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- COMMON SENSE
Shareholder thinks Yahoo stumbled upon right move
As a Yahoo shareholder, I was furious over its bungling of a potentially lucrative sale to Microsoft, especially after Yahoo shares plunged Monday on the news.
- Investors appear relieved, even becoming complacent
Now that public opinion is solidifying around the idea that the Federal Reserve has made its last rate cut for a while, stocks may be poised atop a slope of complacency.
- Signposts give clues to health of market
In fits and starts, blue-chip stocks have been climbing higher since mid-March. But many market watchers aren't convinced that the worst of this market storm is behind us.
- ASK ENCORE FOCUS ON RETIREMENT
First-time IRA distribution recipient worries about tax fine
I have a question about my first required minimum IRA distribution, which I will take this year. This distribution will cause a substantial increase in my federal taxes for the year. I pay my estimated federal taxes quarterly.
- Working past retirement age? Watch out
As economic pressures mount, the decision to remain in the work force – or return after retiring – might be less about choice and more about necessity. Regardless, many professionals don't want to stop working; they just want to work less.
- Lifelong workers
Cecil Lawrence's friends tease him that he's crazy to work at his age. The 90-year-old glass salesman just laughs and suggests that they're even crazier to sit at home and watch soap operas.
- Facebook joins portable-profile movement
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites.
- Hooping it up
ENCINITAS – “Luz” is the Portuguese word for light, an apt coincidence that Brazilian-born Patrick Deluz likes to point out when talking about the illuminated hoops he has sold to dedicated hoopsters around the world.
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