Money tips and youth finance lessons across programs and tips
Government Lifeline and Link-Up programs offer phone bill and line installation discounts for low income households with Medicaid SSI or Food Stamps. The remainder of fees can be delayed for a year and extra features may be excluded. High school students are being taught personal finance through public and private campaigns and family budgeting practices. Community sites such as Practical Money Skills and Consumer Jungle promote financial literacy for kids.
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Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Link-Up
America
Practicalmoneyskills.com
Consumer Jungle.org
Escapefrom Knob
Is the bull back in the market debate
The Associated Press notes a disputed view on whether the bull market has returned. The S&P 500 posted a strong quarterly gain, and major indexes sit near multiyear highs, but experts warn that labeling markets as bull or bear can mislead about future gains.
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Standard & Poor
Wall Street
Robert Shiller
Yale Economics
Bullish stock run amid mixed signals and caution
The Dow Jones Nasdaq and S&P 500 rise in a recent bullish phase, with the Nasdaq up 49 percent and the S&P 27 percent since October 2002, while Ned Davis Research notes the bull market could fade within one to two years amid economic uncertainty and high unemployment. Economists cite low rates, tax cuts, energy declines, and cost cutting as supports, but caution remains about continuing gains.
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Ned Davis
Venice
Fla
S&p
Sam Burns
Dow
Nasdaq
Joseph Keating
AmSouth Asset Management
Keating
Pump Toothbrush: A One-Handed Orally Aspirational Gadget
A news release describes the Pump Toothbrush from New Generation Products. It features an internal push-button pump that dispenses toothpaste onto bristles, enabling one handed use for arthritis or mobility issues, a germ cover, replaceable heads, and about 24 brushings per charge.
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THE
Associated Press
James Cleaver Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Nasdaq
S&p 500
MSN MoneyCentral
Travis
Deneat
DuPont
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