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The Employee Benefit Research Institute released a survey regarding the current retirement savings situation – and the news is bad!  A staggering 43% of employees have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement – that percentage was 39% in 2009, so the situation is worsening by the year.  In fact, this percentage has increased each year for the past three years.  What are the reasons for these grim statistics...FULL STORY

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It was one year ago today, March 9, 2009, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached one of the lowest levels in history.  Last year on this day, the Dow Jones Industrials closed at 6,547.05 – it hadn’t been this low since April 1997!  What fueled last year’s catastrophic day on Wall Street...FULL STORY

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   The jobless rate for Feb. 2010 remains the same
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   Save tons of money with only $3.33 per day
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