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Sep 16, 2015
Yale Environment 360 - Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist and associate professor of political science at Texas Tech University, where she is director of the Climate Science Center. She has worked at Texas Tech since 2005.
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Sep 16, 2015
Fidelity - Over the past decade, terrible interest rates on deposits have made savings accounts about as profitable as a career in VCR repair or Beanie Baby collecting.
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Sep 14, 2015
Fidelity - These days, protecting your savings as you approach retirement -- with the goal of making it last as long as you do -- is like navigating between a rock and a hard place. Now in its seventh year, the bull market is one of the longest on record. That means by most standards that a bear market is overdue. Interest rates are almost certain to go up in the coming years, and bond prices fall when interest rates rise. "I see risk at both ends of the spectrum," says David Blanchett, head of retirement research at the investment consulting branch of Morningstar.
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Sep 10, 2015
The Cap Times - Gov. Scott Walker developed a reputation early in his presidential bid as a candidate who is "relentlessly on message." But the more national exposure he gets, the more he seems to stray from that message.
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