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Avoid wrecking your retirement portfolio

Engineer your portfolio for success so you don't outlast your money.

Don't use personal loan for credit card debt

Too much credit card debt won't be solved with a personal loan. A budget may be what you need.

Ways to cut clothes shopping costs

Have a closet full of clothes but nothing to wear? A shopping diet may cure you of what ails you.

1 retirement dilemma, 3 different solutions

Three advisers offer different opinions to help a typical couple maximize their resources.

3 ways to save money on medical costs

Health care costs can add up quickly. Use these tools to compare and save.

A Closer Look at the NewPage Bankruptcy

On September 7, 2011, NewPage Corporation ("NewPage" or "Debtors") filed petitions for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As stated in NewPage's Declaration in Support of First Day Motions (the "Declaration

Chapter 7 Debtor Can Lose Right To Amend Schedules

If the debtor and his attorney screw up the debtor’s exemption on his bankruptcy schedules the attorney usually can fix the problem by amending schedules. A bankruptcy court found that the right to amend can expire at some point in...

File A Chapter 13 to Buy Time! (Even If You’re Not Insolvent!)

You can file for bankruptcy protection even if are not technically insolvent. The common definition of insolvency is the inability to pay one’s debts as they fall due. So, if you can pay some or most of your bills, you don’t fit the definition. But

Over 1,000 Former Solyndra Employees Looking for Jobs After Bankruptcy Filing & Layoffs

FBI Raids Solyndra

Will Greece Default?

How Bad Is the Economy? Wal-Mart Revives Layaway

Ex-Goldman Sachs Exec. Roy Smith: Break Up the Banks, Even Goldman

The Obama Jobs Plan: Will It Work?

President Obama Marks 9/11 Anniversary

Treat the parents: Buy them a condo

Are you a first-time buyer or an investor when you buy a home for your parents?

3 ways to use your rollover 401(k)

Thinking of a 401(k) rollover? Consider these three tips to ensure it's the right move for you.

Oh, Just Stop!

Many have chided the financial press for the need to write entirely speculative articles about the prior day's market movements. But at least the financial press can be (somewhat) forgiven for their sins on the basis of tradition. What would the FT

New Law Makes Credit Scores Easier To Get

The same new law that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has given consumers new rights to obtain a free credit score, at least in a limited way. Now, when a bank or other financial institution denies you credit, they must provide you

Engineer A Prison Break With Chapter 13

Anti debtor attitudes in the “reformed” bankruptcy law make Chapter 13 resemble debtor’s prison, claims my BLN colleague Carmen Dellutri. Let me counter that being in debt is itself debtor’s prison, and if the escape route out of debt has some rough