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Be Smart With Your Moola!

Posted on 04/11/2012 by | All the news that matters for Illinoisans over 50. | Comments

Your LifeHey there blog readers,  Jenn here from the communications team. In this week’s blog post I want to call your attention to some great free events that are coming up on all things financial.  Did you know that this year marks the 10th anniversary of “Money Smart Week”?  Never heard of it, you say? Money Smart Week began as a coordinated effort of the Money Smart Advisory Council, a diverse group of more than 40 Chicago-area organizations working together to …

My Lucky, Lucky Day: Who Knew I Had $7.9 Million in Ghana?

Posted on 10/24/2011 by | Movies & TV | Comments

EntertainmentI must share with you the good fortune that awaited me this morning in an e-mail my AARP spam filter inexplicably intercepted before it could reach me. Luckily for me, I don’t trust spam filters, as they invariably deprive me of the most interesting correspondence—and in this case very nearly prevented me from becoming independently wealthy for the rest of my life. The e-mail letter came from Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, who is nothing less than the Minister for Foreign Affairs …