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Personal finance from around the Web:

-   The Leapfrog Group, an organization comprising large corporations and public agencies that buy health benefits on behalf of their employees, has released a list of what it calls the [45 top hospitals in America](http://www.leapfroggroup.org/news/leapfrog_news/4768932). Is yours on the list? \[The Leapfrog Group\]

-   There's turmoil at the $110-billion investing firm TCW Group: The two longtime co-managers of the top-performing TCW Total Return Bond fund \[fortune-stock symbol=TGLMX" target\] are out the door. [Chief investment officer and fixed-income star Jeffrey Gundlach was fired](http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tcw7-2009dec07,0,2867327.story); Philip Barach is said to have resigned. \[The Los Angeles Times\]

-   Where do your tax dollars go? To [defense, Social Security and health care](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/where-do-your-tax-dollars-go/), mostly. \[Economix\]

-   Barnes & Noble's new electronic book reader, the Nook, goes on sale today. But don't rush out to buy one -- compared to Amazon's Kindle, [the Nook is "achingly slow,"](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601093&sid=a_dznkJ1VAtA) says Bloomberg's Rich Jaroslovsky. "Might-as-well-go-pour-yourself-a-cup-of-coffee slow." \[Bloomberg\]

-   New tax rules next year will let more higher-income taxpayers have access to a Roth IRA. Learn [how to maximize the benefit](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126004888014078557.html). \[The Wall Street Journal\]

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