Minneapolis Fed gets new head After 24 years on the job, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis president Gary Stern retired last month. Today it was announced that Narayana Kocherlakota will  be his replacement, taking over the position immediately. He will become voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee in 2011. Narayana Kocherlakota, 45, is an economics ...

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A recent change for us is we have established 529 plan account for college savings accounts for our daughter. Long ago my goal was to set aside ~$5k at the birth of my kids, but so far we have roughly $1,800 set aside for our daughter's tuition in these accounts. I have been ...

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While it’s been said you should never underestimate the value of a college education, neither should you underestimate its price. Without proper financial planning, you could be paying off those student loans for the rest of your life. College tuition costs are rising at twice the rate of inflation, in part because colleges are ...

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Accidental f-bomb on SNL hasn’t doomed new cast member Jenny Slate fired? Not exactly. What is it with America's attitude toward that four-letter word (Photo: nycomedy.wordpress.com) It’s been called “fornication under consent of the king,” or the “f-word.” The f-bomb is another popular euphemism for it. Not surprisingly, it’s one of the seven things George Carlin reminded ...

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Tinseltown inspires challenge The channel is different, the host is the same. Image from Flikr. Everyone knows in Southern California, the money is in Hollywood. “Project Runway” must be trying to maintain steam and profits after the initial excitement when it returned to the air after an extended hiatus. On “Project Runway” season 6 episode 6, the ...

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