table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://www.elpasotimes.com/business/ci_11368029cid=0ei=0TpjScasIqX8hAPE9_CXBAusg=AFQjCNHpyZXgMOvdHmhjXfnVVoI6BLa7SwCreate emergency fund, experts urge: Revving up finances can be b.../b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fEl Paso Times,nbsp;TXnbsp;-/font nobrJan 4, 2009/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Scott Revare, chief executive officer with Smart401k.com, says now is the ideal time to contribute to a bretirement savings/b plan such as a 401(k). b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2009/01/05/news/doc49616d6e3902e255196286.txtcid=0ei=0TpjScasIqX8hAPE9_CXBAusg=AFQjCNFv1d7AQNauBG3VqcXsmEtZgororQFinancial steps to take if you?re laid off/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMiddletown Press,nbsp;CTnbsp;-/font nobr20 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1The Economic Policy Institute Web site (epi.org) provides a bcalculator/b to help you determine how much you?d receive. At their site, click on ?Online b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://www.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090105/FEAT/901050321cid=1286611840ei=0TpjScasIqX8hAPE9_CXBAusg=AFQjCNEUXbzcgHPtSW65gbp9loJIALLZfAFrugality the reality/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fFort Wayne Journal Gazette,nbsp;INnbsp;-/font nobrJan 5, 2009/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Ditto if your bretirement savings/b are down by double digits. Or if you?re looking for a job or worried about keeping the one you have. b.../b/font/div/font/td/tr/table