiffert
Consumers Union
StyroChem US Ltd
Fort Worth
Retirement investors grimly chase higher yields amid low rates
Retirees face subpar earnings from CDs and government bonds as inflation outpaces returns. Some seek longer term or riskier bets, including municipal bonds or mortgage backed securities. Experts urge patience but advise possibilities like annuities to beat inflation.
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Todd Mason
Knight Ridder
Lewis Thayer
Thayer
Visors
Vineland
N.J
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bankrate.com
Hersh Stern
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