Hollywood star and wife jailed after skipping out on hotel bill Randy Quaid, cultivator of beards and dangling hotel bills (Photo: flickr.com) Most people in this world are honest when it comes to paying their debts. When they need help making ends meet during a temporary crisis, they may even resort to honest means of securing extra ...

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Glen Pizzolorusso and Jim Finkel each made a fortune in the mortgage industry. Then the bubble burst. The global economic crisis forced them to reconsider what they believed about life and the investment world they lived in. One is spending time in school, the other cleaning up the debris from toxic assets.» E-Mail This     » ...

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Neil Patrick Harris steals the show Neil Patrick Harris, image from Wikimedia. As Tina Fey accepted the Outstanding Comedy Series award for “30 Rock,” she said “Thank you for keeping us on the air even though we are so much more expensive than a talk show.” With such a huge cast and crew and big stars in ...

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Retirement Portfolio Actual Target Asset Class / Fund % % Broad US Stock Market ($64,794) 33.8% 34% VTSMX - Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund DISFX - Diversified Stock Index Institutional Fund* FSEMX - Fidelity Spartan Extended Market Index Fund* US Small-Cap Value ($17,554) 9.1% 8.5% VISVX - Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Fund Real Estate (REITs) $18,004 9.4% 8.5% VGSIX - Vanguard REIT Index Fund Broad International Developed $46,820 24.4% 25.5% FSIIX - Fidelity Spartan International Index ...

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What is important to me? How do my values influence my financial decisions? These are some of the key questions I’ve begun to ask as I move deeper into the “third stage” of personal finance. Now that my debt has been eliminated and I’ve developed the discipline to save for retirement, I’m ready to explore ...

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