Date: Dec 22 2014
Filed under: Consumer Protection
Matthias Schrader/AP
NEW YORK -- BMW (BAMXF) has agreed to demands from the government to replace driver's-side air bags across the entire U.S.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been pushing companies to recall older cars with air ...
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Date: Dec 20 2014
A list of some of the most impactful, yet egregious business decisions of all time.
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Date: Dec 20 2014
Filed under: Retirement, Personal Finance, Social Security
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Deciding when to claim Social Security is one of the most important financial decisions any senior will make. The problem is there are so many variables involved, such as your current financial ...
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Date: Dec 20 2014
Filed under: Mutual Funds, Investing
Alamy
By Kate Stalter
These days, investors hear fewer financial advisers promise they have the stock-picking chops to "beat the market." With memories of 2008 still fresh in people's minds, many advisers, as well as individual investors, approach ...
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Date: Dec 20 2014
Filed under: Credit, Credit Score
muharrem Aner
By Mike Schreiber
There are a lot of different credit scores out there, and this has naturally led some consumers to ask: Which scores should I pay attention to, and what's my real credit score? ...
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Date: Dec 19 2014
States with the lowest gas taxes have best chance of dipping below $2.
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Date: Dec 19 2014
Filed under: Identity Theft, Company News, Retail, Credit Cards, Consumer Protection
Robert F. Bukaty/AP
By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Staples (SPLS) says nearly 1.2 million customer payment cards may have been exposed during a security breach earlier this year.
The office supply ...
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Date: Dec 19 2014
Filed under: Energy, NYSE, Market News, Oil & Gas Industry, NASDAQ
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By MATTHEW CRAFT
NEW YORK -- Oil and gas companies led the stock market up Friday, helping the Standard & Poor's 500 index notch its second-best week this ...
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Date: Dec 19 2014
Filed under: Retail, Holiday Shopping, GDP, Deals, Stores
John Minchillo/AP
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
NEW YORK -- Despite an early start, sales data provided to The Associated Press show that stores may once again have to rely on procrastinators to save the holiday shopping ...
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Date: Dec 19 2014
The stocks that are really making investors rich are ...
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