STOCKS HIT BY GLOBAL WORRIES; DOW’S WORST SESSION SINCE FEB.3: Stocks fell as investors raised worries about China’s financial health and escalating tensions between Russia and the West. Read more
2014 FARM BILL: WHAT INVESTORS, FARMERS AND CONSUMERS NEED TO KNOW: The 2014 Farm Bill has a lot of changes, affecting crop insurance, subsidies for crops (sushi rice gets more) and labeling for meat, land conservation and more. Here’s the breakdown. Read more
OBAMACARE INSURERS: Obamacare’s opportunity for insurers? A bunch of new customers. The risk? Insurers have no idea how healthy these people are. Read more
FOR SOME COUPLES, HERE’S WHY MARRIAGE IS COSTLY AT TAX TIME: Most men and women are getting plenty of financial benefits from being married – but a minority of wealthy and low-income spouses are losing out at tax time. Here’s why it happens, and why there’s no easy solution. Read more
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