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Inside Penny Pritzker's portfolio: How a billionaire invests
How do the wealthy stay wealthy? The mandatory financial disclosure released last week by commerce secretary nominee Penny Pritzker provides a rare look at an American billionaire's entire investment portfolio. Pritzker inherited much of her wealth,...Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Gold Coast, Condos, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Baldwin Park (Orlando, Florida)
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For owners, it's more than puppy love
Your friends are cooing about their new baby. Oh, yeah, it's a dog.
"Pets have become the first child," says pet industry analyst R.J. Hottovy, explaining why even in tough economic times, spending on our animals continues to climb.
Instead of investing...Tags: Rabies, Pets
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Rosenthal: Who will lead office-supply tango?
"Dancing is not my forte," OfficeMax Chief Executive Ravi Saligram said on an analyst call with Office Depot CEO Neil Austrian to discuss the merger of the office supply retailers. "Notwithstanding this, I joined Fred Astaire Dance School, and lo and...Tags: Entertainment Events, Amazon.com Inc., Corporate Officers, Sales, Dance
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'Unloved' funds urged as strategy to embrace
It's IRA time, with people opening individual retirement accounts after doing their tax returns and then fretting over where to invest the new money. Some labor over the decision, figuring there is one right fund. Yet, if you already have a balanced...Tags: Labor Legislation, Finance, Career and Workplace, Mutual Funds, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Sooner or later, bear market will growl back
Could it happen again? Could your retirement plans end up in shambles, and your college savings tattered? As investors see the stock market repeatedly climbing to new records lately, some people want to know that they will be safe this time. They'd...Tags: Finance, Financial Planning, Stock Market, Economy, Business and Finance
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Never too early to plan for college expenses
Look at your cute baby, and imagine the little tyke wearing a high school cap and gown about 17 years from now. Picturing the child holding a diploma, when he or she can't even hold a rattle yet, is probably next to impossible. But that day will come....
Tags: Tuition Planning Services, Financial Aid, Career and Workplace, Intel Corp., Mutual Funds
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MarksJarvis: 'Just trust me' allure of hedge funds gives way to 'buyer beware'
The magic is gone … the infatuation over. Wealthy investors who thought a few years ago that brainy hedge fund managers would show them the money have shed their rose-colored glasses. Individuals are no longer enamored with the funds, and for...
Tags: Bernard Madoff, Finance, Mutual Funds, Yale University, Economy, Business and Finance
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Music story isn't over yet for Dolly Varden
A sampling of how it works for a rock 'n' roll band in middle age: The bass player and drummer drive in for rehearsal from the suburbs where one of them is an interfaith counselor and the other, for a time, operated a fresh-bread franchise. One...
Tags: The Head and the Heart (music group), Cervical Cancer, Radio, Dolly Parton, Music Industry
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MarksJarvis: Dividend stocks risk a drop as 'fiscal cliff' approaches
The darlings of cautious investors are sitting on the edge of the "fiscal cliff" and feeling twinges of tax anxiety. Much to the surprise of some investors, dividend-paying stocks — sleepy investments like utilities — along with real...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Career and Workplace, Money and Monetary Policy, Politics, Mutual Funds
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Stock markets' pause button looks like the best call
You know how necessity is the mother of invention? Well, superstorm Sandy was a mother all right. The waterlogged island of Manhattan — a nerve center for the nation — was effectively quarantined, its bridges and tunnels closed. In Midtown,...
Tags: New Canaan, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Electronics, Manhattan (New York City), New York City
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Herman Wouk, a novel force
The year Herman Wouk was born, Woodrow Wilson was in his first term in the White House, the Lusitania's sinking was on the front page and "The Birth of a Nation" was playing in silent movie theaters. In the 97 years since, with such books as "The Caine...
Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Religious Texts, Jane Eyre (movie), Fred Allen, Religion and Belief
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Organizers set to release letter from corporate backers of gay marriage
A coalition of gay marriage advocates plans to release a letter this week signed by top Illinois executives and companies endorsing same-sex marriage as an economic imperative, giving a powerful push to a bill that state lawmakers could take up as early...
Tags: The New York Times, Amazon.com Inc., Family, Politics, Groupon, Inc.
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