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Your bank deposits How you can make sure they're safe

Consumers have many questions about their bank accounts in light of the troubles at IndyMac and other institutions. Washington Post staff writer Nancy Trejos offers some answers.

Today's Business Stories

Things not to cut back on in hard times

Nine times out of 10 cutting costs makes sense.
How to avoid debit card holds at the gas pump

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Tapping retirement funds early can cost you more later

Saving enough for retirement can fall far down on a to-do list for Americans squeezed by rising costs for necessities like food and energy.
Don't expect the Fed to prop up the dollar

By RACHEL BECK
Don't fret over delinquent payment

DEAR BRUCE: I have always had excellent credit. Recently, I discovered that I forgot to mail out my mortgage payment.

Other Recent Business Stories

McCain tells GM workers he wants to help - 7/19/2008

He'd offer tax credits for buyers of no-emission cars.
Jury sides with Mattel in Bratz doll infringement suit - 7/19/2008

LOS ANGELES — Barbie and Bratz dolls are sisters, a jury has decided in a major victory to Mattel Inc.
European economy feels America's pain - 7/19/2008

MILAN, Italy — It took a few months.
Business briefs - 7/19/2008

Phoenix Pharmacy and its owner, Michael Hooper, have received the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Home Health Care Pharmacy of the Year Award at the...
Language rule hits Hispanic truckers hard - 7/18/2008

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
Lawmakers work on mortgage bailout rules - 7/18/2008

WASHINGTON — Congress wants to require executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to have their pay packages approved by the government as part...
West's apartment rents increase slightly - 7/18/2008

SAN FRANCISCO — Apartment rents in the western United States are barely climbing — good news for renters but actually a sign of a...
Airbus surpasses Boeing in orders at air show - 7/18/2008

The Associated Press
Wireless mikes cause static - 7/17/2008

Consumer groups are accusing Broadway actors, mega-church pastors, karaoke DJs and others who use popular wireless microphones of unwittingly...
American, Delta post $1 billion in losses - 7/17/2008

MELVILLE, N.Y.
Oil prices decline $10.58 in two days - 7/17/2008

NEW YORK — Oil prices settled sharply lower for the second time in a row Wednesday, leaving crude more than $10 cheaper in just two days of...
Probe finds fraud in SBA's 'HUBZone' program contracts - 7/17/2008

WASHINGTON — Companies collected tens of millions of dollars in government contracts by claiming to have main offices in poor neighborhoods...
Consumer prices jump in June - 7/17/2008

WASHINGTON — Prices for a quart of milk, a plane ticket and a host of other products rose in June at nearly the fastest pace in a generation...
Depression-era d�j� vu? - 7/16/2008

LOS ANGELES — Like dozens of others waiting in line with her, Joan Rubin said she was drawn to IndyMac Bank by the high interest rates it paid...
Work stalls on the Inn at Eagle Point - 7/16/2008

Mail Tribune
BANKING STOCKS TUMBLE - 7/16/2008

WASHINGTON — Banking stocks suffered some of their worst losses in a generation Monday as investors' confidence in the U.S.
Second Walgreens planned - 7/15/2008

A second Medford Walgreens Drug Store is in the works on Jacksonville Highway.
Talent to get its second bank branch - 7/15/2008

TALENT — A second bank is coming to town.
Fannie-Freddie lifeline puts taxpayers on the hook for billions - 7/15/2008

and ALAN ZIBEL
Showtime secures new source of films - 7/15/2008

HOLLYWOOD — Looking to beef up its stock of movies, Showtime on Monday entered into a seven-year deal with the Weinstein Co.