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Financial Planning: Don’t Let Your Wheel Of Fortune Go Flat PDF Print E-mail
Written by Karen McGrann   
Thursday, 02 April 2009 20:38

I was never proactive about car maintenance.  My car started and always delivered me where I needed to be. I knew I should be checking the oil and tire pressure, and getting regular tune-ups, but couldn't be bothered with all those details. The car was running and my time was precious. "I'll check the oil the next time," was my mantra.

Then one day I heard the loud bang of a flat while traveling on Interstate 5.   How many times had I sped by a stranded motorist with a flat tire and thought, "I'm glad I'm not her!" Swiveling my head, I tried to spot the hapless driver with the defective car.  When I finally realized that the source of the noise was my own vehicle, I thought, "This can't be happening to me! I pay my insurance! I don't have time for this nonsense! Yikes, what do I do now?"

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The Possible Retirement Dream PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ruth Petty   
Thursday, 02 April 2009 20:36

You wake up one morning to your telephone ringing. It is early and you cannot imagine who would be calling at this hour… UNTIL, you answer and a friend wishes you a Happy Birthday… your 55th birthday, to be exact. Yeah, you're excited all right… not!

Along with these good wishes comes a healthy dose of introspection. You remember opening that piece of mail earlier in the week from your credit union urging you to buy life insurance before it too late …too late for what, Dying? Well, we are all going to do that sometime, right? Cannot much be helped, as they say.

Last Updated on Monday, 31 August 2009 01:05
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Gender Wage Gap: Are you paid as much as a man if he had your job? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Evelyn Murphy with E.J. Graff   
Thursday, 02 April 2009 20:35

Making a real difference on the job isn’t easy.
But what better legacy to leave to your daughters, nieces,
granddaughters, and younger friends than to
eliminate the wage gap, once and for all?

How much money are you losing because you’re not paid fairly? Most working women today, if they’re over thirty, would probably blurt out: No. A man would be getting more.

Their intuitive sense is borne out by the facts. Women working full time—not part time, not on maternity leave, not as consultants—still earn only 77 cents for every full-time male dollar. The wage gap has been stalled for more than a decade. It exists between women and men working at every economic level, from waitresses to corporate lawyers, from nurse’s aides to CEOs.

Last Updated on Monday, 31 August 2009 01:13
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