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More Money Monday roundup: 10% tanning tax & 2009's hottest ETFs

December 21, 2009: 10:28 AM ET

Personal finance from around the Web on Monday:

  • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? American Medical Association persuaded senate to add a 10 percent tanning tax in place of the 5 percent tax proposal on elective cosmetic surgery. [Washington Wire WSJ Blog]
  • A South Dakota bank is offering a card to high-risk consumers to help them rebuild their credit. But it comes with one little catch: a 79.9% interest rate, the highest on the market. [Argus Leader]
    • Goldman Sachs releases its commodities outlook for 2010. The investment banking powerhouse expects oil to hit $90, and gold to climb to $1,350. [The Pragmatic Capitalist]

    Additional reporting by Tania Chen.

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    Beth Braverman is a reporter at MONEY who covers real estate and taxes. She joined the magazine in 2009 after working for various trade publications and daily newspapers. Beth has a master's degree in business and economics reporting from Columbia University and a bachelor's in newspaper journalism from Syracuse University.

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