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Your Money
For Retirees, a Million-Dollar Illusion
The topsy-turvy world of the markets — particularly the ultralow yield of bonds — is upending what many people thought they knew about saving for retirement.
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Magazine
Is Everyone Out to Steal My Umbrella?
Moral presumptions at the restaurant umbrella basket.
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Fashion & Style
Eating a Little Crow Over Chips
Addressing issues about derogatory comments to a daughter as well as issues concerning tenants, extended family matters and inflexible friends.
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Opinion
Who’s Minding the Schools?
Are new standards really leveling the playing field? Or is the game prearranged so that many, if not most, of the players will fail?
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Autos
Chrysler to Recall 434,000 Jeeps Over Air Bag and Transmission Problems
Chrysler discovered the problem in February, but held off issuing a recall in order to investigate the problems more thoroughly.
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Business Day
Want to Fix Social Security? Use the Right Wrench
Switching to a new index for calculating Social Security benefits is a hot topic in Washington. But maybe we should consider a much different benchmark.
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Great Homes and Destinations
A Homestead for House Stalkers
A couple settle down (at least for now) in a passive-solar box in the country.
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Business Day
From a Nonprofit, Advice on Reaching Millennials
A unit called TMI, as in “Too Much Information,” will offer services including research, strategy related to mobile devices and text messaging, social media and Web site production.
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Business Day
No Tie-Ins. No Touch Screens. No Apps.
In a toy industry increasingly turning to digital gimmicks and movie tie-ins, the Melissa & Doug company has thrived by sticking to the basics.
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Opinion
The Weird World of Colonoscopy Costs
Prices for that routine procedure, as well as other tests and services, differ radically from state to state.
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Opinion
Progress At Work, But Mothers Still Pay a Price
We have made great progress toward gender equality, but we have more work to do.
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Business Day
Nuclear Power Plant in Limbo Decides to Close
Southern California’s San Onofre power plant had not run since radioactive steam escaped from damaged tubes in 2012, and the owners decided to close it permanently, citing the high cost of not running.
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Health
Health Apps as Parenting Aids
Three new computer apps provide evidence-based healthy hints for raising children ages 1 to 5. For example: “Don’t forget it’s time for your child’s 1-year checkup! The doctor will talk to you about how your child is growing and what to expect this year.”
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Real Estate
A Ghost With an Impressive Résumé
A Bauhaus-style loft building once stood at 57th and Lexington.
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U.S.
Zimmerman Trial Set to Raise Issues About Guns, Race and Self-Defense
The questions are almost unchanged from nearly a year and a half ago, when the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a volunteer neighborhood guardian became a cause célèbre.
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Business Day
In Myanmar, Flirtations by Investors Turn Into Commitments
Some of the world’s most prominent multinational companies — Coca-Cola, Unilever, General Electric, Philips, Visa — have started doing business in the country.
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Opinion
Fixing the Digital Economy
A decentralization of power coincides with an intense concentration of power. This apparent contradiction makes perfect sense once one understands the nature of modern power.
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N.Y. / Region
After a Police Pursuit Ends Fatally, Doubts Arise Over the Decision to Give Chase
In the case in which a teenage driver fleeing the police killed a 4-year-old girl on a sidewalk, some are weighing whether the officers should have chased him or allowed him to get away.
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Opinion
With CO2 Cuts Tough, U.S. and China Pledge a Push on Another Greenhouse Gas
The United States and China pledge to act together to cut releases of a potent greenhouse gas.
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Your Money
For Retirees, a Million-Dollar Illusion
The topsy-turvy world of the markets — particularly the ultralow yield of bonds — is upending what many people thought they knew about saving for retirement.
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Opinion
Hazy With a Chance of Apocalypse
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Your Money
An Oasis in a Desert of Customer Service
What causes companies to provide poor customer service? The Haggler finds an answer by visiting a business that gets it right.
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Business Day
Want to Fix Social Security? Use the Right Wrench
Retirement; Gross Domestic Product; Consumer Price Index;
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Opinion
Hazy With a Chance of Apocalypse
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U.S.
Abandoned Oil Wells Raise Fears of Pollution
Abandoned oil field equipment is a common problem in Texas, but some fear that the recent surge in drilling will set off worrisome encounters with old wells.
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Health
Empathy Without Boundaries
People with Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment may be more susceptible to emotional cues from those around them.
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Business Day
A Suspect Food Warning in Britain Spreads an Alarm
A label affixed to boxes of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese on store shelves in Britain incorrectly stated that the popular food included genetically modified wheat, sparking protest online.
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