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Marketplace Money weekly update
January 19, 2007
This Week

A virtual visit to the doctor

Add doctor's visits to the long list of things we can do online. Helen Palmer reports on patients who are accessing their medical records and getting prescriptions filled without going in for a check-up.

A new way to get a loan
The bank's not the only place to get a loan. Online communities are matching borrowers with people willing to lend. Amy Scott went searching.


Unplugging the phone tree
Consumers can't often find a human on the other end of a customer service call, but that might soon change. Host Tess Vigeland checks out a service allowing you to skip the automated phone tree.


Day trading returns
It's back, and not better than ever. Investors are once again being lured into day trading. Tess Vigeland talks with Walter Hamilton of the Los Angeles Times.

IBM pension battles and your retirement
The Supreme Court declined to hear two pension cases involving age discrimination at IBM. Pension consultant Jeremy Gold explains how the decision might change the retirement landscape.


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Chris Farrell recommends some financial must-do's that make for good New Year's resolutions.
"Earmark"
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Straight story
This week, are baby boomers destroying our nation's financial future? Chris shakes his head.

Mailbag
Chris Farrell answers your questions about investing in a health savings account, teaching stocks and bonds to young investors and using a 1031 exchange.
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