Business Stories from September 23, 2012 (Change date)
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Decades of federal dollars helped fuel gas boomSep 23, 2012 4:07 pm - PITTSBURGH — It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without ...
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Gas prices down just slightly over 2 weeksSep 23, 2012 4:01 pm - CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations fell 0.38 cents in the past two weeks to $3.8338 a gallon, according to Lundberg Surv...
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Bernanke wants you to buy stocks, but risk is highSep 23, 2012 4:00 pm - Ben Bernanke hopes his latest plan to stimulate the economy will get you to buy stocks and other risky assets. Maybe you should. People who did that after two similar Fe...
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Is Portland really where young people retire?Sep 23, 2012 8:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland may not be “a city where young people go to retire,” but it’s the place they go to be underemployed, a new study found. A famous quip by Fred A...
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Online instruction takes off among craftersSep 23, 2012 7:36 am - If you’re itching to take up knitting or are stuck in a beadwork project, there’s help — and many classes — online. Options range from professionally videotaped courses...
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Pot could be tax windfall, but skeptics aboundSep 23, 2012 7:30 am - DENVER — A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: “Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for mor...
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Asian energy boom threatens Montana ranchesSep 23, 2012 7:24 am - ROUNDUP, Mont. — The big mining companies first came knocking on Ellen Pfister’s door in the 1970s, ready to tap the huge coal deposits beneath her family’s eastern Mont...
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3 investments to endure 3 more years of low ratesSep 23, 2012 7:24 am - BOSTON — Risk-averse investors, prepare to be disappointed a good while longer. Expect interest rates to remain low at least three more years, with investments earning v...
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Work advice: Managing your managerSep 23, 2012 7:23 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I have an “old...
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6 steps to size up your overseas retirement planSep 23, 2012 7:14 am - LOS ANGELES — Like many Gen-Xers, my present outlook on retirement falls somewhere between doom and gloom. I fear a stock market collapse could decimate my investments a...
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