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2009

March

09
  • Oversight of bank bailouts criticized. Congressional investigators are criticizing the Obama administration for failing to police deals in which banks participating in the $700 billion federal bailout lent billions of dollars overseas, highlighting the growing political tension over the extent of
  • Money stimulates discussion of program's goals. As tens of billions of dollars in stimulus funds begin to flow across the country, states and federal agencies are gripped by disputes over whether the money is being used in ways that violate the
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  • Compare health care prices to save. By comparison shopping and negotiating the best price on health-care services and medications - the same tactics you would use for any other major purchase - you can trim your bills. You'll find plenty of
  • Regulatory reform sought after securities fraud. In both multi-billion dollar cases, there were common warning signs. Bernard L. Madoff and R. Allen Stanford promised customers safe, consistent returns that were higher than competitors offered. The men divulged little about how they
  • Some FHA mortgages go bad from get-go. The last time the housing market was this bad, Congress set up the Federal Housing Administration to insure Depression-era mortgages that lenders wouldn't otherwise make. This decade's housing boom rendered the agency irrelevant. Americans raced
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  • Más personas demoran el pago de sus hipotecas. La cantidad de personas que demoran en pagar sus hipotecas aumentó en un 53 por ciento en el cuarto trimestre del 2008 en comparación con el mismo período del 2007, según información de TransUnion.
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  • How Citigroup changes affect you?. In the latest effort to bolster the credit markets, the government dramatically expanded its stake in Citigroup (C) last week. The government will take as much as a 36% ownership — up from 8% — to give the bank
  • Siete días para cuidar tu dinero. La Semana de Protección al Consumidor dura poco, pero te convierte en un consumidor más precavido durante todo el año. De acuerdo a lo que informa la Comisión Federal de Comercio,
  • Cobertura médica para desempleados. El gobierno del presidente Obama se apresuró a incluir una red de seguridad para trabajadores cesanteados en la recién aprobada ley de estímulo económico, pero no ha informado a los empleadores exactamente

February

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  • Taking on a tenant to ease the burden. Alan Rickert didn't set out to be a landlord. When he bought a one-bedroom condominium in Shirlington in 2005, he was sure rising prices would guarantee that he could sell in a pinch. But as prices
  • One step off the superhighway. President Obama made his first major push for the Web this month when he signed off on the stimulus bill, which includes $7.2 billion to bring high-speed Internet to rural America. But some critics say the
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  • Economic state of the union. Fourteen months into a downturn that appears to be deepening, President Obama will address a joint session of Congress tonight to speak about the health of the U.S. economy. A look at some of
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  • Can Obama overhaul health care?. Now for the hard part. Even if the national credit card is maxed out and partisanship remains the rule for Washington's political tribes, President Barack Obama and Congress are plunging ahead with a health care
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  • Taxing motorists on miles driven. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he wants to consider taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn — an idea that has angered drivers in some states where
  • Health insurance for jobless workers. A new subsidy that goes into effect March 1 could make health insurance more affordable for millions of laid-off workers. But some businesses fear it could also raise employer health care costs. The stimulus package signed
  • Cómo te puede ayudar el estímulo. A menos de un mes de llegar a la presidencia, Barack Obama promulgó el martes el plan de estímulo económico, dotado con cerca de $790 mil millones. De ese monto, aproximadamente un tercio son
  • Costs for individual health plans soar. At a time when more people are forced to buy their own health insurance because of job losses, costs for many individual policies are soaring. Advocates say the 17 million Americans who buy their own coverage
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  • For uninsured young people, do it yourself care. They borrow leftover prescription drugs from friends, attempt to self-diagnose ailments online, stretch their diabetes and asthma medicines for as long as possible and set their own broken bones. When emergencies strike, they rarely can
  • Hefty health spending in stimulus bill. The economic stimulus bill signed by President Obama contains more than $140 billion in health care spending, designed mostly to ease the recession's effects on workers and also to boost long-held goals of improving the nation's
  • The best personal finance podcasts. For the past few weeks, I’ve been on an active quest to find the best financial information that fits into my pocket and doesn’t put me to sleep. After poking around the newsroom
 

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