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Business News // 1 decade ago

23% of U.S. families have no savings

The proportion of U.S. families with no savings or other liquid assets rose to 23.4 percent in 2011, up from 18.5 percent in 2009, researchers say.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Mortgage meltdown may impact colleges

A University of Michigan economist says higher education may be the next sector of the economy affected by the sub-prime mortgage mess.

Business News // 2 decades ago

Home values rise, buoy US household wealth

A new study released Thursday indicated that although U.S. household incomes fell in 2001, household wealth increased about 10 percent, largely because of higher real estate values. The study by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research als

Odd News // 2 decades ago

Of Human Interest: News-lite

MOVIE MADNESS ConAgra Foods says it believes it has set a new record for continuous moving-watching. The company, which makes ACT II brand microwave popcorn, ...

Odd News // 2 decades ago

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THE TWIN TOWERS New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is predicting there would never be anything of the sheer size of the World Trade Center built to replace the twin towers, which were destroyed Sept. 11.

Odd News // 2 decades ago

Living-Today: Issues of modern living

HOUSEWORK Men are doing 33 percent more housework today than they did in 1965. That's according to a survey by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, ...

Top News // 2 decades ago

Study: Men doing 16 hours of housework

Men are doing 33 percent more housework today than they did in 1965, a University of Michigan survey showed Wednesday.

Science News // 2 decades ago

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Mortgages were easy to obtain and rapidly rising home equity led a lot of parents to feel that it was possible to help their children with college expenses
Mortgage meltdown may impact colleges Nov 19, 2008

Rising home ownership rates may have different implications for low-income families and families with higher loan-to-equity ratios
Home values rise, buoy US household wealth Oct 03, 2002

Those with higher educations showed an average increase in wealth of 15 percent, compared to a gain of 10 percent and 11 percent among those with high school degrees and some college
Home values rise, buoy US household wealth Oct 03, 2002

While wealth growth in the form of stocks and IRA holdings had stalled out before the close of last year, home ownership rates rose from 67 percent of families in 1999 to 72 percent in 2001
Home values rise, buoy US household wealth Oct 03, 2002

Our research shows that most people rate routine housework as the least enjoyable use of their time
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