Business Stories from September 3, 2017 (Change date)
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She built a $1.7M beauty business while home schooling her 14 childrenSep 05, 2017 9:05 am - I admit to pausing a second when businesswoman Tammie Umbel pitched me on her Shea Terra Organics skin-care company a few months ago — and how she built it while raising...
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More seniors are taking out reverse mortgages - and it's costing themSep 05, 2017 7:40 am - As she was getting on in years and her resources dwindled, Virginia Rayford took out a special kind of mortgage in 2008 that she hoped would help her stay in her three-b...
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Two key signs the economy really is getting betterSep 05, 2017 7:40 am - Forget the soaring stock market. Here's the real evidence the U.S. economy is getting better: Food stamp usage is down, and spending on entertainment - everything from N...
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Trump administration's move on gender wage gap prompts outrageSep 05, 2017 7:40 am - The Trump administration has halted a rule that would have required large companies to report to the government what they pay employees by race and gender - an Obama-era...
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Why hiring remote workers might - or might not - pay offSep 05, 2017 7:40 am - More people are trading in commutes and cubicles for couches and coffee shops: As of 2016, 43 percent of employees worked remotely at least part of the time, up from 39 ...
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When you both get your dream job - but in different citiesSep 05, 2017 7:40 am - Q: My fiance was just offered his dream job, which would require us to move to another state - but I just got hired at my dream job two months ago. My new job is everyth...
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Analysis: GOP needs to pay for tax cuts; your 401(k) may helpSep 05, 2017 7:40 am - I gasped when I read this week that House Republicans may tinker with the hugely popular 401(k) retirement benefit as part of their tax reform package. Politico reported...
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Why debt settlement is still a bad alternative to bankruptcySep 05, 2017 7:40 am - Debt settlement isn't the Wild West industry it was a decade ago, when people routinely paid hefty upfront fees to companies that failed to deliver any relief. Thanks to...
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Fear of robots taking jobs spurs a bold idea: guaranteed paySep 04, 2017 12:00 pm - HONOLULU (AP) - Driverless trucks. Factory robots. Delivery drones. Virtual personal assistants. As technological innovations increasingly edge into the workplace, many ...
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Frustration mounts over premiums for individual health plansSep 05, 2017 7:40 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another year of ...
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