Reuters, December 6, 2011Jonathan Bergman explains why a rough market won’t usually hamper high-end holiday spending.
While We Focus On Overweight Kids, Others Go Hungry
Schools can’t make fast progress against childhood obesity, but they can do a lot about childhood hunger. We should feed more kids more often.
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The Nine-Nine-Nine Campaign Gets Deep-Sixed
Saints don’t get elected president, but neither do politicians who look like bad liars. Herman Cain knows that now.
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How I Got Patched In
Last week’s post about Occupy Wall Street drew an impressive response from my Westchester neighbors. Hyper-local journalism may be working.
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Benjamin Sullivan in Physician’s Money Digest
Benjamin Sullivan identifies common investor biases to avoid.
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Retail Therapy For Investors
Shopping may or may not be good for the soul, but the Black Friday blowout certainly seemed to be good for the stock market.
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The Fed Asks, ‘How Bad Is Bad Enough?’
No cream-puff challenges here. The Fed’s latest stress test uses a nightmare scenario so we can rest easier.
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A Million Missing Babies
Are we pricing the cost of child-rearing out of our own reach? Last year, a million missing babies told us we are.
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