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CAUSEY: Thrift plan return depends on how you look at it

Nov. 9, 2009
Federal Thrift Savings Plan investors whose account balances went south last October are probably in for some good news. Depending on how you look at it, the new data will be either a sign of good things to come or a statistical quirk that doesn't forecast anything — good or bad. There...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch