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December 14, 2006

Choosing to own a business rather than retiring

NY Times: Small Business: In Life’s Second Act, Some Take on a New Role: Entrepreneur -- More retired people are rejecting unfettered leisure in favor of starting up small businesses.

A majority of 800 workers surveyed last year for the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University indicated in their responses that traditional retirement was obsolete. Two-thirds expect to work after 55, and about 15 percent wanted to start their own business after they retired, the survey found.

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Tipos on avoiding id theft, scams

NY Times: At Lunch With Sid Kirchheimer: Calling All Cheats: Meet Your Enemy -- From a working family, with no tolerance for a swindler.

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