First Person: Why I View Money as a Person

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Virgin completes Rock deal despite delay calls

Virgin Money completed its acquisition of bailed-out Northern Rock yesterday, despite calls for the sale to be delayed while the UK's national auditor investigates if the deal is good value for money. Related Stories Europe losing investment appeal Teaching software's top of the class at awards Crop damage forces corn prices to increase 'Debt crisis will make Euro even stronger' Going private ...

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Does Money Matter More To Millennials?

Gen Yers are money conscious and better savers than their Boomer parents. Or so claims a recent piece in Time, which reported that Gen Y is more optimistic about its financial future and taking steps to ensure post-career prosperity than those approaching retirement. Sensing the survey numbers might not tell the whole story, I set ...

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2011′s Top Ten stories: Finances, wind energy and a baby’s disappearance

The top three local news stories, as voted by The Muskegon Chronicle newsroom, all are tied to financial matters.

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Money-transfer businesses in Minnesota stop accepting money bound for Somalia

MINNEAPOLIS — Money-transfer businesses that cater to Somali immigrants in Minnesota stopped accepting money bound for the famine-stricken East African country Thursday, a day before a key bank was due to stop processing the transactions. Hinda Ali, a spokeswoman for the Somali-American Money Services Association in Minneapolis, said 15 money-transfer businesses stopped taking the money because ...

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Biggest money stories of the year

From gyrating markets to anemic interest rates, it's been a financially stressful year. Here are 8 stories that had a lasting financial impact -- and what to do now.

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How to Set 2012 Money Goals That Work

Despite the fact that studies repeatedly show that most New Year's resolutions fail, Americans continue to set them. TD Ameritrade recently found that 9 in 10 Americans plan to make at least one resolution for 2012. "Have more fun" and "relax and reduce stress" were the most common goals mentioned, but money goals weren't far behind: Half of respondents said they wanted to reduce spending as ...

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Top 10 stories of 2011: No. 10 — Miller pleads guilty to federal charges

James Hurst Miller Jr., the former president of Atascadero-based Hurst Financial Corp., was charged with and later pleaded guilty to four federal counts in 2011.

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Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ Recap: Timing Is Everything

Search Jim Cramer's Mad Money trading recommendations using our exclusive Mad Money Stock Screener and watch Jim Cramer's Mad Money Post Game video exclusively on TheStreet.com. NEW YORK -- "Investing is a lot like comedy," Jim Cramer told his "Mad Money" TV show viewers on Friday, "timing is everything." That's why he dedicated his entire show to go over the frequent errors that ...

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Pezzano: Stories worth telling

At any given time of the year, there is a bowling tournament being contested somewhere in the world, or an important meeting of an organization or product maker that keeps on the lookout for rule and equipment changes.

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