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Can You Pass the Home-Buyer's Fiscal Fitness Test? Tumbling home prices may seem to offer bargains, but they also raise real concerns about the value of real estate. Before deciding to buy, see if you can answer six important questions about your finances and about the real estate market in your area.  Airlines Stick Travelers with Still More Fees In the weeks ahead, passengers will pony up additional funds for added legroom and checking extra bags, with a lot more add-on charges to come. How To Save Money on Prescription Drugs You know how to save money when shopping for a new pair of jeans. Some of those same tactics work when it comes to buying prescription drugs, too.

Small Business News

How to Succeed with a Family Business Only about one-third of family businesses actually make it to a second generation. Here are the stories of six family business that are the exception to the rule, businesses now being run by a fifth or sixth generation of family members. Temps Become Permanent Fixture in Workplace These days, there's a whole new breed of temp firm, often national in reach and specializing in ever-narrowing niches. With recession fears looming, more and more cost-conscious companies are turning to those firms to fill empty positions. Days are Numbered in the Bush-Bashing Business Peddling everything from T-shirts to dog biscuits, entrepreneurs have made millions poking fun at the least popular president in modern history. Now that George W. Bush is getting ready to leave office, will Obama, Clinton or McCain be as good for business?

From Forbes.com

Earnings News May Not Be So Gloomy After All Amid all the worries about a U.S. recession and multibillion-dollar credit losses for financial firms, it's easy to lose sight of one fact: Most corporations are still making a lot of money. America's Big, Fat Housing Inventory The number of homes for sale in the country continues to creep upward thanks to waning demand. At the current existing-home sales rate,  it would take a full 10.5 months to sell the 4.4 million existing homes on the market.

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