Tag: finance
member name: Michael Caputo
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August 28, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
We told you last week about the .3 percent decrease in Minnesota’s unemployment numbers. That's the good news.
But check this out: The number of job vacancies decreased by 40 percent from the . . .
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March 12, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
Okay, money doesn't buy happiness. And accumulating stuff shouldn't make us whole.
But there are some possessions that have value greater than the pricetag. And yet, in a recession, when the . . .
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August 20, 2009 11:59 AM EDT --
In just nine months, Amanda Halbersma, a Public Insight Network source, went from buying a foreclosed home to worrying about the possibility of foreclosure with that very same house.
Several years . . .
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August 25, 2009 04:13 PM EDT --
Numbers this month show that the U.S. economy is more productive. But what’s the toll of that productivity?
Stephanie Massey of Mound has some idea. Her husband, who works for a large financial . . .
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February 20, 2009 03:18 PM EST --
Erin Lund doesn't feel that bad about paying medical bills late. The nurse from Duluth said she can't muster up the guilt when insurance costs are rising. So those health care bills go to the . . .
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August 19, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
A post from MPR Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg on the consequences of easy credit.
On Thursday, Congress will enact new legislation that protects consumers from a range of common lending . . .
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October 24, 2008 11:46 AM EDT --
Most college graduates walk out not only with the sheepskin but with loans to pay for that education.
But how has that changed as the economy has tanked and jobs are getting scarcer?
We at Minnesota . . .
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February 26, 2009 01:06 PM EST --
As if paying for college was not rough enough... now that plastic in your pocket is getting into the act.
Philip Novak of Minneapolis thought it made sense to put about $8,000 on his credit card. The . . .
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August 27, 2009 02:10 PM EDT --
States set their own unemployment benefit rate, and Minnesota's has been among the most generous.
The maximum weekly benefit you can get in the Gopher State is $566. That's fifth in the nation, . . .
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August 20, 2009 06:12 PM EDT --
Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg posts on the new jobless numbers and how one man is navigating his unemployment.
The news on the state’s unemployment front today was . . .
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October 29, 2009 09:42 AM EDT --
Dale Petrie always thought his card company wouldn't mess with his terms or interest rate as long as he paid his bill on time.
"I thought it would be based on behavior," said the 38-year-old St. Paul . . .
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August 18, 2009 09:57 AM EDT --
Public Insight Analyst Paul Tosto may be away for a few weeks, but he's still on the job. He posted on layoffs at a Fridley military contractor.
Layoffs became official Monday at the BAE Systems . . .
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August 21, 2009 06:28 PM EDT --
Public Insight Editor Andrew Haeg posts on a story missed as the media focused on Favre.
Minnesota was visited by two ineluctable forces on Wednesday: tornadoes and Favre . . .
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August 19, 2008 10:54 AM EDT --
A colleague of mine said the other day that she tells her significant other to slow down when he's driving. The reason: To avoid an expensive speeding ticket.
Now sure, from time to time we are . . .
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August 17, 2009 01:45 PM EDT --
When economic times are good, people tend to function on auto-pilot. Who needs deep introspection when salaries are rising and profits are rolling in?
But hard economic times can force people to re-engage, . . .
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October 16, 2008 05:04 PM EDT --
You know that ol' marriage of employer and employee around health care? Well, it's showing signs of tension.
That relationship has gotten complicated as the economy has tanked. And that union's . . .
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