http://www.miamiherald.com/136/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/136/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Personal Finance 60 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:19:54 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/1060/story/438021.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1060/story/438021.html Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:43 EST http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527908.html http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527908.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT McClatchy Washington Bureau correspondents Kevin G. Hall and Tony Pugh are available to answer your questions about the shaky economy at home and abroad. http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527909.html http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527909.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT S cientific studies rarely make for great marketing brochures, but recent warnings about the chemical compound bisphenol A or BPA -- found in plastics used to make everything from sippy cups and baby bottles to cooking spoons -- is helping spur blockbuster sales for some savvy retailers. http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527914.html http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527914.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT A coalition of consumer advocates, public policy groups and academics wants to attack our country's dependence on debt by creating a national campaign much like the one used to curb smoking. http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527915.html http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527915.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT MEG GREEN Q: In choosing between investing in an annuity versus a mutual fund, isn't it true that an annuity allows my financial advisor to pick and choose the sectors in which to allocate various percentages of my investment and change those sectors when prudent? Whereas a mutual fund is entirely managed as a ''packaged investment'' based upon the desired risk factor? http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527906.html http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527906.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT So it's come to this: life in the excessively cheap, frugal, thrifty lane. Call it what you will, but many of us are downright broke, spending more than we can stomach on gas ($50 every four days to fill my Isuzu Rodeo), on groceries, on our ballooning mortgages, churning over our last nickel to those unforgiving bill collectors. Oy vey! I can't go on. http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527921.html http://www.miamiherald.com/136/story/527921.html Sun, 11 May 2008 03:01 EDT Amanda Smay, an English major at a Pennsylvania college, longed to go to London next month with a study abroad program. Then the sticker shock set in. The 10-day trip would cost about $2,800, or 75 percent more than two years ago.