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How this single mom masterminded a $700K swing from debt to savings

By KEVIN VOIGT
Oct 14, 2018 1:00 AM - When Takiia Anderson graduated from Boston College Law School in 1999, she was a single mom with a 2-year-old child, nearly $100,000 in student loans and a new job as a government attorney that paid $34,102 a year. She didn't like that math.
How the super-rich are stockpiling wealth in black-box charities

By Suzanne Woolley
Oct 14, 2018 1:00 AM - Donor-advised funds -- money that grows tax-free in individual accounts -- are reshaping the landscape of U.S. philanthropy. After creating their account, donors choose how it's invested, and the money compounds until they decide where to dole it out.
How to fund college if you didn't save enough

By LIZ WESTON
Oct 14, 2018 1:00 AM - If college tuition bills are looming and you don't have nearly enough saved, you have plenty of company. But you also have options for making it more affordable. Here are some steps to take now to secure an affordable education -- and avoid crushing debt.
How to see the world in your 20s without racking up debt

By Claire Tsosie
Oct 14, 2018 1:00 AM - You badly want to travel the world. But if your bank account could talk, it would say, "Are you kidding?" With the right moves, you can budget for travel without going into the red.
Wall Street's new left: Millennials see a politics beyond profit

Claire Ballentine
Oct 14, 2018 1:00 AM - A new generation in finance has embraced progressive politics as never before. Even on Wall Street, 20- and 30-somethings have drifted left since Bernie Sanders injected democratic socialism into presidential politics in 2016.
Fifth Third Bank celebrates opening in Kildeer

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Oct 12, 2018 12:32 PM - Fifth Third Bank held a grand opening and ribbon cutting of its new Kildeer Banking Center at 20896 N. Quentin Road on Thursday, Oct. 11.
How not to inherit mom's timeshare

By LIZ WESTON
Oct 7, 2018 1:00 AM - Families have a variety of options to assure nobody's getting an obligation they don't want.
Downward mobility: Where middle-class kids are worse off than their parents

Christopher Ingraham
Oct 7, 2018 1:10 AM - In some parts of the country, middle-income children tend to end up much higher in the income distribution than their parents' level. In these places, the dream of ending up better off than your parents is still very much alive. In other places, however, middle-income children tend to end up worse off than their parents. Sometimes, significantly so.
You can still deduct a client's meal on a night out, IRS says

Laura Davison and Lynnley Browning
Oct 7, 2018 1:00 AM - The Internal Revenue Service is giving businesses a tax break they thought they had lost in the tax overhaul last year -- write-offs for wining and dining clients.
We should worry most about student borrowers who owe the least

By BRIANNA MCGURRAN
Oct 7, 2018 1:00 AM - That's because they're most likely to fall behind.

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