*Question What are you doing to protect your personal finances? Stuffing money in a mattress 8 Moving investments from stocks to bonds 5 Crossing my fingers 14 Expecting the government to protect my money 9 Preparing to buy stocks now that the market is down 6 I have no investments 14

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Don't start stuffing wads of cash under the mattress quite yet.

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Simmons Bedding Company ("Simmons" or "Company"), one of the world's largest mattress manufacturers, announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charlie Eitel is transitioning the Company's leadership to Steve Fendrich, who became President and Chief Operating Officer in January of this year. Effective October 1, Mr. Fendrich will oversee all aspects of Simmons' operations, and all

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There is nothing to fear but fear itself, so the saying goes. It's understandable that small Kiwi investors will be watching the financial meltdown in the United States and wondering whether their money would be safer under the mattress.

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Bossier Parish Community College and the Cavalier Players announce the production of the magical “fractured” fairy-tale musical, Once upon a Mattress, October 23 – November 2, at BPCC’s Performing Arts Theatre located in Building C at 6220 East Texas Street in Bossier City.

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