food costs

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  Grandparents Give More Than $1,600 a Year to Support Grandkids: MetLife

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  September 11, 2012

  Nearly two-thirds of grandparents have financially supported their grandchildren in the past five years, a report released in September from the MetLife Mature Market Institute found.

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  Froehlich Sees Europe, China Shaking Up Economy—In a Good Way: ASPPA Summit

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2012

  Bob Froehlich, executive vice president and chief investment strategist for The Hartford, sees Europe avoiding recession and China resolving its food inflation issues, he said at the 2012 ASPPA 401(k) Summit on Monday.

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  Social Security’s 3.6% Benefit Increase Scorned as Not Enough

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  October 20, 2011

  For the first time since 2009, the U.S. government said Wednesday that it will raise Social Security benefits with a cost-of-living adjustment, up 3.6%, and the announcement was followed by praise—and criticism.

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  China Inflation Rate Is Fastest in Three Years

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 9, 2011

  China's inflation rate for July hit 6.5%, its highest in three years, despite Beijing's best efforts to control it through required reserves for its banks and increased interest rates—five just since October.