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AU Money News:

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  Debt rate soars with deposits
  Sydney Morning Herald
  The Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank are just behind on 6.75 per cent for customers happy to lock up their money for five years, ...
  
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  Sydney Morning Herald
  
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  Hands-on super investors cutting costs
  The Australian
  MUCH has been made recently of the fees being ripped out of the superannuation system by the finance sector. Estimated to be $17 billion a year, ...
  
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  Financial Planning Guide Part 1: Superannuation
  Business Review Australia (blog)
  The latest Westpac/Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standards research report noted that a couple seeking a comfortable ...
  
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  Deposit war costs banks
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank are just behind on 6.75 per cent for customers happy to lock their money up for five years while ANZ is ...
  
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  Ballot basics
  Sydney Morning Herald
  In personal finance, this is shaping up as one of the more important elections, with the two major parties at odds on key issues. Money took a look at the ...
  
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  New Zealand Herald
  
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  More money, longer life
  Coolum & North Shore News
  Robin Bowerman, Vanguard Investments Australia's Head of Retail, has more than two decades of experience in the finance industry as a writer, ...
  
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  Fraud victims pursue banks
  Sydney Morning Herald
  It is alleged the finance broker, who called himself Goldfingers, orchestrated a scam to persuade people to remortgage their properties and put money into ...
  
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US Money News:

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  More Parents Dip Into Retirement Funds To Pay For College
  Huffington Post (blog)
  Some 6 percent of parents withdrew money from a 401(k) or IRA to help cover college costs in 2010, up from 3 percent in 2009, according to a Sallie Mae and ...
  
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  msnbc.com
  
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  Get Business Alerts
  Huffington Post (blog)
  My bonds in the IRA won't provide new net income to the treasury when I cash them in, but those bonds represent money owed to me. ...
  
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  Another reason to start your $50 per month investment plan
  Inside Tucson Business
  The money can also be withdrawn at anytime. Tax-advantaged accounts include either Roth or traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and they can be ...
  
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  Democrats try to capitalize on Social Security
  msnbc.com (blog)
  All other forms of retirement plans currently existing would continue to be alternatives or additional opportunities. Establishment of a Social Security IRA ...
  
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  How to Tap Retirement Funds Responsibly
  Smartmoney.com
  If an investor withdraws money from an IRA, 401(k), 403(b) or another qualified retirement plan before reaching 59 ½, the Internal Revenue Service generally ...
  
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  Plan Ahead For A Sustainable Retirement
  PR Web (press release)
  It's difficult to predict life expectancy, but when determining how much money will be needed for retirement, many people tend to underestimate how long ...
  
  
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  Velocity–Armageddon Antidotes, & Just Say “No” to 401(k) & IRA Confiscation
  Gold Seek
  14 and 15 on whether government life-time annuity options funded by US Treasury debt should be required for private retirement accounts, including IRAs and ...
  
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  Christian Science Monitor (blog)
  
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  Fiscal policy appears headed toward policy like Argentina's
  WND.com
  14-15 on whether government life-time annuity options funded by US Treasury debt should be required for private retirement accounts including IRAs and ...
  
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