Just when we thought we knew how risky financial markets could be, the past year’s roller coaster ride reminds us …
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Fixing That ‘Irrevocable’ Trust
By definition, when something is irrevocable, it cannot be altered — unless you are talking about trusts. An irrevocable trust …
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Don’t Bet On Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-term care insurance is unlikely to reach old age. Plagued by adverse selection, an aging population and escalating costs, the …
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The Bright Side Of El Nino
A developing El Nino is not usually good news, but signs that the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean is heating up …
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No Plan B In Beantown
I spent a lot of time pondering what the Boston Newspaper Guild had accomplished this week by rejecting the wage …
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Albania On The Hudson
People scurried from all corners of the Capitol this week to see something that has not happened in eons: In …
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Showing Mexican Truck Drivers The Exit
Hector (Captain Tito) Angueira, who runs the Sea Gypsy scuba boat in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, tells a good story about …
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Dialing For Dollars At The Treasury
The financial crisis must be over and the economy must be fixed, because apparently things are getting pretty slow at …
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