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  • What you need to know about companies that claim they've found your unclaimed property.

  • Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance, wind versus water. You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

  • Aug 19, 2006

    Downsize my space

    The cost of keeping a home has become too costly for some — so when it comes to housing, small is the new big. Bob Moon reports on moving down the property ladder.

  • It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. This week, the Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates for the 18th consecutive time. Chris offers his own pause.

  • On this week's A Day In the Work Life, our look at how folks trade their time for money, we protect our interests with a bodyguard.

  • Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Marketplace Money brings you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance: Smart pig. You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?

  • It is hard enough to save for retirement. But how do you save for your senior years when your kids are seniors in high school? Money Magazine's Ellen McGirt talks about the dollar dilemmas facing older parents.

  • Billions of dollars of unclaimed property could be yours. Want to know how to get that money back? Kai talks with Jeb Spaulding, the past president of the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.

  • Millions of baby-boomers have become part of the "sandwich generation" — taking care of both their kids and their elderly parents. Apryl Lundsten has the story.

  • Aug 12, 2006

    Pension bill

    Congress just passed a sweeping pension reform bill. Scott Tong reports on the changes in store for your retirement plan.

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