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Marketplace Money weekly update
Aug 24, 2007
This Week

Proxy changes may impact shareholders

You know those proxy statements you get in the mail, if you own a stock or a mutual fund? Regulators are looking at a major overhaul of the system that allows stockholders to vote on company issues. But that has many shareholder advocates worried. Amy Scott reports.


The business of school fundraisers
The first day of school is almost here and, almost like clockwork, as soon as school starts so does the fundraising. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports on an ever-growing business.


Seattle investment club
Tess returns to Seattle to have a cup of coffee, see the Space Needle, and find out how the Meridian Pacific investment club has reacted to the recent drop in the stock market.


Terror-free investing
Socially responsible investing has been around for quite a while, but now there's a new kind of social investment taking shape -- terrorism-free investing. Tess talks to Bob Frick from Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine.


Day in the Work Life: Blind car salesman
We take a drive around the block with a used-car salesman who is really one-of-kind.


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Straight story
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Mailbag
Chris Farrell says that if the student loan industry were graded for its effectiveness to students, it might have to repeat the class all over again.
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