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10 years to retirement - Are you ready?
Question: I have about 10 years until I retire, and I'm wondering whether I should put my 401(k) savings back into high-risk stock funds or a moderate-risk stock fund like a Standard & Poor's 500 index fund. What do you think? -- Paul, Brockton, Mass.

Job-search tool: Headhunters
Decent job listings are pretty scarce these days -- which is why it's more important than ever to get your résumé in front of the top headhunters in your field. Executive-search professionals serve their client companies by quietly cherry-picking candidates for high-level jobs, many of which are never advertised. And if you're not on the recruiters' radar, you may miss out on prime opportunities. These strategies can help you get on the gatekeepers' good sides:

Secret tips for buying a new car
Want to know the best day to buy a car next month? It's April 12th, the Monday before taxes are due, according to a new study. Since shoppers will be preoccupied and feeling poor, dealers will be eager to make a deal so they can move some inventory.

The three-figure kitchen makeover
Living with an undersize, outdated kitchen? If so, a sledgehammer may feel like the only solution. But these days you're probably not up for spending the $50,000 or more -- maybe much more -- it would cost to demolish the space and build a new state-of-the-art room from scratch.

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Lehman Brothers 'sacked whistleblower after he raised concerns with auditors'

Matthew Lee claims he was ousted by Lehman Brothers just weeks after he raised concerns over the bank's accounting practices with auditors Ernst & Young, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Credit card data signals consumer stress easing

Credit card delinquency rates slipped or held firm at five major U.S. lenders last month, showing fewer Americans are falling behind on bills and suggesting the worst of consumers' stress may be over.

Ex-NY Bank President First Accused of TARP Fraud

The former president of New York's privately held Park Avenue Bank was arrested and charged on Monday with being the first person to attempt to steal from U.S. government bailout funds in the financial crisis.

Gardner Says Fed Likely to Oversee Consumer Protection: Video

March 15 -- Brian Gardner, an analyst at Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar about the outlook for legislation to overhaul financial regulation.

They're trying to turning tragedy into opportunity

As groups of doctors rushed by, he handed out business cards and chatted with visitors about how the technology developed by his Miami company could help Haiti's amputees.