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Podcast: "Five Minutes With ..." Dean Kohmann of Charles Schwab

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:02:00 GMT

Dean Kohmann, vice president of 401(k) plans at Charles Schwab, chats on ebn.podhoster.com about a new survey on retirement saving habits. (EBN's "Five Minutes With..." series is brought to you by Universal American, experts in retiree group health plans.)

Small businesses fear for the future

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:49:00 GMT

One in four small business owners fear they will not survive the recession, with an additional 16% saying their business prospects have been dampened by the unstable economy, according to the National Small Business Poll: Access to Credit, published by the National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation.

Cheering a jobless friend at no cost

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:28:00 GMT

Caring for others less fortunate than oneself often goes hand in hand with the holidays, and as lay-offs continue to spoil the Holiday season sometimes all it takes is a simple phone call. Maria Persico, president of Career Management Consultants, conceived of the Holiday Gift List at the suggestion of a client to help assuage the pain of a friend or colleague without paying a dime.