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Be careful to avoid the universal default clause
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A gift of down payment money
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Economy in crisis
Follow the collapse of the subprime loan market and the transformation of Wall Street.
Deep fiscal concerns
Mass. residents are bracing for harder times, says a Suffolk University/Globe poll.
Fed cuts rate to record low
The central bank reduced the federal funds rate to a range of zero to 0.25 percent, and pledged to use "all available tools" to combat a severe financial crisis and prolonged recession.
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MassMutual unit loses $3b in alleged Madoff fraud
The unit joins a list of investors that includes Boston Properties, magnate Mortimer Zuckerman, and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel.
Amid recession, a Christmas for Scrooge
From Paris to Hong Kong, families are cutting back on Christmas expenses as they try to keep the fires of festive cheer burning in tough economic times.
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Technology
DreamWorks chief says crisis is slowing switch to digital 3-D
Jeffrey Katzenberg said all future movies from his studios will be made in digital 3-D. But only 1,500 of the 36,000 theater screens in America are capable of showing such films.
Personal finance
Fed to rule soon on sweeping credit card changes
Credit card companies could no longer boost interest rates on existing account balances if the Federal Reserve adopts new rules as written at a meeting set for Thursday.
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Fed gives boost to world stock markets
World stock markets rallied Tuesday leading up to and in the wake of the Federal Reserve's announcement that it was cutting a key interest rate to the lowest level on record and would use "all available tools" to fix the ailing U.S. economy.
Healthcare
Genzyme bone marrow drug approved
Genzyme Corp.'s drug to help collect the bone marrow stem cells of blood cancer patients has been approved by federal regulators, the Cambridge company said.
Homes
Taking stock of homes
Nothing like a blowup of your retirement accounts to make you forget about those depressed home values.
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A parental challenge
Many parents struggle with a work-life juggling act: caring for a special needs child.