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Retiring abroad can cut expenses, but don't let wanderlust blur vision (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- When Sid and Barb Williams began searching for the perfect place to retire, they never thought they'd wind up living outside the United States. But they kept hearing about the benefits of retiring to Panama. Vision - Artificial Intelligence -...
When contacting a recruiter, treat an e-mail introduction like the real thing (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- If you approach a recruiter via e-mail, make sure you include the person who referred you in the first sentence, says Khristie Audrus, partner in Justin Bradley, an accounting and finance recruiting firm. Her other tips for making that initial contact:...
Choose your own deficit (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- When I was a kid, I loved the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. They involved you in the story, letting you make choices that affected the outcome and, occasionally, revealed more than you might like to admit about how you'd act in tough situations. ...
A question of debt, and more debt (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- While I'm away for a short vacation, I'd like to pass along some interesting questions -- and answers -- about debt from a recent online discussion. Financial Services - Business - Financial Planning - Debt consolidation - Business and Economy
Do your own recruiter searching long before you'll be job searching (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- If your career matters to you, you need to recruit a recruiter. Employment - Business - Job Search - Recruitment and Staffing - Business and Economy
Can BP's Tony Hayward survive after the scalding from the oil spill? (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- In the course of two months, BP chief executive Tony Hayward has gone from paragon to punching bag. Tony Hayward - Oil spill - Environment - BP - Energy
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Mobile coupons help retailers track customers (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- Last month, Tara Kuczykowski walked into a Target store in Columbus, Ohio, pulled out her mobile phone and handed it to the cashier. Coupon - Mobile computing - Business - Advertising - Business and Economy
Get health insurance set before you relocate (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- With few exceptions -- such as a medical emergency as you are passing through Canada on your way to Alaska -- you can't use Medicare in other countries. Still, you should sign up for Medicare Part A, which covers hospital costs, when you turn 65, so...
If Hayward beats a retreat, it's unclear who could lead BP (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- In the course of two months, BP chief executive Tony Hayward has gone from paragon to punching bag. Tony Hayward - Oil spill - Environment - BP - Energy
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Families are confused over health-care law's coverage for young adults (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- It is among the top early selling points of the health-care overhaul -- a new rule that has particular appeal for middle-class, middle-age voters: Young adults who lack health insurance will soon be able to remain on their parents' plans until age 26. ...
Obama, British leader discuss strain in nations' ties (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- TORONTO -- President Obama and the new British prime minister, David Cameron, grabbed some time alone here Saturday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit . It was their first private meeting since Cameron became prime minister last month, and they...
Vietnamese shrimpers face financial ruin after oil spill (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- NEW ORLEANS -- They came here seeking refuge, but the past few years have brought unexpected hardship to the tightly knit Vietnamese fishing community. Oil spill - Environment - Business - Spill Containment and Remediation - Waste Management
Bob Dudley is BP's new oil-spill point man on gulf's troubled shores (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- Meet BP's Bob Dudley, the human relief well. The Mississippi-bred, wispy-haired Dudley has been paraded through the Gulf Coast, the White House and press corps as the new face of BP's fight to contain the damage the oil spill has unleashed on U.S....
Review of the 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDi (Jun-26, 23:00 EDT )-- I should have set aside a day to celebrate its being, the goodness and specialness of it. But it was too easy to take it for granted, to expect that it would always be there fulfilling my will. Volkswagen - Volkswagen Jetta - Makes and Models -...
Obama invites China's Hu for state visit (Reuters) (Jun-26, 20:55 EDT )-- Reuters - President Barack Obama has invited Chinese President Hu Jintao for a state visit, a U.S. official said on Saturday, as the two powers seek to narrow economic and political differences.
G20 countries to tame debt at their own pace (Reuters) (Jun-26, 20:08 EDT )-- Reuters - World leaders moved away on Saturday from lockstep policy pledges to secure economic recovery, leaving countries leeway to chart their own courses in taming government debt and clamping down on banks to prevent another financial crisis.
China aims to 'strengthen' coordination with US: Hu (AFP) (Jun-26, 18:31 EDT )-- AFP - China hopes to "strengthen" coordination with the United States on major issues, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Saturday as he met US leader Barack Obama.
China opens door to G20 discussions on yuan (Reuters) (Jun-26, 17:10 EDT )-- Reuters - Chinese officials, in an abrupt change of emphasis, said on Saturday they welcomed discussions about currencies as part of global economic talks, but insisted Bejing alone should determine policy on the yuan.
G8 avoids bold aid promises amid budget strains (Reuters) (Jun-26, 16:47 EDT )-- Reuters - G8 wealthy countries said on Saturday that the global economic crisis threatened to undermine 2015 global targets for reducing extreme poverty worldwide, but avoided bold new aid promises.
US, Britain both seeking sustainable growth: Obama (AFP) (Jun-26, 15:52 EDT )-- AFP - Britain and the United States are both aiming for long-term sustainable growth despite different responses to the economic crisis, US President Barack Obama said Saturday.
G20 summit must focus on growth, Geithner says (Reuters) (Jun-26, 15:46 EDT )-- Reuters - World leaders must focus on bolstering growth in a global economy still scarred by crisis, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday as the heads of the Group of 20 nations gathered in Canada.
G20 countries to fight debt at own pace (Reuters) (Jun-26, 15:04 EDT )-- Reuters - World leaders neared agreement on Saturday to halve their budget deficits within three years but, fearing spending cuts would jeopardize a fragile recovery, they planned to allow each country to set its own pace.
Europe, Japan not doing enough for domestic demand: US (AFP) (Jun-26, 14:53 EDT )-- AFP - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner complained Saturday that governments in Europe and Japan are not doing enough to support global economic recovery through boosting domestic demand.
$3.4B Indian settlement stuck in Senate filibuster (AP) (Jun-26, 14:32 EDT )-- AP - Caught in the Senate filibuster of a bill to extend unemployment payments is a $3.4 billion government settlement with hundreds of thousands of American Indians over claims that the Interior Department mismanaged their land trust accounts.
Chastened Wall Street braces for mediocre jobs report (AFP) (Jun-26, 10:57 EDT )-- AFP - The US stock markets, chastened by less encouraging US economic indicators, face a key monthly jobs report next week that could prove negative for the first time in five months.
G20 searches for common pace in uneven recovery (Reuters) (Jun-26, 09:08 EDT )-- Reuters - World leaders cast about for a common approach on Saturday to securing an uneven economic recovery that is showing signs of fading.
Dubai ruler says will go ahead with all projects-CNN (Reuters) (Jun-26, 02:51 EDT )-- Reuters - Dubai's ruler said the emirate would go forward with all development projects within a year in an interview with CNN broadcast on Friday, after billions of dollars worth of projects were canceled in the wake of the global financial downturn.
Former vice president Dick Cheney hospitalized for weekend; heart trouble possible (Jun-25, 23:00 EDT )-- Former vice president Richard B. Cheney was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Friday after complaining of being uncomfortable, raising the possibility of further heart trouble. George Washington University - Hospital - Dick...
Sen. Harry M. Reid building war chest by tapping donors beyond Nevada (Jun-25, 23:00 EDT )-- Harry M. Reid needed money, and lots of it. Last spring, the Senate majority leader was looking ahead to a tough reelection fight. Polls showed that the voters back home in Nevada who sent him to Washington four times had tired of him. Republican Party...
John Pistole becomes TSA administrator; unions to seek collective-bargaining (Jun-25, 23:00 EDT )-- After three tries, President Obama has an administrator for the Transportation Security Administration. John Pistole, former deputy director of the FBI, was confirmed by the Senate Friday, with a voice vote. Collective bargaining - Business -...
SEC halts alleged $34 million Ponzi scheme (Jun-25, 23:00 EDT )-- LE GAL The government said Friday it obtained a court order to halt an alleged $34 million Ponzi scheme targeting federal employees and law enforcement agents nationwide with promises of safe investments in a nonexistent bond fund. Investment -...
Economic recovery threatens to run sideways (Jun-25, 23:00 EDT )-- The economic recovery that began a year ago increasingly appears to be on shaky footing, driving financial markets downward and clouding the debate over economic policy. Economics - Stock market - Social Sciences - New York Mercantile Exchange ...
Sen. Olympia Snowe, in letter to Harry Reid, urges stand-alone jobless aid bill (Jun-25, 23:00 EDT )-- One day after voting to block Democratic legislation that would have extended emergency jobless benefits, a Republican senator urged Democrats to try again, saying she would support a stripped-down bill aimed solely at guaranteeing unemployment checks...
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