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Robert Trigaux
Adding up the candidates' personal finances
Bush. Reno. McBride. Jones. Getting tough to tell the four candidates for governor apart?

Helen Huntley
On money
Research can determine value of Olympic collectible

The drain in the talent pool
One brother leaves Florida to start a company because high-tech talent and resources are lacking; the other brother comes back to the state because he sees the opportunities for growth.

Time right to harvest dividends
WASHINGTON -- A big story in recent years has been the dwindling dividend yield, that is, the percentage of a company's stock price represented by its dividend. At the end of 1999, the yield on the average stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time low of 1.47 percent, following a steady decline that began a quarter-century ago when yields were around 5 percent.

10 tips
Time for a treasure hunt: Unclaimed cash, property may await you

Loose Change
FED UP WITH FAXES: Tired of being inundated with faxed ads for phone accessories, credit services and stock tips, a Silicon Valley executive is suing bulk fax sender Fax.com for $2.2-trillion.