Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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Courage to be poor

Liz McKie of Dove Missions in the Dominican Republic

Liz McKie lost her house to foreclosure, gave away all her possessions - and experienced the happiness of people who want nothing. McKie is now a nonprofit CEO with a humble four-figure income.

Webcam: A great new food outlet in Edina

A tipster sent us to the new Mainstreet Bakery outlet in Edina. It's a winner.

Making sense of numbers

10k Research

Minneapolis data crunchers find success and a new revenue stream explaining housing numbers in easy-to-digest formats.

Covering rules on required minimum distributions

QI have read in Kiplinger's February magazine (page 68), "If you're still on the job at age 70 1/2, you can generally skip the required minimum distribution (RMD) from your employer plan until you retire." I would like to know if this is absolutely true as I am still on the job full time and just over that age.

Liz Reyer: For big project, don't try to go it alone

How I Got that job

Job: Health care specialist at Hennepin County Medical Center and private doula

Steals&Deals

Home Valu's GOB sale becomes an auction

I don't get too excited about discounts when stores announce going-out-of-business sales because the initial discounts are modest. Didn't Linens N Things start its GOB sale at 10 percent off everything? Yawn. So I thought I'd wait a couple of weeks before heading to Home Valu to check out the current discounts.

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