Big Tax Reforms: Winners & Losers
If a tax-system overhaul proposed last week were to pass into law, there would be a substantial redistribution of the tax burden. Here's how the average tax bill in 2008 would change under Rangel's proposed tax reform bill. See if you are a winner or loser.
Rangel's tax reform: A $-and-cents breakdown - CNNmoney
'Do Not Track' Me Online!
Adoption of a federal list intended to limit monitoring of Web surfers could lead to a barrage of extra advertising -- on some of the most popular sites.
'Do Not Track' Could Backfire
How to Make the Most of Retirement Assets
BusinessWeek provides some essential rules of thumb to guide you when you're figuring out how much money you'll need to retire. Follow these 4 Do's and 2 Don'ts as you get ready to retire.
Playbook: How to Make the Most of Retirement Assets
Special Report: Investing Survival Guide If You Expect To Retire in Next 15 Years
Coaxed Into Retiring Early, Some Victimized by Financial Scams
The pitch: Retire early. The catch: Brokers want your cash. As 79 million baby boomers inch toward retirement across America, a growing number of financial advisers are targeting the portfolios of the swelling number of want-to-be early retirees through their employers. Advisers are crashing company retirement parties, holding seminars in the workplace -- sometimes with little oversight by employers -- and persuading employees to pass along their co-workers' contact information. Employees are urged to retire early by brokers who claim they can earn them more money in retirement than they could make if they continued working. Think twice before you take them up on it.
The pitch: Retire early. The catch: Brokers want your cash - USATODAY.com
There are five serious risks to your retirement income that you need to consider and see how you should address them. These include outliving your assets and higher health-care costs.
Will Your Retirement Money Last?
Improving on Ordinary Items
A low-cost spinning toothbrush. A plastic paint can with a spout. A kids' tricycle with a built-in squirt gun. Each started as an idea at a company run by two former college buddies and now operating out of a 76-year-old converted church.
2 Inventors Improve on Ordinary Items - AOL Money & Finance .
Best Socially & Environmentally Friendly Companies
Which corporations are most committed to social and environmental goals? See Fortune's annual ranking of the world's 100 largest companies. BP tops this list this year.
10 Most 'Accountable' Big Companies - FORTUNE
Red-Hot Holiday Deals Online
Here are 20 sites to help you save money -- and avoid the crowds.
Red-Hot Holiday Deals Online - Kiplinger.com
Also: What to Know About Shopping Online
Smart Buys: Get a Jump Start on Holiday Shopping
Hotels Are Banning Bathtubs
Say bye-bye to baths-hotels are kicking them out of the can.
No More Hotel Bathtubs - Portfolio.com










