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Finding ways to protect deposits 

As the financial system reels from one disaster after another, financial planners, estate planners and bank officials say they've been receiving...

Sexual harassment and assault experienced by reservists during military service: Prevalence and health correlates 

Abstract-The current investigation identified the gender-specific prevalence of sexual harassment and assault experienced during U.S. military...

The credit crunch: Plastic cards are playing harder to get 

The credit crunch is starting to hit consumers where it hurts -- in their wallets. As lenders tighten credit standards, many consumers have...

Cash in on 0% offers 

Here's one trick for profiting from introductory credit-card offers - but there are risks.

The increasingly popular strategy...

Banks boost interest rates on checking 

The plain-vanilla checking account is adding a little flavor. Banks have long competed to attract new customers by offering higher interest...

Banks want your kids &#151 to save money 

As part of an aggressive campaign to build brand awareness among teen and preteen savers -- not to mention their parents -- financial- services...

Phone home 

When Congressman Bob Ney got word that a plane had splintered the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, he had two thoughts: beating it out of the Capitol...

Household tasks -- time is money 

Sarah Kalliney doesn't have time to do her laundry, visit her parents or change the cat's litter box. She eats out six nights a week, uses a...

Is It Safe To Get Married? 

Q: My fiance will be paying child-support bills for the next 12 years. If I marry him, can his ex lay claim to my income, as part of his household...

$ $ $ $ TACTICS 

Q: I turned 50 in 1998 and finally opened an IRA. My insurance agent recommended an equity-indexed tax-deferred annuity--American Eagle. It's tied...