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Women face extra obstacles to secure retirement

May 12, 2011 // by think // Leave a comment

It took the collapse of her marriage to jolt Luanne Schmidt into action.

After years of taking a hands-off approach toward money, the 50-year-old nurse from Lannon, Wis., only recently took charge of her finances. Read More

Machines beat us at our own game: What can we do?

February 24, 2011 // by think // Leave a comment

Machines first out-calculated us in simple math. Then they replaced us on the assembly lines, explored places we couldn’t get to, even beat our champions at chess. Now a computer called Watson has bested our best at “Jeopardy!”

A gigantic computer created by IBM specifically to excel at answers-and-questions left two champs of the TV game show in its silicon dust after a three-day tournament, a feat that experts call a technological breakthrough. Read More