Date: Aug 31 2012
What Fed chair says could keep summer rally alive, lock market in sideways trading pattern or snuff out recent momentum, analysts say.
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Date: Aug 31 2012
Some stock mutual funds are really big. Some are really bad. And some are really big and really bad.
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Date: Aug 31 2012
Filed under: Economy, Ford Motor CoBy Henry Blodget
In 1914, a business executive named Henry Ford did a startling thing: He announced that he was going to more than double the wages he was paying his employees, from $2.34 to $5 ...
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Date: Aug 31 2012
Filed under: RetirementBy Jill Krasny
People approaching retirement like to think they'll spend less when they hang up their hat, but the reality might be a lot different than that, at least according to the researchers at Bernstein Global Wealth Management.
In ...
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Date: Aug 30 2012
Rates are just above lowest ever recorded since 1950s, giving push to home sales.
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Date: Aug 30 2012
Filed under: Credit, Personal Finance, DebtTo most of us, "debtors' prison" sounds like an archaic institution, something straight out of a Dickens novel. But the idea of jailing people who can't pay what they owe is alive and well in ...
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Date: Aug 30 2012
Filed under: Economy, Personal FinanceWe're all familiar with the term "inflation," and we have an idea of what it refers to: the increase in prices over time. You've probably seen the Consumer Price Index number, which is published regularly by ...
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Date: Aug 30 2012
Filed under: Labor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits was unchanged last week, pointing to a labor market that was treading water.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits were a seasonally adjusted 374,000, the Labor ...
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Date: Aug 30 2012
A generation growing up playing Xbox instead of rebuilding carburetors doesn't have the fascination with auto repair as earlier generations.
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Date: Aug 30 2012
Some people believe they create their own fiscal fiascoes with compulsive behavior that leads them to bring home more pitiful paychecks.
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/917nIFEFuYg/1
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