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• Five ways to balance retirement, college savings

  May 13, 2012 in Business on Page E1 Imagine if retirement were financed by scholarships, grants and loans. You could qualify for a substantial aid package to pay for your senior years. Your stellar job “grades” and career …

• Money-smart retirement: 9 tips for sound spending

  December 18, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Retirement tests everyone’s money skills. Seniors have to stretch savings over as much as three decades, face steep health care costs and have few ways to make up for any … 1

• Signs point to economic recovery

  September 5, 2010 in Business on Page E4 Is there any reason for hope in this gloomy summer for the economy? A certain fatalism – that a double-dip recession is inevitable – has crept into a lot of …

• Enrollment reopens for Wash. prepaid tuition

  September 14, 2009 in City Enrollment reopens Tuesday for Washington’s prepaid tuition program. Parents who want to save for college by prepaying for a child’s tuition, can enroll in Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition program until …

• Americans show shift in savings strategies

  February 2, 2009 in City on Page A5 There’s an irony about savings and the economy: When times are good, people save less, and vice-versa. That means the United States may be heading into a period of increased …

• Tim Rutten: 401(k)s failed the test

  January 13, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 As President-elect Barack Obama and lawmakers attempt to reach agreement on what sort of stimulus package has the best chance of arresting America’s economic free fall, the enormity of the …