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The $800 Billion Question: Will Foreign Creditors Continue to Finance U.S. Debt?

The $800 Billion Question: Will Foreign Creditors Continue to Finance U.S. Debt?

I’ve been laying awake at night worrying about our credit status. I’m not talking about my own ability to borrow. I mean, ours—all of us— President Obama’s, mine, yours, our children, the whole country. With all the talk of the Obama administration’s coming stimulus package, there’s been very little discussion of how, exactly, we’re going to pay for the $800 billion program.

Invest In Yourself

K. Clyde Vanel, the son of haitian immigrants, learned how to manage money from watching his parents stretch their resources to raise him and his nine siblings in Queens, New...

Reinvention Required

Reinvention Required

Thomas Venable Jr. loved his job as a senior graphic Web designer. The e-mail marketing company where he had worked since 2003 offered him flexibility to work from home and freedom to pursue his creative ideas with a “great team.” But with an injection of venture capital two years later came a plan for restructuring; then new management and layoffs. The staff of 50 was winnowed down to fewer than 10. Eventually the company closed its doors and Venable found himself unemployed.

Monetizing Memories and Personifying Brands

Monetizing Memories and Personifying Brands

If one man’s junk is another man’s treasure, then Kenyan Lewis has made a living from the latter. As a prop master, traveling to Warwick, New York, to find vintage typewriters, worn photographs, and antique tools for clients is all in a day’s work.

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