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We’re well into the second half of the year but there’s still time to look at our finances differently – if you have not started already.

We do not really think about retirement because it seems so far away, but then one day it is right around the corner.

Planning for your retirement sooner than later is important but what you need to know?

The future of Africa lies with our children. Yet a child born here is 14 times more likely to die before the age of five than if they had been born in a developed country...

There are indications that interest rates will slowly increase over the next few years, while fuel price continues to climb at a steady rate. These two

Exhibit a against mitt romney. >> it sounds so great. doesnt sound like it will get through. >> dr. sachs, the front page of the papers, obama seeks new taxes on rich. thats the headline coming out. what do you make of the budget? >> i think it is a smart budget. as a matter of fact politically and definitely smarter than the alternatives that the republicans are offering. there is absolutely no way to get the governments most core business done without some tax revenues. and if the republicans ...

Looking up. he pointed in particular to the 222,000 jobs in the private sector that were added in the month of february. thats 12 consecutive months, the economy adding 1.5 million jobs over that period. they say that things are looking up. white house officials will acknowledge that there is still a long way to go before they make up for that 8 million jobs lost during the recession. so they acknowledge that. but they argue that the policies they put in place are really helping out. they point ...