Nov 19 Ask Larry: Can I Collect Social Security After My Domestic Partner of 30 Years Passes? Creative Commons photo courtesy of Flickr user 401(K) 2012 Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch Jessamyn Rodriguez of Hot Bread Kitchen Jessamyn Rodriguez founded Hot Bread Kitchen. Continue watching
Nov 16 If the US Budget Were a Family’s, We’d Be Hopeless Photo by Frederick Bass via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's query: Heena: Hi Paul, I love your explanations of… Continue reading
Nov 16 If the US Budget Were a Family’s, We’d Be Hopeless Photo by Frederick Bass via Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Friday's query: Heena: Hi Paul, I love your explanations of… Continue reading
Nov 15 Attorney General Holder Announces Legal Resolution to BP Oil Spill EmbedVideo(4984, 482, 304); BP has agreed to plead guilty to 14 federal criminal counts related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and the subsequent oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months and… Continue reading
Nov 15 Money Manager Jon ‘Merle Hazard’ Shayne Visits Athens Passengers ride the German-made transit system in Athens, Greece. When Jon Shayne last commented on Greece for us, it was in song as "Merle Hazard," Jon's musical alter ego. He was actually filing from his hometown of… Continue reading
Nov 15 Money Manager Jon ‘Merle Hazard’ Shayne Visits Athens By Paul Solman Passengers ride the German-made transit system in Athens, Greece. When Jon Shayne last commented on Greece for us, it was in song as "Merle Hazard," Jon's musical alter ego. He was actually filing from his hometown of… Continue reading
Nov 14 Austerity Protests Grip Europe By News Desk Transportation in parts of Europe was at a standstill Wednesday as strikers forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and many train routes in Spain and Portugal. Demonstrators railed against government cuts in major cities across the… Continue reading
Nov 14 Poor is the New Rich in Viral Video from Expat in China South Korean singer Psy performs "Gangnam Style" during the 2012 MTV European Music Awards. Photo by Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images Paul Solman: Jesse Appell was an economics student of mine at Brandeis last fall who is spending this year in… Continue reading
Nov 14 A Viral Video from China: Poor is the New Rich South Korean singer Psy performs "Gangnam Style" during the 2012 MTV European Music Awards. Photo by Daniel Roland/AFP/Getty Images Paul Solman: Jesse Appell was an economics student of mine at Brandeis last fall who is spending this year in Beijing… Continue reading