Date: Aug 19 2013
Video asks consumers to pledge to buy one U.S.-made item in every 20 items they purchase.
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Date: Aug 18 2013
Filed under: Public Utilities, SpendingGetty Images
By Jonathan Fahey
Electric bills have long been take-it-or-leave-it affairs: Pay one rate for all the power you used the month before, no matter when you used it.
But some electric companies want to shake-up that rigid ...
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Date: Aug 18 2013
Beer looks and smells like a European pilsner but tastes like chocolate and coffee.
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Date: Aug 18 2013
For people of modest means, housing is getting less affordable in some major markets.
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Date: Aug 18 2013
Nostalgic grown-ups who still regret growing out of their Big Wheel go for the High Roller.
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Date: Aug 18 2013
Filed under: Hewlett-Packard, JC Penney, Earnings, Computer Industry, Restaurants, Wall Street WatchAlamy
You can never know in advance all the news that will move the market in a given week, but some things you can see coming. From a pair of ...
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Date: Aug 17 2013
Filed under: Debt, Estate PlanningPhoto by Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesThe Treasury Building in London, England
An anonymous half-million pound bequest to Britain has mushroomed to 350 million pounds ($546 million) since it was made 85 years ago, trustee Barclays Bank said on ...
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Date: Aug 16 2013
Filed under: Company News, Dell, Mergers & Acquisitions, Computer Industry, Scandals and LawsuitsJustin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDell founder and CEO Michael Dell
By RANDALL CHASE
WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware judge Friday dealt a blow to activist investor Carl Icahn's effort to stop CEO ...
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Date: Aug 16 2013
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Consumer Goods, Stocks, EconomyRichard Drew/AP
Retail stocks helped push U.S. stock markets lower again Friday, a day after the biggest one-day drop in nearly two months, as evidence mounted showing consumers are becoming more cautious. Blue ...
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Date: Aug 16 2013
Filed under: Dell, Apple, Facebook, Earnings, Computer Industry, Entertainment Industry, Restaurants, Wall Street WatchAlamyLarry Ellison
Companies and the people who run them often try to be brilliant, but there are times when things don't work out quite as planned. From a ...
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