CRUNCH TIME | The massive government rescue of the financial industry may have spared the country a rerun of the Great Depression. But the U.S. economy is still in for a rough couple of years. Article

FEAR FACTOR | The saving and investing habits of young workers have always been dismal. And the recent turmoil in the stock market isn’t helping matters. Article

IT'S NOT 1929 | No doubt, the parallels are stark and frightening. But the differences between now and then are even greater. Article

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EXTRA CREDIT | A credit card is a handy thing to have in college. But the immediate gratification of using plastic to buy an iMac or concert tickets has a way of coming back to haunt college students after graduation. Article

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Avoiding ID Theft at College
Installing a firewall on your computer is just one of the ways you can protect your identity while attending college. Article

Student Loan Buyback Program Expanded
The federal government plans to expand its program to buy federally-guaranteed student loans made by private lenders to pump additional liquidity into the market. Article

Kids Lose Play Money in the Market
Students in the "Stock Market Game," a contest in which kids get a hypothetical $100,000 to invest, are finding themselves in the red this year. Article

The 'Trophy Kids' Go to Work
In this adaptation from "The Trophy Kids Grow Up," Ron Alsop describes the workplace attitudes of a new crop of young people in the work force -- the millennials. Article

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