Archive for Finance
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A New Proposition!
By Julie L. Forsythe Talent Pool Director Midwest Intellectual Property Management Institute Retirement! You’ve had plenty of years to dream of the life you’ve wanted to live after you’ve punched out for good. And now it’s here. How closely does your daily life match your expectat...
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Social Security Among the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY By Cyndi Hagen Social Security Assistant District Manager Davenport, Iowa Social Security employees rate their agency as one of the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government according to The Partnership for Public Service and American University’s Institute for the...
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What’s QC Housing Market Really Like?
By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate It’s difficult to go anywhere these days without someone asking me about the housing market. The news media reports often on the declining market. Because we have become such a global economy the housing reports we hear are often ...
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Where Did Those Credits Go?
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor We are all concerned with government spending especially “deficit” spending and the potential for tax increases. The Government Accounting Office has once again reported another month in which the treasury ...
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Don’t Sign That Deed Until You Read This
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford People who are trying to arrange their assets so that they’ll avoid probate or so that they’ll qualify for Medicaid sometimes decide to deed their property to their children. At first blush, this seems like the perfect solution. It’s quick, it’s e...
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Your Social Security
By Christina Vital Manager Rock Island Social Security office Rock Island Social Security Office Gets New Toll-Free Telephone Number The Rock Island Social Security office serves residents of Henry, Mercer, and Rock Island Counties, and now has a new toll-free telephone number. The new ...
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Ask the Audiologist
By Rachel Flint, AU.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Why Do Hearing Aids Cost So Much? You know the feeling you get when someone has just quoted you a price that is much higher than you expected? Yeah, that one! When was the last time you had that feeling? Was it a car repair? A home repair?...
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Frank and Linda return
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Some months ago I mentioned how siblings often help Mom and Dad to find the ideal retirement housing. And I described how brother and sister Frank and Linda helped their mom to resolve the issues of housing and the financing options. Mom is all moved in now and she...
