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How to decide if you can retire early 09/25/2014 12:00am • When you ask a seasoned financial planner if you can retire early, he or she is most likely to ask you how you define both "retire" and "early." Helen Hogan, an investment advisor with Sunset Financial Services, based in Red Bank, New Jersey, says clients often open a conversation about early r 3 Myths and 3 Truths About FICO 9 09/25/2014 12:00am • Earlier this year, the company that produces the most widely used credit scores in the world, FICO, announced that its newest scoring model will lessen the impact of medical debt on credit scores. The new model, dubbed FICO 9, is set to replace the previous version later this year. By many accounts 3 Myths and 3 Truths About FICO 9 09/25/2014 12:00am • Earlier this year, the company that produces the most widely used credit scores in the world, FICO, announced that its newest scoring model will lessen the impact of medical debt on credit scores. The new model, dubbed FICO 9, is set to replace the previous version later this year. By many accounts Missouri College Road Trip: College of the Ozarks 09/25/2014 12:00am • A 1973 Wall Street Journal article dubbed College of the Ozarks "Hard Work U." More than 40 years later, students and faculty at this unique Christian college still embrace the name. Banners shout it out from every corner of campus. You can even see it inscribed on the white coats of nursing stude Missouri College Road Trip: College of the Ozarks 09/25/2014 12:00am • A 1973 Wall Street Journal article dubbed College of the Ozarks "Hard Work U." More than 40 years later, students and faculty at this unique Christian college still embrace the name. Banners shout it out from every corner of campus. You can even see it inscribed on the white coats of nursing stude Money tips for single ladies (and gents) 09/25/2014 12:00am • If you're still single, you're not alone. The percentage of American adults who have never married continues to rise, according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center this week. About one in every five adults age 25 and older, or about 42 million people, have never married, compared 10 Medical Schools Where Grads Have High Debt 09/25/2014 12:00am • The Price of a Medical School DegreeMedical school debt can take years -- or even decades -- to pay off, with many graduates borrowing well over $100,000 to pay tuition and fees. At some schools, the indebtedness of graduates is $200,000 or more. Here are the 10 medical schools where 2012 graduates IPO Roundup: Citizens shares rise in debut 09/24/2014 07:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Citizens Financial Group rose on their first day of trading joining a broader rally in the markets.The bank's debut was one of at least five initial public offerings on Wednesday. Other companies that went public include a discount retailer, a drug developer and an IT secu Grand Canyon changes budget to repay $100M loan 09/24/2014 03:51pm • FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The Grand Canyon is imposing millions of dollars in cuts to make a concessions contract more attractive to bidders.The cuts include cave monitoring, parking lot lighting, a children's nature program and preventative search and rescue.Grand Ca Grand Canyon changes budget to repay $100M loan 09/24/2014 03:51pm • FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- The Grand Canyon is imposing millions of dollars in cuts to make a concessions contract more attractive to bidders.The cuts include cave monitoring, parking lot lighting, a children's nature program and preventative search and rescue.Grand Ca How costs have surged for US middle-class families 09/24/2014 01:00pm • The Associated Press The picture painted by a report from the Center for American Progress released Wednesday is a gloomy one.For a typical married couple with two children, the combined cost of health care, day care, housing and savings for college and retirement jumped 32 percent from 2000 to 201 Asian stocks drift after Wall Street slide 09/24/2014 04:44am • BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets drifted Wednesday as the boost from stronger Chinese manufacturing was offset by grim economic news from Europe and airstrikes in Syria.KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average was down 0.2 percent at 16,174.69 while Seoul's Kospi rose 0.1 percent to 2,029. Retired UConn athletic director John Toner dies 09/23/2014 10:30pm • STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- John Toner, athletic director emeritus who is credited with building the University of Connecticut into a basketball power and hiring its two best-known coaches, has died. He was 91.UConn announced that Toner died Tuesday morning in Savannah, Georgia, where he had lived in reti Lawyer: Offers made for closed Revel casino 09/23/2014 08:30pm • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- The lawyer for a Florida developer who has offered $90 million for the former Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City says multiple offers have been received for it, and an auction will be held Wednesday.Stuart Moskovitz, the attorney for develope Diplomats owe NYC $16M in unpaid parking tickets 09/23/2014 08:30am • NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is owed over $16 million in unpaid parking tickets issued to foreign diplomatic vehicles.The Department of Finance says Egypt tops the list of more than 180 countries with nearly $2 million in outstanding debt as of this summer.The Wall Street Journal (http://on.wsj.co