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Health Care

Group of Companies Plans to Offer Discounted Health Insurance

Sixty large companies work with three health insurers to offer a variety of health options to workers who don't qualify for regular coverage. As many as 4 million who lack insurance could be eligible, but some experts say the costs could still be prohibitive for some.

Group of Companies Plans to Offer Discounted Health Insurance

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Experts Answer Questions on Social Security

Robert Siegel talks with Alicia Munnell of the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and Kent Smetters of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Munnell and Smetters, both former Treasury Department officials, address questions about Social Security.

Experts Answer Questions on Social Security

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Social Security Perspectives

Young Workers Doubt Future of Social Security

Young people have heard warnings about the health of the Social Security system for decades. Many younger workers are highly skeptical they'll get their promised benefits.

Young Workers Doubt Future of Social Security

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Opinion

Social Security Debate

The Birth Rate and Social Security

Predictions of Social Security's demise have been floating around for years -- but what is the best data to judge the system's future? Some way the nation's changing birth rate is a good place to start.

The Birth Rate and Social Security

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Social Security Perspectives

Middle-Aged Americans Weigh Social Security Options

As overhauling Social Security takes center stage in Washington, perhaps no group is watching the debate more closely than middle-aged Americans.

Middle-Aged Americans Weigh Social Security Options

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Business

Boston Company Sues Ticketmaster over Resale Concept

Ticketmaster is sued for $100 million by a small company in Boston. Season Ticket Solutions alleges that the giant ticket broker took and repackaged online resale technology that it developed.

Boston Company Sues Ticketmaster over Resale Concept

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Business

Working for the (Little) Man: Young Bosses

The traditional order of corporate America, with younger workers reporting to older bosses, is often turned on its head these days. The trend is the spark for the comedy In Good Company. As NPR's Frank Langfitt reports, the phenomenon isn't merely in the movies.

Working for the (Little) Man: Young Bosses

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The Color of Money

Getting Ready for Tax Season

Day to Day personal finance contributor Michelle Singletary talks with NPR's Madeleine Brand about how people can get ready for tax season. Singletary writes the syndicated column "The Color of Money" for The Washington Post and is author of the book Spend Well, Live Rich.

Getting Ready for Tax Season

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Technology

Microsoft Adds Program to Fight Spyware

Microsoft releases its "Antispyware Beta" as a free download, without saying if consumers will have to pay for it in the future. It works like other free tools available from other providers, scanning computers for software known to have ill inent.

Microsoft Adds Program to Fight Spyware

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Analyzing Private Retirement Accounts

Debate has raged over the idea of allowing Americans to invest part of their Social Security contributions in private funds. NPR's Jim Zarroli takes a look at the performance of some of the funds in question

Analyzing Private Retirement Accounts

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Business

New York AG Warns About Charity Telemarketers

New York's State Attorney General has warned that telemarketers sometimes keep much of the money they solicit for charities. Hear Patrick Rooney of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, and Walter Sczudlow of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

New York AG Warns About Charity Telemarketers

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Book Argues for Retiring on Less

In his book Retire on Less Than You Think, author Fred Brock says retirees can live comfortably on about 40-45 percent of their pre-retirement income. In contrast, many experts say retirees will need about 70 to 80 percent of what they earned before they stopped working to maintain a similar lifestyle.

Book Argues for Retiring on Less

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Business

Grocery Stores Vie for Immigrant Customers

The immigrant population in Gwinnett County, north of Atlanta, has exploded over the past 10 years, and four national ethnic supermarket chains have opened large supermarkets to compete for the business of the mostly Latino and Asian immigrants in the community.

Grocery Stores Vie for Immigrant Customers

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Business

Grocers Look to Provide More Diverse Products

In Miami, there's a growing trend among supermarket chains to carry a wider variety of ethnic specialty foods. It's an effort to compete with small neighborhood shops and warehouse stores. The Publix chain, which has stores in southeastern states is adding several Latino items to its brand line.

Grocers Look to Provide More Diverse Products

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Take Two: Life Changes

Moving from Accounting to Dance -- and Paris

Not long ago, Manon Martin was an accountant in Seattle, balancing books and analyzing financial data. But those days are over for Martin, who decided to exchange that career for a new one -- in belly dancing.

Moving from Accounting to Dance -- and Paris

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