More Money Tuesday roundup: iPad pricing & rising bankers' salaries

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Workers in financial services don't appear to be suffering as much people employed in other businesses. Average weekly salaries for bankers and the like have spiked in recent months, leaving the rest of us behind. [EconomPic] Steve Jobs's introduction of the iPad can teach us a lot about the danger of getting tricked by the manufacturer's suggested retail price. [MintLife] Thinking about visiting a coin-counting machine to get rid of the jar full of change on your ..read more

More Money Friday roundup: Government jobs & recess for adults

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Unemployed? Consider working for Uncle Sam. The federal government will add more than 190,000 jobs to its payroll over the next few years. [Wise Bread] Health insurers and policymakers are watching a Maine court case revolving over insurers' ability to increase premiums. Should the state insurance commissioner be permitted to dictate prices that translate into a loss for an insurance company? [The Wall Street Journal] High-achieving high school students should consider tuition last when deciding to which ..read more

More Money Friday roundup: Baby denied health insurance & endangered bond rally

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Turns out you don't have to actually exist in order to have a pre-existing condition. An insurance company has denied coverage for a newborn with a birth defect because of a pre-existing condition. [Star-Telegram] The American consumer is apparently more resilient than thought. Spending has been on the rise since the second half of last year, and shoppers will likely keep shelling out through the end of the year. [TheStreet.com] Experts such as fixed-income king Bill Gross ..read more

More Money Friday roundup: Hospitals vs. insurers & bankers vs. new regulator

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Hospitals and health insurers battle it out over reimbursement rates. Health insurers are threatening to drop hospitals from their networks if hospitals don't lower their demands for large rate increases. [The Wall Street Journal] Members of the American Bankers Association join the legions of lobbyists on Capitol Hill hoping to influence new financial regulations. Bankers are against the creation of a consumer financial protection regulator and want to remain exempt from state consumer laws. [The Washington ..read more

More Money Thursday roundup: Dependable Toyotas & college funding strategies

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Two steps forward, one (almost) back: On Monday a New York district court judge rejected a proposal by the SEC and 12 Wall Street firms which would have eradicated a landmark reform of a 2003 post-Internet-bubble settlement: supervising communications between bankers and research analysts. [The Wall Street Journal] Maybe those Toyotas aren't so bad after all: J.D. Power and Associates ranked the Prius first in its compact car category for the 2010 Car Dependability Study, ..read more

More Money Monday roundup: Homebuilders' stock & more airplane fees

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Homerbuilders' shares suggest that the housing market is ready to fly solo without the assistance of stimulus programs. [Bloomberg] No free lunch…at 30,000 feet: Continental, the last major US airline to serve free in-flight meals, will begin charging for food in coach class on domestic flights. [The Wall Street Journal] Federal prosecutors allege that Park Avenue Bank president Charles Antonucci "made material and false statements" in the bank's application for $11.2 million from TARP. [Reuters] Another ..read more

More Money Friday roundup: L.A. vs. the banks & a la carte cable

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Banks in Los Angeles now have a new incentive to make loan modifications, open branches in poorer neighborhoods and invest in the city. Those banks that rank lowest in community investment will lose access to nearly $30 billion in city savings and pension funds. [The Huffington Post] Think you might be eligible for a 2010 homebuyer tax credit? Follow this chart to find out. [The Consumerist] As Congress still battles it out over health care, costs continue ..read more

More Money Wednesday roundup: Whoopi Goldberg's wisdom & investing's next bubble

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Who on television is a surprisingly prolific dispenser of wise personal finance advice? You won't, ahem, view her on the investing channels — it's Whoopi Goldberg. [WalletPop] Can't get any credit? It's not because you don't have "Rockefeller" as a surname. Even America's affluent business owners and entrepreneurs are having a hard time wrangling money from traditional lenders. [The Wall Street Journal] LifeLock, the identity-theft-protection company whose CEO has famously publicized his social security number in ..read more

More Money Friday roundup: Earthquake insurance & bank contractions

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Here's another way the rich are different from everybody else: The more money you have, the more options you have to avoid taxes. [TheStreet.com] The Chilean and Haitian earthquakes provided a powerful reminder of the devastation a tremor can cause. So why are 88% of insured homes in California not covered with an earthquake policy? Because the policies are really expensive. [Los Angeles Times] Congress has made a number of changes to available educational tax credits and ..read more

More Money Monday roundup: Nine-cent nickels & paid paternity leave

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No more being pennied and nickeled: President Obama's 2011 budget, released Monday, points out that it costs the government 1.8 cents to make each penny and nine cents to manufacture a five-cent coin. The administration proposes fiddling with the composition and weight of US coins to save money. [Infectious Greed] Young adults — the type of people that Burger King calls its "super fans" — have cut their visits to fast-food restaurants by 30% since 2006. ..read more

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