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We're closer than we've ever been to passing a health reform bill, but there is still a long way to go. Members of the House of Representatives worked over the weekend, passing a health care bill 220-215 on Saturday.
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President Barack Obama called the vote "courageous," since no federal legislative body has gotten this far. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, "No longer will being a woman be a pre-existing medical condition" because the bill would end insurance company practices of charging women more for coverage than men. And Senate Republicans were all over the Sunday news shows saying the House bill is dead on arrival in the Senate. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (15) | Blog
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Since there can never be enough reminders that not all "free" annual credit reports are truly no-strings-attached and free, take some time to check out this New York Times article on how tricky it can be for consumers to figure out when they may be duped into paying for an credit-monitoring service most us will never need.
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We told you about those cute-jingle commercials with twenty-somethings strumming about their credit woes and singing that all would be good if only they had gone to that website which starts with the word free. There is only one website recommended by the Federal Trade Commission for consumers to access free annual credit reports, and that's AnnualCreditReport.com. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (6) | Blog
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Talk about a glass-half-full, glass-half-empty time. Just when we can be encouraged by news that the recession is over, it's hard to feel happy when so many people remain out of work and unemployment is expected to rise even more before it falls.
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Here's another reason it's hard to feel good about any possible forward momentum: A Hewitt Associates study finds that even though we have talked a good game about the importance of saving during this economic crisis, it turns out that half of all workers continue to cash out their 401(k) plans when they leave or change jobs. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (6) | Blog
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Wondering when the government's "cash for appliances" program unveiled in the summer is actually going to start? Unlike the "cash for clunkers" program, which was administered directly by the federal government through automobile dealerships, this rebate program is being run by individual states. So if your state has applied to be a part of the program, you can find out how much money your state has to divvy up for appliance rebates here. Read More »
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When Glamour set out to name the magazine's 12 Women of the Year for 2009, there was one woman who made the editors' difficult job just a little easier: Michelle Obama. She is the first first lady to appear on Glamour's cover in its 70-year history, and she is out front not because of her instantaneous rise as an American style icon, but for the remarkable way she is making mentoring young women a priority at the White House. Read More »
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Maybe Wi-Fi in the sky is not such a good idea.
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The Northwest pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles last week during a San Diego-to-Minneapolis-St. Paul flight took connecting anywhere, anytime to new heights. It turns out they were both on their computers, checking out their new work schedules (against company policy) because of the company's merger with Delta Airlines.
Yeah, yeah... not a terribly original pun, I know. But this story sure does illustrate how connected we are to our connected devices, at all ages, in all professions. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (8) | Blog
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What do you know? It turns out that some people do actually get fired when news hits the tabloids of affairs with younger employees in the workplace. ESPN fired Baseball analyst Steve Phillips, less than a week after he admitted having an affair with a production assistant at the cable network.
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It didn't help, of course, that the 22-year-old production assistant started calling Phillips' wife, sent her a graphic letter about their involvement, and showed up in the family's Connecticut driveway in August after Phillips broke off the affair, according to police reports. Still, it makes you wonder: Why did ESPN fire Phillips, 46, when... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (33) | Blog
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The government's plan to limit executive pay for the leaders of the troubled and rescued companies that took bailout money to survive is on the table. In the end, it will affect only 25 executives at seven companies because the other companies who took loans while the economy was in free fall have paid the money back to avoid pay dictates like this. Read More »
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Oh, I remember it well, one
of the first times I held my sweet, non-talking baby girl while
listening to another parent lose it with her older talking, walking
child. I'll never do that, I thought to myself,
I'll never scream so crazy nastily at my little girl.
Yeah, right.… Read More »
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Today's reports from "A Woman's Nation" focused, interestingly, on women and religion. As women's lives have gotten busier and filled with more breadwinning responsibilities, women continue to turn to religious institutions and religions for spirituality and support.
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Some religions have responded more than others to women's needs and have embraced women as leaders in their clergy, not just in the volunteer ranks, researchers Kelly Morgan and Sally Steenland write in "The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything." Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (4) | Blog
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