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Older Unemployed Face a Tough Road
What’s the prognosis for the older long-term unemployed? Grim. That’s the takeaway from “Set for Life,” a new American Public Television documentary underwritten by the AARP Foundation. The hour-long...
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Bitcoin Bit by Hackers
So it seems Japan-based Mt. Gox, the largest exchange for bitcoins, the virtual-currency released in 2009 by an anonymous creator, got ripped off by hackers. While we may not actually know the total...
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New IRS Message to Taxpayers: We've Got Your Back
The recently installed head of the Internal Revenue Service, John Koskinen, dropped in on members of the media the other day at the National Press Club in Washington. His message: The tax collection...
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AARP Debuts RealPad Tablet
AARP debuted its first-ever consumer product at the Ideas@50+ conference in San Diego last month. Called RealPad, it’s bigger than a smartphone yet smaller than a laptop computer. The tablet was...
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Jean Chatzky: Our Relationship With Money Is a ‘Hot Mess’
Jean Chatzky has a few choice words for how most folks describe their relationship with money: Confusing. Frightening. Chaotic. Stressful. Precarious. “For two decades now, I’ve been watching how we...
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Frank Abagnale: Hackers Can Get Your Info in 15 Seconds
Frank Abagnale, former master check forger, has some sobering advice for the rest of us: Hackers likely already have your identity records. He says hackers can steal your identity in 15 seconds or...
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Arianna Huffington: Life Is More Than Power or Money
Arianna Huffington’s message for older Americans: Don’t define yourself in terms of money and power because someone always has more, she says. What’s way more important is your sense of well-being,...
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Bloomberg Gives Shout Out to Older Workers
Michael Bloomberg, founder of the financial services company Bloomberg LP and former mayor of New York City, says younger people worry about hiring older workers. They come up with a lot of excuses,...
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Schwab Starts No-Fee Investment Service
The investing world has been all atwitter — or a tweeter — over the coming of Charles Schwab’s Schwab Intelligent Portfolios, which opened to the public today. The new service from the San...
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