Business Stories from October 18, 2014 (Change date)
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Recession, poor labor market make for a highly educated millennialsOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - WASHINGTON — Paul Courtney was about midway through his senior year here at Georgetown University when he decided to go to law school. Seeing an opportunity to wait out ...
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Flight attendants helped to ground sex discriminationOct 20, 2014 8:56 am - Dedicated to protecting the safety of others, Lake Barrington's Shari Worrell once performed mouth-to-mouth to save a man's life. Another time, she used a pair of earpho...
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Snow, ice and maybe profit for small businessesOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - NEW YORK — What do you do in the midst of mountains of snow? If you're like some small business owners you try to profit from it. After last year's rough winter and wit...
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Medicare Advantage offers fewer choices this yearOct 19, 2014 6:25 am - Medicare beneficiaries who want to change their prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage coverage for 2015 can do so now, during the Medicare program's annual open e...
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Supermarket meat label change surprises customers, USDAOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - WASHINGTON — Retired doctor Louis Offen and his wife have been shopping at the same Giant supermarket outside Washington for almost 40 years. Offen is in charge of buyin...
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Fashion: The hidden story of Brooks BrothersOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - The venerable men's clothier Brooks Brothers has been a fixture in New York since being founded there in 1818. But it can be argued that the beating heart of the company...
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Pappy Van Winkle's aged bourbon can't keep pace with consumer demandOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - WASHINGTON — Hunting season nears, not only for wild game but the rarer prey of domestic small-batch whiskey. In a matter of weeks, the frenzied search for that most Ame...
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Work Advice: How to handle firing in next interviewOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - Reader 1: I was recently fired for chronic tardiness. I'd worked at this business for four years, and though I knew my lateness was seen as a problem by my boss, the fir...
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401(k) conundrum: lots of cash, no best way to make it lastOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - WASHINGTON — Even if you've socked plenty of money away in your 401(k) plan and invested it carefully, some of your toughest decisions lie ahead. And don't expect much h...
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Millennials spurring Canadian condo boom bet on ratesOct 20, 2014 8:33 am - TORONTO — Qamar Qureshi is doubling down on Toronto's condo boom. Qureshi, a senior finance manager at Sun Life Financial Inc., took out a mortgage this year for a C$360...
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