FAMILY FINANCE
Lynn Brenner
In 1993 my financial adviser transferred money I had in a
credit-union IRA into a single premium deferred annuity. Now that I have
reached 70 1/2, I must take required minimum IRA distributions. My insurance
company told me since this account is an annuity, I do not have to make
withdrawals. I am taking withdrawals from other IRA accounts. Is the insurer
giving me the correct advice, or do I also have to take IRA withdrawals on this
annuity? EC via email
SHOPPING FOR...
As told to Laurie Squire
The expert: Jason Earles, who plays Jackson, Miley's older
brother in the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana," which just kicked off
its second season and can be seen at 7 p.m. seven days a week. Earles has
guest-starred on several TV programs and in feature films like "National
Treasure" and "American Pie: Band Camp."
EDITED BY WARREN BERRY
Hot stuff for the backyard
BY PATRICIA KITCHEN
The most obvious lesson from the announcement that a
respected dean at Massachusetts Institute of Technology lied on her resume is
this: Don't do it on yours.
CHANGE @ WORK
Patricia Kitchen
They may be connected 24 hours a day to iPods or
Web-enabled cell phones. They may have thousands of friends on sites like
Facebook and MySpace.
BY DANIEL WAGNER
As word of Kirk J. Radomski's guilty plea on
steroid-related charges in a federal probe spread through his quiet Manorville
neighborhood yesterday, friends and neighbors described him as a friendly man
who kept mostly to himself and said they had no idea he was running a steroid
distribution center from his home.
HELP WANTED
Carrie Mason-Draffen
DEAR CARRIE: Where can I find the federal employment
regulations stating that exempt employees shouldn't be docked for partial days?
Chapter and Verse
CONSUMER WATCH
Richard J. Dalton Jr.
After retirees Werner and Florence Kreischer upgraded a CD
in a retirement account, they received some interest they hadn't counted on -
from the Internal Revenue Service.
PERSONAL TECHNOLOGY
Michael Himowitz
If you are the parent of a high school student, you have
probably heard about lockdown drills.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Another week, another price increase in Internet
addresses.
HARTFORD STOCK FUND
BY ANDREW LECKEY
Please give your opinion of Hartford Stock Fund. It has
been so-so for a while.
THE WEEK IN STOCKS
COMBINED NEWS REPORTS
Party like it's 1999?
Baidu.com (BIDU)
Painting or paneling? These companies can profit from your
home-improvement decision. Armstrong stumbled early in the decade but has been
strong since emerging from Chapter 11. Investing in Sherwin, meanwhile, is as
boring as watching paint dry: SHW has raised its dividend 28 years in a row.
Prime numbers
TOY
LI KIDS: LETTING GO
BY CLAUDIA GRYVATZ COPQUIN
'Some parents are very protective of their kids, much more
so than when we were young," says marketing consultant and Manhattan mom of
two, Sonia Estreich. That's why she gets many looks of surprise from other
parents when they hear her kids are allowed certain liberties. Her 10-year-old
son, Emmet, for instance, frequently walks seven blocks to and from his
grandmother's apartment by himself - an act of independence he requested on
numerous occasions.
LI KIDS
BY CLAUDIA GRYVATZ COPQUIN
No, you can't go shopping at the mall without an adult
along.
The significant risks and potential rewards facing Tribune
Co. as a highly leveraged concern became clear last week when the company
launched the first step in an audacious $8.2 billion gambit to take itself
private.
This may be a promising job market for soon-to-be college
grads, but that doesn't necessarily mean you can just waltz into desirable
positions. Career expert Lindsey Pollak, author of "Getting From College to
Career" (Collins, $13.95), offers this job search advice:
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