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    Moving to paradise for cheaper retirement

    Sep 24, 2013 02:58 PM EDT

    Finding it too expensive to stay in North America and northern Europe, some retirees are moving to tropical destinations where they can live on less than $40 a day. Many countries in South America and Southeast Asia feature low costs of medicine, affordable housing, and large English-speaking retirement communities ...

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    Chinese Factories Build Troubled Relationships

    Jul 17, 2013 09:40 PM EDT

    ... China’s migrant workers feel like “outsiders,” despite working in a city for years. As non-local residents, migrant workers don’t have access to affordable housing and certain basic needs. Reuters also reported a slowdown in the average monthly wage for migrant workers, dropping from 21.2 percent in ...

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    Exit Interview: Barney Frank Reflects on Successes, Regrets, Future Plans

    Dec 26, 2012 11:47 PM EDT

    ... the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment. I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and other liberals is, oh, we push poor people into homeownership. And it's exactly ...

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    From Homeless to Homecoming and Beyond

    Nov 15, 2012 11:39 PM EDT

    ... Families account for one third of the national homeless population. Those circumstances can be due to a host of reasons such as the lack of affordable housing, limited government assistance and other hardships like unemployment and domestic abuse.When 53 percent of homeless mothers themselves lack a high school diploma ...

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    Faces of China's New Government

    Nov 15, 2012 10:42 PM EDT

    ... York City-based consulting firm Eurasia Group, Li has long focused on social welfare and income inequality issues, such as changes to health care and affordable housing, rather than financial sector reforms. Vice Premier: Wang Qishan Wang Qishan, considered the most reform-minded of the new leaders, will lead the ...

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    In N.D., Oil Boom Brings Student Boom and Schools Struggle to Accommodate

    Sep 27, 2012 10:31 PM EDT

    ... RAY SUAREZ: Guglich expects his student body to double in size in the coming years, as oil workers bring their families to Williston and more affordable housing becomes available. Today, real estate prices here are on par with places like New York City and San Francisco. New residents are routinely ...

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    Helping High School Youth Learn by Doing

    May 21, 2012 10:25 PM EDT

    ... homes stud the streets of Bloomington and its twin city, Normal, a former crack house where syringes littered the floor, an erstwhile empty lot now affordable housing for 10 families. Drive 15 minutes outside town, through Illinois' windswept fields and one its newest industries, power generation, and you will find ...

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    After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market?

    Apr 24, 2012 10:03 PM EDT

    After the Fall: Have Government Programs Helped Ailing Housing Market?

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    Former Fannie, Freddie Officials Face 'Significant' Fraud, Lying Charges

    Dec 16, 2011 11:03 PM EDT

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged six former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac officials with misleading investors about risky loans. Judy Woodruff discusses how the alleged wrongdoings may have contributed to the mortgage meltdown with Edward Pinto of the American Enterprise Institute and Lynn Turner of LitiNomics.

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    In Israel, Protesters Decry Rising Cost of Living

    Aug 19, 2011 03:14 PM EDT

    It started as one woman's protest against high rent in her neighborhood. Now, tens of thousands of people are protesting the high cost of living in Israel.