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Under Armour's Kevin Plank on How to Motivate EmployeesKevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, on motivating employees and improving employee morale during a recession. Q: I run a start-up. How do I keep my team motivated, passionate, and focused on our product in this challenging economy?Ben Chase...

Rent-to-own your home: Pro and con It's tough for buyers to find financing and hard for sellers to find buyers. A solution that can work well for both is renting with an option to buy.By Les Christie   With buyers scarce and financing tight, some home sellers are offering rent-to-buy options to p...

DOWN PAYMENT ON YOUR DREAM Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) for Prince Georges County Residents     Now is an exciting time to buy a home in Prince George's County. Today, first time home buyers can take advantage of the county's Down Payment on Your Dream Program, in which buyers can rec...

Credit-Card Companies: Who Qualifies Now? by Prashant Gopal After years of getting Americans hooked on credit, card companies are slashing limits and weaning themselves off all but the safest customers Terry Mazzera has worked to keep her credit score above 730, paying bills on time, sending in m...

Buying your own health insurance47 million Americans go without health insurance. Here is your guide to buying insurance on the private market.By Gerri Willis To be clear, we're talking about people here who don't qualify for Medicaid or COBRA. If this is you, you may need to buy insurance in the...

$15,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit ProposalBy: Diana Olick   With mortgage interest rates creeping higher again (and yes, I realize by historical standards, they're still low, but as a housing stimulus they would need to be below 4 percent), a new idea is floating around industry associations and Capi...

5 new tools for homebuyersReal estate Web sites are constantly coming up with new ways for homebuyers to get information about the market. Here are 5 new sites that can make house hunting easier. House hunt on the iPhoneYou're driving down a street and see a really pretty home with a For Sale sig...

How to Prepare for the End of Social Securityby Kimberly Palmer With the recent government announcement that the Social Security trust fund is set to run out in 2037, four years earlier than previous estimates, many young workers are asking themselves: Why am I paying into a system that might not...

Behind on Your Credit Card? Now You Can Get Bailed OutBy: David Streitfeld, The New York Times The banks were bailed out last fall, the automobile companies last winter. For Edward McClelland, a writer in Chicago, deliverance finally arrived a few days ago.Mr. McClelland's credit card company was...

10 ways to beat the rising cost of health careDeductibles, co-pays, and drug prices keep going up, up, up. These 10 smart moves can lower your expenses - but not the quality of the care you get.By Amanda Gengler Talk about a recession double whammy. It's bad enough that you've been working harder...