5 Ways to Simplify Your Personal Finances (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report – If you’re combining your life with a new spouse, moving from one house to another, or just frustrated with the amount of documentation you have filed (or unfiled) in your basement, it’s a good time to simplify your finances. Simplification is not only practical, it is beautiful. This is the concept of kanso, a Japanese aesthetic usually applied to gardens. Through a stretch of the mind, we can apply this beauty to our lives and our finances.

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Summary Box: AIG’s sale of Taiwan unit on rocks (AP)

AP – NO WAY: Taiwanese regulators have rejected Primus Financial Holdings’ planned purchase of AIG’s Taiwan life insurance unit.

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Taiwan rejects Primus purchase of AIG unit (AP)

AP – Taiwanese regulators on Tuesday rejected Primus Financial Holdings’ planned purchase of AIG’s Taiwan life insurance unit amid concerns that the Cayman Island-based firm may be backed by funds from rival China.

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Dead soldiers’ parents sue insurer over benefits (AP)

AP – The parents of six deceased U.S. soldiers are suing Prudential Financial, saying it paid paltry interest on military life insurance benefits while keeping more generous interest earnings for itself.

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Scams: A Sucker Retires Every Minute (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek – Annuities. Reverse mortgages. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number of cases, that may be the intention as more scammers–often elderly themselves–try to con retirees. Though hard numbers are difficult to come by, many lawyers and advocates for the elderly say more seniors than ever are being lured into investment schemes that are unsuitable for people of their age or are outright swindles. …

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Scams: A Sucker Retires Every Minute (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek – Annuities. Reverse mortgages. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number of cases, that may be the intention as more scammers–often elderly themselves–try to con retirees. Though hard numbers are difficult to come by, many lawyers and advocates for the elderly say more seniors than ever are being lured into investment schemes that are unsuitable for people of their age or are outright swindles. …

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Scams: A Sucker Retires Every Minute (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek – Annuities. Reverse mortgages. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number of cases, that may be the intention as more scammers–often elderly themselves–try to con retirees. Though hard numbers are difficult to come by, many lawyers and advocates for the elderly say more seniors than ever are being lured into investment schemes that are unsuitable for people of their age or are outright swindles. …

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Scams: A Sucker Retires Every Minute (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek – Annuities. Reverse mortgages. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number of cases, that may be the intention as more scammers–often elderly themselves–try to con retirees. Though hard numbers are difficult to come by, many lawyers and advocates for the elderly say more seniors than ever are being lured into investment schemes that are unsuitable for people of their age or are outright swindles. …

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Scams: A Sucker Retires Every Minute (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek – Annuities. Reverse mortgages. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number of cases, that may be the intention as more scammers–often elderly themselves–try to con retirees. Though hard numbers are difficult to come by, many lawyers and advocates for the elderly say more seniors than ever are being lured into investment schemes that are unsuitable for people of their age or are outright swindles. …

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Scams: A Sucker Retires Every Minute (BusinessWeek)

BusinessWeek – Annuities. Reverse mortgages. Life insurance pools. Principal-protected notes. The options being offered to senior citizens hoping to ensure a comfortable retirement are dizzying. And in a growing number of cases, that may be the intention as more scammers–often elderly themselves–try to con retirees. Though hard numbers are difficult to come by, many lawyers and advocates for the elderly say more seniors than ever are being lured into investment schemes that are unsuitable for people of their age or are outright swindles. …

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