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8 Hacks to Ease Your Financial Life 02/18/2015 07:00pm • Upgrade your financial planning.Like the maestros who figure out how to convert a couple of Ikea bookcases into a kitchen island, some financial advisors have secret tools and secret ways to use common tools. Here's a roundup of eight common hacks experts use for financial planning -- and that you c 10 Money Tips for Family Caregivers 02/18/2015 07:00pm • Baby boomers are getting older.As baby boomers age, the U.S. elderly population is set to balloon. By 2030, there will be 81.2 million Americans over age 65, and many of them will need help taking care of themselves. That means many of their sons and daughters will find themselves juggling caregivin Chef Ann Cooper's Special Interest Group: School Children 02/17/2015 07:00pm • Should children be required to take a serving of fruits or vegetables with every school meal? Should schools increase their focus on nutrition education? Should the bread and pasta kids eat in school consist of at least 50 percent whole grains? These seem like simple questions, but in 2015, they'r Top Money Tips for the Ladies 02/17/2015 07:00pm • Women face some unique financial challenges in their lives: On average, they earn less than men, and studies also suggest they save and invest less, too. They also are more likely than their male peers to take breaks from the workforce to care for children and aging parents, and at the same time the 10 Surprising Facts About Retirement 02/16/2015 07:00pm • Most retirees are prepared for more free time and less stress, but some other aspects of retirement could be unexpected. Many retirees have significant financial worries and health concerns, and an excess of free time is only fun if you use it well. Here are 10 ways retirement might surprise you. I 10 Ways Retirement Will Surprise You 02/16/2015 07:00pm • Reinventing retirementIt's fun to picture a retirement on the beach or traveling the globe, but that isn't the typical retirement experience for most Americans. Many retirees have significant health and financial concerns, and sometimes struggle to fill their newfound free time with meaningful activ Boomers' secrets of a successful retirement 02/16/2015 10:00am • It's been four years since the oldest members of the baby boomer generation turned 65, and according to the AARP, approximately 8,000 boomers a day will hit this milestone in the next 14 years. In late 2014, Ameriprise Financial surveyed 1,000 boomers ages 60 to 73 who retired within the past five y Jeb Bush posts emails containing Social Security numbers 02/12/2015 09:31pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — By posting online all of his personal email from his eight years as Florida's governor, Jeb Bush sought to show himself as a tech-savvy executive, in touch with constituents and an active administrator. But tucked away in a small percentage of those hundreds of thousands of ‘Metro Renters’ Outpace ‘Golden Years’ Residents In White Flint 02/12/2015 01:00pm • You might be surprised by what kind of people live in the area immediately surrounding the White Flint Metro station, at least according to a recent market study. Esri, a large geographic information systems company, found that more than a quarter of the people who live within a one-mile radius of Now someone can manage your Facebook account after you die 02/12/2015 10:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is making it easier to plan for your online afterlife. The world's biggest online social network said Thursday that it will now let users pick someone who can manage their account after they die. Previously, the accounts were "memorialized" after death, or locked so that n A look at who got what in peace deal for eastern Ukraine 02/12/2015 09:52am • MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The peace deal for eastern Ukraine reached on Thursday sets clear deadlines for a cease-fire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons, but resolution of the main political and economic issues behind the conflict was made conditional on a series of difficult steps and put off until Who'll manage your Facebook after you die? Choose an heir 02/12/2015 09:40am • WASHINGTON -- As Facebook continues to become a larger part of users' lives, the social network is now letting users choose who will control their digital afterlife. Starting Thursday, users can designate a "legacy contact"  who will be able to manage certain parts of an account after Facebook l 10 Consumer Stocks to Put on Your Shopping List 02/10/2015 07:00pm • Falling gas prices have led to rising consumer confidence and, in turn, more money dished on consumer products. As such spending jumps, in theory, so too should stocks associated with those products. But there's a cheekier way to view this sequence of events. Maybe the consumer stock scene just ne 4 Ways to Invest in Baby Boomers 02/09/2015 07:00pm • For the moment, put aside your love affair with social media and forget the jokes about Viagra and adult diapers. Just consider that there might be a way to profit, not from the next new thing, but from the old, familiar baby boomers. More than 3 million baby boomers turned 65 in 2014. Another 3 m Tips for Keeping Online Tax Returns Safe From Thieves 02/09/2015 07:00pm • After several states suspended e-filing through the popular online tax preparer, TurboTax itself temporarily pulled the plug on its state tax return e-filing services last week due to security concerns. The company, owned by Intuit, which also owns QuickBooks, Mint, Quicken and a variety of other p