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Marketplace Money weekly update
FEBRUARY 23-24, 2008
This Week

Keeping text charges under thumb

The popularity of text messaging has put cell phone bills on the rise. What to do about the the compulsive texter on your plan? Lisa Napoli has some answers.


Ask the taxman
You've got questions about the stimulus package, the IRS has answers and we get you connected. Tess has Frank Keith of the IRS answer your refund questions.


Reframing retirement savings
The latest strategy to get Americans saving: psychology. As Steve Tripoli found out, reframing retirement planning can help get portfolios growing.


Don't let this doctor make a house call
Credit doctors promise to clean up your credit and help you qualify for loans in the midst of the credit crunch. Tess asks Ed Mierzwinski if their prescription really works.


Day in the Work Life: Locksmith
Just because you unlock locks for a living doesn't mean you always remember your own keys. On this week's A Day in the Work Life, we get a locksmith to open up.


Tax tips for your 2007 returns
How are you supposed to decrypt the changes to the tax code for 2007? Tess asks Tom Herman to walk us through what we need to know before filing our returns.


Letters
Our listeners weigh in on our stories about a Supreme Court decision, insuring college loans, the digital TV conversion and free advice to entrepreneurs.


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CONSUMER CONSEQUENCES

How many p***ts would it take to sustain humanity if everyone lived like you? Play our "Consumer Consequences" game and find out.

"ERISA"
What's it mean? Find out.
Straight story
Inflation talk may have been pushed to the back burner, but that won't distract our economics editor Chris Farrell. Chris sets the story straight on inflation and protecting yourself.

Getting Personal
Economics editor Chris Farrell answers your money questions with Tess Vigeland. In this edition, Chris and Tess talk about covering a relative's debt, declaiming property, short sales, being too responsible with credit, and saving for college.
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