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October 13, 2008 11:05:13 AM CDT

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  • August 2008

    • Dell, Income Data Sour Stocks

      MarketWatch  |  Aug 29, 08 3:24 PM CDT

      Dell, Income Data Sour Stocks

      (Newser) - Stocks lost value today on disappointing second-quarter earnings from computer maker Dell and news of declining personal incomes, MarketWatch reports. Trading remained light ahead of the Labor Day weekend as the Dow lost 171.22 to close at 11,543.96. The Nasdaq dropped 44.12, to 2,367.52, while the S&P 500 fell 17.85 to settle at 1,282.83. More »

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      Dow Jones  • S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • consumer spending  • Dell  • income

    • Diaz Tops Best-Paid Actresses

      Forbes  |  Aug 12, 08 10:17 AM CDT

      Diaz Tops Best-Paid Actresses

      (Newser) - Hollywood's leading ladies earn big bucks for delivering box office gold, and rake in even more with lucrative product endorsements. Together, the top 10 best-paid actresses made more than $244 million in the last 12 months, reports Forbes . Here's how the stars stack up: Cameron Diaz, $50 million Keira Knightley, $32 million Jennifer Aniston, $27 million More »

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      list  • Hollywood  • endorsement  • actor  • Angelina Jolie  • Sarah Jessica Parker  • income  • Forbes  • Gwyneth Paltrow  • Cameron Diaz  • Jennifer Aniston  • Jodie Foster  • Reese Witherspoon  • Meryl Streep  • Amy Adams  • Keira Knightley

    • 7 Reasons to Get Hitched

      Macleans  |  Aug 3, 08 6:55 PM CDT

      7 Reasons to Get Hitched

      (Newser) - If you're considering getting married—or divorced—it may be time to mull over Maclean's reasons why matrimony is healthy: Married people have less chance of dying from car accidents, cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, heart attacks, and homicide. Men who divorce or separate are six times more likely to be depressed than those who stick with it; women, 3.5 times more likely. Two words: combined income. Married people usually have more money when they retire, too. More »

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      marriage  • sex  • family  • relationship  • homeowners  • income  • single women

    • Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 1, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead

      (Newser) - How much you make correlates with where you went to school, a new study finds. Bachelor’s degree holders’ salaries grow at the same rate over the first decade of their careers regardless of the school, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Ivy League graduates’ median starting salary is 32% higher than that of liberal arts grads, a disparity sustained at 34% 10 years into their careers. More »

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      Harvard  • higher education  • income  • Ivy League  • Ohio State University  • Dartmouth  • income disparity  • salary gap

  • July 2008

    • Next Round's on Cindy After Bud Buyout

      Reuters  |  Jul 15, 08 2:20 PM CDT

      Next Round's on Cindy After Bud Buyout

      (Newser) - The $52 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch means Cindy McCain's stock in the brewing giant is worth between $2.8 million and $5.6 million, Reuters calculates. Though the presidential campaign of her husband, Republican John McCain, didn't say how many shares Cindy owns, it appears she and her dependents have between 40,000 and 80,000 shares—for which InBev's bid offers $70 apiece. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Cindy McCain  • Anheuser-Busch  • income  • InBev

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Health Costs Hurt Insured Americans, Too

      New York Times  |  May 4, 08 2:31 PM CDT

      Health Costs Hurt Insured Americans, Too

      (Newser) - Even Americans with health insurance are ducking the doctor these days as health costs rise and the economy stays queasy, the New York Times reports. Family premiums have doubled in recent years, and out-of-pocket costs have gone up, too: “It just keeps eating into people’s income,” said a utility worker in Tucson whose medical bills have risen by about $4,000 a year. More »

    • Italy Puts All Salaries Online

      BBC  |  May 1, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      Italy Puts All Salaries Online

      (Newser) - The outgoing Italian government posted all citizens’ earnings and tax information, briefly, on the Internet yesterday, sparking outrage over lost privacy, the BBC reports. The site was quickly clogged by Italians checking up on neighbors’ and celebrities’ financial status. The information went offline after about 24 hours in response to a complaint from the country’s privacy overseers. More »

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      Internet  • Italy  • taxes  • earnings reports  • salary  • income

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

      BBC  |  Feb 1, 08 4:20 PM CST

      Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

      (Newser) - Eating a nutritious diet as an infant has a significant effect on income later in life, a study published in the Lancet finds. Researchers looked at Guatemalan males over a three-decade period and found that those who had received a nutritious food supplement were earning close to 50% more per hour as grown men than those who had not. More »

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      income  • nutrition  • Guatemala  • developing countries

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • US Poverty Rate Dips, but Uninsured Swell

      Washington Post  |  Aug 29, 07 4:30 AM CDT

      US Poverty Rate Dips, but Uninsured Swell

      (Newser) - The US poverty rate has finally taken a downturn for the first time in 10 years, census figures show. The poverty rate was 12.3% in 2006, down from 12.6% the previous year, and annual household income rose to $48,200. But the news isn't all rosy: the number of people without health insurance soared to a record 47 million, and income inequality has never been greater. More »

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      health care  • health insurance  • poverty  • insurance  • income  • poverty rate