Households

Living With Mom And Dad Can Have Negative Effects On Economy

WSJ | Phil Izzo | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Census, Households, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, Great Recession, Double-Dip Recession, Living at Home, Economic Recovery, Consumers, u.s. Census Bureau, Wsj, Parents, Business News

By Phil Izzo of the Wall Street Journal More people are living with family amid high unemployment rates and a slow economy, but while the phenomeno...

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William Alden

Americans' Net Worth PLUNGES, Erasing This Year's Gains

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt, Elizabeth Warren, Households, Housing Market, Equity, Net Worth, Stock Market, Second Quarter, Cfpa, Non-Profits, Federal Reserve, Cfpb, Assets, Financial Crisis, Mortages, Business News

Americans' net worth plunged in the second quarter of this year, new data from the Federal Reserve show, erasing the gains of the previous two quarter...

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Would Your Kitchen Pass A Health Inspection?

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cleanliness, Home Inspection, Households, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Home Inspector, Cooking, Safety, Food Safety, Food Borne Illness, Health Department, Food Science, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection? New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk t...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Unemployment Rate Drop Is Good News But It's Likely To Rise Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Households, Unemployment, Employment, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Lawrence Mishel, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Business News

The surprising drop in the unemployment rate released Friday may seem like good news, but experts expect the rate to rise in the months ahead. Among ...

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This Thanksgiving Remember the Immigrant, Pilgrim

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christians, Households, Family, Children, Holidays, Holiday, Thanksgiving, Community, United States, Immigration System, Immigration, Families, Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, America, Deportation, Government, Immigrant, Parent, Immigration Reform, Wife, Christian, Faith, Citizen, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The broken nature of America's immigration system is deeply felt during the holidays by millions in the United States who long to be reunited with their loved ones.

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5 Secrets Conventional Cleaning Product Manufacturers Don't Want You to Know

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Households, Cleaning Products, Natural, Exposure to Chemicals, Cpsc, Antibacterials, Truth in Labeling, Consumer Reports, Toxic Chemicals, Environmentally Friendly, Nontoxic, Triclosan, Seventh Generation, Surfactant, Green Cleaning Products, Cleaning, Activeion, Ecover, Dapple, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

These products were meant for use all over the house. If they were as toxic as their labels implied, why were we using them where we ate, bathed, slept and played?

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Like Your Time Alone? Then This Post is For You

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Creativity, Households, Aging, Divorce, Relationships, Loner, Daphne Merkin, School Shooters, Serial Murderers, Singles, Imagination, Atlantic Magazine, Work From Home, Happiness, Sociability, Isolation, Solitude, Anneli Rufus, American Psyche, Loneliness, Ostracism, Kids With Rooms of Their Own, Small Talk, Living Independently, Pseudo-Loners, Living Alone, Singled Out, Jonathan Rauch, Introvert, Demographics, Boredom, Healthy Living News
Bella DePaulo

I live in the most ordinary American household - I live alone. Knock on any door in the nation and you are more likely to find a household like mine t...

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The Little Things That Kill You

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Households, Concierges, Economics, Children, Errands, Families, Perfect Wife, Moving, Core Competency Moms, Butlers, Working Moms, The Full Life, Healthy Living News
Laura Vanderkam

These days, wives are doing things we enjoy more than running errands with our days --and so an industry of concierge services, household managers and the like has sprung up to try to make the little things littler.

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