Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Market News, Stock Markets, InvestingAP/Seth Wenig
NEW YORK -- The Standard & Poor's 500 index is closing out its best year since 1997 as traders wrap up a record-setting year on Wall Street. The S&P 500 increased nearly 30 ...
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Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Company News, Layoffs, Computer IndustryAlamy
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Personal computer giant Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has confirmed that it expects layoffs at the upper end of a range that it outlined earlier this year, with 5,000 more workers than originally ...
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Date: Dec 31 2013
Filed under: Retail, Holiday Shopping, Store Credit CardsAP
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
NEW YORK -- Target (TGT) is getting hit with another lump of coal this holiday season.
The nation's second-largest discount retailer said Tuesday that an unidentified number of gift cards sold over ...
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Date: Dec 31 2013
Average price for a gallon of gas is $3.32 at year end.
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Date: Dec 31 2013
"Great year" ends with Dow posting best gain since 1995, S&P 500 best since '97.
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Date: Dec 30 2013
'Safe' investments get hit hard in 2013 as gold drops 28%.
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Date: Dec 30 2013
Filed under: Scandals and LawsuitsGetty Images
Few people enjoy hiring lawyers. That's just a fact.
If it takes a serious automobile accident, a divorce, or a death in the family to get you into a lawyer's office, then pretty much by definition, ...
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Date: Dec 30 2013
Filed under: Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Home LoansBloomberg via Getty Images
The housing rebound is on a roll. Home prices continue to inch higher, and the number of indicators showing economic improvement suggest we'll enjoy an even rosier 2014, ...
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Date: Dec 30 2013
Markets poised for a sluggish day of trading.
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Date: Dec 30 2013
Filed under: Retirement, Global Economy, Retirement Plans
In the prosperous years after World War II, governments in rich countries expanded their pension systems. In addition, companies began to offer pensions that paid employees a guaranteed amount each month in retirement -- ...
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