Are emerging-market bond funds worth considering? What are some good funds? QUESTION: Are emerging-market bond funds worth considering as a diversification tool? What are some good no-load choices? ANSWER: From a pure diversification perspective, these funds may indeed be worth considering. After all, most fund investors don’t already have a …
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Need help keeping house? Hiring the wrong housekeepers can create an even bigger mess. 1. “We’re as good as our word. And that’s not good.” The typical American who cleans his own home spends 10 hours a month doing so, according to a 2003 study by Vileda, an Illinois cleaning-supplies …
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WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday chaired the second session of a panel to “hasten and ease a democratic transition” in Cuba and spoke of change partly by denying the Castro government money and supplying the Cuban people with information. Official U.S. policy is to undermine the …
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WAXAHACHIE, Texas – A jury convicted a 50-year-old man Monday in the slaying of an elderly aunt of former “Dateline NBC” anchor Stone Phillips. Miguel Arciba received an automatic life sentence for the death of 81-year-old Doris Phillips. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty. Doris Phillips disappeared from her …
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Lawmakers are pushing a bill to criminalize the commercial use of a deceased soldier’s name or image, but opponents say political speech would be unlawfully targeted. In an emotional House committee hearing Tuesday, the families of slain service members and other bill supporters lashed out at activist …
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LAS VEGAS – A fire at the Monte Carlo casino-hotel was caused by flying molten metal from a hand-held cutting torch used by workers who did not have proper permits, fire officials said Thursday. Workers were cutting corrugated steel to set up window-washing equipment Friday at the casino on the …
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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Baby, it’s cold outside. So cold, one team has practiced with footballs straight out of the freezer. But not so frigid that many players say they will go sleeveless. As for the plummeting temperatures being an advantage for the Green Bay Packers in Sunday’s NFC championship …
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WASHINGTON – Police began to clear a suspicious vehicle parked near Capitol Hill Friday, after sending in a bomb squad to inspect it following the arrest of a man apparently carrying a shotgun in the area. U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the vehicle, a green pickup truck …
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BLANTYRE, Malawi – Pop diva Madonna’s bid to adopt a Malawian toddler she found in an orphanage in 2006 is likely to be approved in court this week, her lawyer said Tuesday. Alan Chinula said Madonna’s legal team and government representatives would be in Lilongwe High Court on Thursday. The …
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LOS ANGELES – Kristi Yamaguchi is clearly the most talented contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.” But the question still looms heading into Tuesday’s finale: Can a woman win the celebrity dance-off? Men have won the mirrorball trophy during the show’s past four seasons. The only woman to take the …
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