Duking it out in the index fund wars

Fidelity Investments wants more of the index fund business, so it's trying to lure customers away from rival Vanguard by taking out full-page newspaper ads boasting that Fidelity has lower expenses. Nancy Marshall Genzer has the story.

SEC considers investment ranking
The Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring whether credit-rating agencies that rate security or bond investments, should also be required to rank how risky they are. Host Tess Vigeland talks to corporate law professor Eric Talley.

Women who earn more than their men
A recent report based on census data showed that women who out-earned their male suitors and partners made them feel uncomfortable and inadequate. Sean Cole set out to find if this is really true.

Day in the Work Life: The singing doctor
You caught "Scrubs, the Musical" on NBC, right? On this week's A Day in the Work Life, we learn singing doctors are not just make-believe. Dr. Ari Perry performs some of his material and tells how music keeps him sane.

Landing profits with lobster traps
Maine's annual lobster catch was down 15 percent last year. But a pair of lobster-catching brothers came up with a plan to beat the economic odds -- they rent their traps to the public and FedEx the catch.

Hitting the road to say 'I do'
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes did it. So did Eva Longoria and Tony Parker. But saying vows in exotic places is not just for Hollywood royalty. One study says destination weddings quadrupled in the last decade. Why are they so popular?

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