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The luster seems to be dimming for gold as an investment, now that the price of the precious metal, prized by such financial wizards as King Tut and Glenn Beck, is down 17 percent this year to around $ 1,400 an ounce, and off by 26 percent from its August 2011 high of $ 1,895. [...]

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Before you start selling blood or break into the kids' piggy-banks, first try taking out one of the lowest-rate loans available: a tax payment plan from the IRS. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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Spartans’ coach Mark Dantonio indicated he’s taking O’Connor’s relative lack of experience into account, and the quarterback battle will not be decided in spring drills. Full News here – Ann Arbor mobile sports

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It’s April Fool’s Day, a time to celebrate humor in all its forms, but some jokes aren’t funny, especially if you’ve heard them too many times. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer is making waves with her call to cut the company’s liberal work-from-home policy and require that all Yahooligans stop lolling around on their sofas while watching cat videos in their sweatpants and, instead, start working from work. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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Mrs. Your Money and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary this week, a matrimonial milestone that’s taken on an aura of accomplishment that rivals winning the Daytona 500 on a bike or going over Niagara Falls in a barrel of squirrels. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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We’re two weeks into January, so let’s check those New Year’s resolutions. How’s that diet? Are you digging your beet-and-onion smoothie every morning? Has that daily stint on the treadmill caused your last brain cell to die from boredom? Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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Investors in the state’s largest publicly traded companies had plenty of reasons to celebrate on New Year’s Eve. Out of 64 Michigan firms that make or sell everything from pizza and auto parts to washers and real estate, all but 13 saw the value of their shares increase during 2012. Full News here – Detroit [...]

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The news that Wal-Mart, Sears, Toys "R" Us, Kmart and Target will launch the Black Friday stampede on Thanksgiving night — and not the day after — is the final stake through the wishbone of our national day of thanks. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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I’ve had bad days, bad haircuts and once, thanks to some iffy Kung Pao San Yan, bad shrimp. I’ve also had bad information, and in my last column, I made the mistake of passing it on to you. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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We are rolling into the penultimate (look it up!) week of STOCK-tober, our month-long docu-drama detailing the agony and ecstasy of stock investing. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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We’re into the third installment of STOCK-tober, Funny Money’s monthlong examination of the wide, wide world of Wall Street. This week: Are you getting hit by the One Percenters? Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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According to a survey from Visa, other parents, children receive an average of $ 3 per tooth. But in upscale neighborhoods, the Tooth Fairy leaves as much as $ 20. Full News here – Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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Yes, summer has arrived with a vengeance. Even here in my home state of Michigan, my heat-loving, winter-hating Florida-bred wife, the unhappily transplanted Mrs. Your Money, has shed the bearskin she sews herself into every September when the thermometer drops below 72. Detroit News columnists RSS from The Detroit News

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