Date: May 11 2014
Filed under: Student Loans, Investing Basics, College, Loans
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It's not easy qualifying for lines of credit these days, and in order to do so, many millennials are turning to family members for a leg up. A recent survey of 18- ...
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Date: May 11 2014
Filed under: Personal Finance, Breaking News
This week, our contributor Annalisa Kraft-Linder looked at the cost of a mom's work and it was our top post of the week, being shared over 1,200 times on Facebook (thank you to our readers!). ...
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Date: May 10 2014
Filed under: Careers, Family Money, Saving
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My birth was meticulously planned. My mother, a teacher, and my father, a businessman, strategized their baby-making agenda around my mother's schedule. I would be born at the end of May, giving her the summer ...
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Date: May 09 2014
Filed under: Earnings, Market News
A late-afternoon buying spree lifted the Dow Jones industrial average into record territory Friday. The Dow (^DJI) rose 32 points, edging above the high water mark set last week. The Standard & Poor's 500 index (^GPSC) ...
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Date: May 09 2014
Filed under: Small Business, Small Business Advice
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Successfully starting and running a business is about many things: hard work, determination, innovation, human relationships and management. And numbers.
You can't manage what you can't see. When it comes to business basics, processes and ...
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Date: May 09 2014
Filed under: Technology, U.S. Government, Food & Beverage, Consumer Issues, Investing
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK
WASHINGTON -- Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea if they are eating them.
The Food and ...
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Date: May 08 2014
Filed under: Personal Finance, Retirement Plans, 401K
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By Rebecca Reisner
So you say you're already contributing to a 401(k) or some other type of retirement account? Congratulations -- you're working on making your future self very happy. That's because the secret to ...
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Date: May 08 2014
The Dow is back in record territory but that doesn't mean a reprise of 2013 is imminent.
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Date: May 08 2014
Filed under: Labor, Economic Indicators, Job Market, Career Change, Job Search
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By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, indicating the labor market was strengthening despite a ...
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Date: May 08 2014
Filed under: Personal Finance, Consumer Issues, Credit History, Credit Score, Financial Education
Getty ImagesEven if you do reach a perfect score, there's no guarantee you'll stay at the top for long.
By Jenna Lee
Some people obsess over perfect grades. Others find fulfillment ...
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