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Moms earn more than dads now: Why that’s not all good

May 29, 2013 Bob Sullivan 1

Pew reported May 29 that married women now earn more than their husbands in one-quarter of all households. This is an easy talker as a gender story, but the deeper truth about dual-income households is easy to miss. Take a brief moment to celebrate that which should never have been [Keep reading]

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Surprise! Prepaid debit cards a better deal now

May 17, 2013 Bob Sullivan 2

I wrote yesterday about a surprising new trend — those plastic cards at checkout counters that look like credit cards but used to be hidden fee Trojan horses are actually a much better deal these days. There’s more competition now, because big banks like Chase are selling pre-paid debit cards, [Keep reading]

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