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Retailers hope gift cards pay off during holiday shopping Q: I'm tearing my hair out trying to find the cost basis of stocks I bought in the 1970s and 1980s. Do you have any tips to help me now and stop me from getting into this mess again? Read past columns: Junk bond ETFs have done well, if you can stand the risk To take a tax loss, you can try to sell near-worthless stock You don't buy bonds for fun; it's the dividends, stupid How to check if your municipal bonds are the safest kind
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Poll: Five percent of Americans plan to buy a home next year By J.W. Elphinstone, AP Real Estate Writer Trial mortgage modifications offered to nearly 1 million By Stephanie Armour, USA TODAY Bear Stearns fund managers not guilty in subprime crisis Reuters CVS pays $875,000 for selling expired food and medicine AP Feds: Foreclosure relief plan helps 20% in Calif., Nev., Ariz. By Alan Zibel, AP Real Estate Writer Gas prices fall after 5 straight weekly increases By Tom Doggett, Reuters Small businesses struggling as unemployment goes higher By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Sponsored Links To forward this e-mail to a friend, please click here. You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: phoenixnews09@gmail.com. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please click here. Make sure you receive our e-mails. Please add newsletters@e.usatoday.com to your address book. To find out more information on our e-mail newsletters, click here to visit our FAQ. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for this newsletter, please contact us by e-mailing emailnewsletters@usatoday.com. For newspaper home delivery, please click here USATODAY.com is a free service dedicated to providing the best news on the Web. To review your privacy with USATODAY.com please go to http://privacy.usatoday.com © 2009 USA TODAY 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108