Business Stories from October 11, 2015 (Change date)
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How to deal with big, scary declinesOct 11, 2015 8:11 am - Q: How should anyone with their retirement tied to the market handle days like the two big drops in August and the more recent declines in September? - F.D., by email A:...
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The staggering cost of day care when you make only the minimum wageOct 13, 2015 6:32 am - Child-care costs would now devour at least 30 percent of a minimum-wage worker's earnings in every state, a new report from the Economic Policy Institute has found. To ...
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Why your heating bill will probably be lower this winterOct 13, 2015 6:29 am - Here's one thing to be thankful for come November: Average U.S. heating costs are projected to be the lowest in at least four winters because of warmer-than-usual weathe...
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Your credit score is eerily good at predicting your success in loveOct 12, 2015 6:43 am - When people are looking for a significant other, they often try to find someone whose values, education, earnings, hobbies and even height match their own. But new resea...
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Tegna stations return to Dish after blackoutOct 11, 2015 2:31 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - TV station operator Tegna and Dish Network said Sunday they resolved their contract dispute, and that Tegna stations would return to Dish effectively imm...
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Over a ton of rejected fruit, vegetables feed AtheniansOct 11, 2015 11:01 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Thousands of Athenians have turned up to consume more than a ton of fruit and vegetables rejected by stores in an event that highlights the waste o...
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Condo owners in Panama tell Trump: You're fired!Oct 11, 2015 11:31 am - PANAMA CITY (AP) - The directors of the Trump Ocean Club met July 28 on urgent business. They needed to fire Donald Trump. The building's residents and condo owners had ...
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Shell: Militants attack Nigerian flow station, kill guardOct 11, 2015 2:01 pm - WARRI, Nigeria (AP) - Shell Nigeria says armed militants attacked an oil flow station in the southern Delta and killed a guard, amid fears of a renewed crisis as the cou...
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Unlimited vacation is basically a no-brainer for employersOct 12, 2015 1:31 pm - It sounds like the ultimate example of corporate beneficence: Take as much vacation as you like, as long as you get your work done. And in the right company, with the ri...
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County says partial settlement reached in West, Texas blastOct 11, 2015 10:01 pm - WACO, Texas (AP) - A settlement was reached with families of some victims of a massive West, Texas fertilizer explosion that killed 15 people and leveled part of the tow...