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	Click to View in Browser 12/11/2012 The perversity of student debt: James Saft (Reuters) - U.S. student debt levels are surging but along with degrees and skills the loans are producing perverse incentives and unforeseen economic consequences. Best 401(k) plans take fees into consideration NEW YORK (Reuters) - Much of what makes a great retirement plan depends upon the cost to participants and the generosity of the company to its workers. JPMorgan No. 1 in U.S. customer survey, while rivals fall back (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co jumped to first in a U.S. customer satisfaction survey, as its three biggest rivals, including perennial leader Wells Fargo & Co, posted a decline in their scores. Jobs outlook modest ahead of "fiscal cliff": Manpower NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. employers are expected to continue adding jobs in the first quarter of 2013, but uncertainty over the "fiscal cliff" has tempered the outlook, according to a quarterly hiring survey by ManpowerGroup. Norquist won't oppose Republicans wobbly on taxes, yet WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers who publicly mull acquiescing to tax increases on the wealthiest Americans may be guilty of "impure thoughts" in the words of anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, but he says that alone is no reason to throw them out of office. U.S. women make slow progress into boardrooms, executive jobs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Although women make up nearly half of the U.S. workforce, only 16.6 percent have seats on the boards of Fortune 500 companies and the number has barely budged since 2005, according to a study released on Tuesday. Your Money: The "Apple Tax" - America's costly obsession NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the "fiscal cliff" looming, taxpayers are wringing their hands about all sorts of things. Income taxes might rise, dividends might get walloped, lifetime gift-tax exemptions might get slashed. How to play it: Positioning for 2013, with fiscal cliff in mind NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some money managers can't leave 2012 behind - even if they want to. Lawyer says Goldman failed speech software "geniuses" BOSTON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs bankers failed to raise red flags about Lernout & Hauspie's accounting irregularities more than a decade ago, costing speech recognition software pioneers at Dragon Systems nearly all of their life's work and about $600 million, a lawyer told a jury on Monday in federal court. How to invest if the "fiscal cliff" bears are wrong CHICAGO (Reuters) - Let's assume, for a moment, that the "fiscal cliff" bears are wrong. Related Video Home stocks on shaky foundation Getting to the top of mobile wallets Business News Stock futures rise after German data; Fed eyed U.S. Treasury exits AIG with bailout profit of $22.7 billion The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend