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• Avoid retirement shock - 5/20/2012
  

  As couples plan for retirement together, the life expectancy of each partner is a component that must be factored in.

• Target-date funds: A good idea, as long as interest rates stay low - 5/20/2012
  

  LOS ANGELES — People buy target-date mutual funds to avoid unpleasant surprises.

• Owners of small businesses should start setting funds aside now - 5/20/2012
  

  If you started a business during the past few years and then watched too much of your earnings evaporate at tax time, you might be able to change...

• Dodging life's big expenses - 5/20/2012
  

  Prices for gasoline and lots of other items are rising.

• Live for today or save for retirement? - 5/20/2012
  

  There are arguments for saving less than the minimum 10 percent of income many experts say you'll need for retirement.

• Life must go on after bad debt - 5/20/2012
  

  DEAR BRUCE: About three years ago I lost my job when the economy fell apart, and I fell way behind in paying my bills.

• 19 billion reasons to smile - 5/19/2012
  

  Mark Zuckerberg's personal fortune bounced around the $20 billion mark all day Friday as Facebook Inc.

• Local business - 5/19/2012
  

  E.N. Lippert Co. will open a No Frills Flooring store in Grants Pass in June.

• People in Business - 5/19/2012
  

  Umpqua Bank has hired Luanne Work as a loan coordinator for its Home Lending Division serving Jackson County.

• Facebook's $16 billion IPO will be one of world's largest - 5/18/2012
  

  NEW YORK — Facebook's initial public offering of stock is shaping up to be one of the largest ever.

• Medford airport posts another passenger increase - 5/18/2012
  

  Three of four carriers flying into the Rogue Valley saw gains in April as passenger counts at the Medford airport grew 6 percent.

• Recovery hasn't arrived in Southern Oregon yet - 5/18/2012
  

  Ten of 14 components used to measure Southern Oregon's economic health declined, and another, airport passenger traffic, remained unchanged,...

• Economy rebounds after early spring slump - 5/17/2012
  

  WASHINGTON — Maybe the U.S. economy's strength this winter wasn't just weather-related after all.

• Trade rep sees more online buying of state items by Chinese - 5/17/2012
  

  There's a growing opportunity for Oregon's online sellers.

• Skechers USA Inc. must pay $40 million over false claims - 5/17/2012
  

  WASHINGTON — The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's...

• Facebook to boost stock offering as demand soars - 5/17/2012
  

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• Oregon jobless rate barely drops - 5/16/2012
  

  SALEM — Oregon's unemployment rate has dropped a full percentage point over the past year and now is down about three percentage points from...

• In business, planners win, pessimists don't - 5/16/2012
  

  ASHLAND — When it comes to digging out of the recessionary mire, nothing works for small business operators like planning.

• Allegiant announces new air service from Eugene to Honolulu - 5/16/2012
  

  The nearest gateway city for flights to Hawaii will soon be a lot closer.

• JPMorgan CEO may lose chairman post amid $2 billion trading loss - 5/15/2012
  

  NEW YORK — Jamie Dimon faces his toughest personal challenge yet in the aftermath of the bank's $2 billion trading loss — JPMorgan Chase...