Business Stories from November 15, 2014 (Change date)
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Reader has suggestion for steering problemNov 17, 2014 4:44 am - Here is a follow-up from one of our readers regarding the steering problem on an Astro van, which I wrote about several weeks back. “In your Nov. 2 column, there was a p...
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5 ways to make sure you don't choose the wrong health planNov 17, 2014 8:16 am - Most people try to get through open enrollment without changing a thing. But that inertia might cost them hundreds of dollars later. Even people who haven't seen a chang...
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Small businesses step up holiday social media gameNov 17, 2014 8:16 am - NEW YORK — Monif Clarke didn't have a social media strategy for her women's clothing company until this year, when she hired a consultant to help her build one. The hol...
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Study: Homeownership is overratedNov 17, 2014 8:16 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices crashed 43 percent between 2005 and 2012, yet polls find that the vast majority of Americans still consider homeownership to be a good idea...
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Students' borrowing decreases, College Board saysNov 17, 2014 8:16 am - WASHINGTON — Annual borrowing for higher education is falling significantly, the College Board reported Thursday, while growth in the sticker price of college is continu...
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Shoppers chase bargain prices even as economy improvesNov 17, 2014 8:16 am - WASHINGTON — The jobless rate is at a six-year low, gas prices have dipped below $3 a gallon, and consumers are more upbeat about the economy. These are the kind of econ...
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Ford makes aluminum-bodied F-150 in factory Henry Ford builtNov 16, 2014 9:40 pm - DEARBORN, Mich. — At Ford's Rouge factory, where Henry Ford began building Model A cars almost 90 years ago, the automaker Tuesday officially began manufacturing an adva...
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4 benefits changes that may stem from overhaul taxNov 16, 2014 10:24 am - Many workers will soon find that their health insurance costs more and covers less next year, and that employers have taken a sharper interest in their well-being. Exper...
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Why students have no idea what college actually costsNov 17, 2014 8:16 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The teenager stapled together his family's pay stubs, tax returns and credit card statements. He slid them into his red North Face backpack, between th...
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As young professionals move in, poor are pushed out in ChicagoNov 17, 2014 8:16 am - CHICAGO — For years, this brown-brick building near Wrigley Field housed people who had nowhere else to go. It had peeling walls and broken smoke detectors. But its tiny...
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