Personal Finance Roundup

Are You Paid Well? Three Sites That Tell [Smart Money] “Three Web sites that provide compensation data to see if they offer useful intelligence.”
Best back-to-school laptops [CNN Money] “Find the right computer for your collegian.”
7 tips for selling your home to family [Bankrate] “If you want to sell to kin, here’s what you should know to accomplish it quickly and cheaply.”
5 Ways to Prepare for an Unplanned Retirement [US News] “Too often, carefully planned retirements are derailed when people find themselves pushed out of the workforce.”
The price of Wal-Mart coming to town [MSN Money] “When the retail giant moves in, it promises cheaper goods, more jobs and more tax revenue. And in the short term, it delivers. But the initial boost hides later losses.”

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