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Finance
The Advocates: Ease on Down the Loan
Student loans, StockTwits.com, socially charitable

By Nina Smith
Finance
The Advocates: Moonlighting
Moonlighting, the tax credit for homeowners, Mint.com

By Nina Smith
Business
Business
Apple's Gay Poster Boy
San Francisco’s Steve Demeter has gone from Wells Fargo employee to independently wealthy game designer in less than a year thanks to a $5 iPhone game called Trism.

By Bryan Ochalla
Business
Forty Under 40: Business
David Lauterstein heads up an impressive list of out business professionals that includes Betty Young, Scott Gatz, and Chris Allen.

Finance
Advocates: Future Shock
Predicting Life Expectancy, Sleeping Safe, Smart Card for Medical Emergencies

By Jennifer Hatch
BUSINESS
BUSINESS
New(ish) Kid on the Block
Nearly two years after a devastating fire gutted West Hollywood hot spot Micky's, the longtime Santa Monica Boulevard stronghold gets a new face... but the same old soul.

By Greg Fieser
FINANCE
Advocates: Leibovitz’s Loss
Is the famed photographer the victim of antigay tax laws?

By Jennifer Hatch
BUSINESS
BUSINESS
Microsoft Tries to Mend Rift With "Gaymers"
Microsoft is looking to make amends with gamers whose gay-identified Xbox user names were banned by the company's stringent, and some say discriminatory, terms of use.

By Bryan Ochalla
FINANCE
The New Annuity
A New Generation of Variable Annuities, Saving, Finding the Best Interest Rates

By Jennifer Hatch
FINANCE
Mr. President, Here’s Another Thing to Change
Journalist and mom Katia Hetter hates that her partner has to pay taxes on her health care benefits. Could that change under Obama?

By Katia Hetter