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6 things you'll pay more for in 2012

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 5:16pm MST

Everything from airfare to cotton clothing is going to cost more this year. So book your flights and buy your jeans now or else you'll be doling out some serious cash in the months ahead.
IRS gives offshore tax cheats a chance to come clean

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 3:28pm MST

The IRS has collected $4.4 billion from two programs that allowed tax evaders hiding money in offshore accounts to come clean and said it will launch a similar initiative this year.
Best Places to Retire

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 3:21pm MST
Suze Orman launches new prepaid card

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 12:10pm MST

CNBC's outspoken financial adviser, Suze Orman, has a new piece of advice for her viewers: Go pick up her new, self-branded prepaid card.
Cornell B-school hires new dean

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 9:19am MST

INSEAD professor Soumitra Dutta will take over the deanship at Cornell's Johnson School in July, in the wake of the university's successful bid to open a satellite campus in New York City.
Should I use my 401k to pay off student loans?

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 5:07am MST

While it's tempting to consider using retirement funds to pay off student loan debt, there are huge drawbacks, warns Mark Kantrowitz, founder of Finaid.org.
Workforce of the future: Older and healthier

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 3:50am MST

A man parks his bike and unbuckles his helmet to reveal baldness and salt-and-pepper eyebrows. A woman in orthopedic shoes makes her way into an office building, while another peers through her bifocal glasses at her smartphone, the font on the screen bumped up a few sizes for easier reading. No, this isn't an ad for Celebrex. This is a glimpse at the workforce of tomorrow.
Key tax deductions left hanging

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 3:28am MST

It may be a new year, but when Congress returns from its winter break it will be all old business that lawmakers failed to finish before Christmas.
Where in the world should your business sell?

Posted: January 9th, 2012, 3:13am MST

With the pro basketball season finally starting, I find myself repeating the scalper's refrain, "Who's buying? Who's selling?" But I'm not thinking about tickets; I'm thinking about business, and small business in particular.