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Women's influence as campaign donors skyrockets
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May. 1st —
Regardless of whether Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, she already has turned presidential politics on its high heel. Clinton - and rival Barack Obama - have managed to convince women who have only flirted with politics before to commit in a very concrete way - through their pocketbooks.
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Shopping for a greener, cleaner world
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Apr. 22nd —
“Every single purchase we make has an environmental impact because the making of things uses energy and water and resources,” Diane MacEachern explains. “At home, at work, where we volunteer, where we recreate - all of those purchases give us enormous power to get the world we want.”
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Reusable totes are hot
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Apr. 15th —
Floating on the wind, littering streets, clogging streams and threatening bird and marine life, the ubiquitous plastic grocery bag has become a symbol of so much that has gone awry in modern life. It may be cheap and it may be convenient, but it exacts a high price in oil consumption, clogged landfills and pollution.
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Who are you calling ‘old?'
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Apr. 7th —
Can we compare today's 70-year-old to someone who reached that birthday 10 years ago? And will the boomers, just easing into pre-retirement with 62nd birthdays this year, act even younger in eight years?
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Learning how to retire in style
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Apr. 1st —
They saved it. Now comes the spending part. Millions of baby boomers who have worked hard and saved for retirement over the past few decades are now faced with the challenge of how to spend and manage their nest eggs once they retire. Figuring out how to do that while making the money last over their lifetimes is no easy task.
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