All Stories from December 15, 2013 (Change date)
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Pawnshops for 1 percent turn conspicuous consumption into cashDec 15, 2013 5:29 am - Last year, Marc Kaye suffered a cash shortage. He had tuition to pay at three colleges — including Harvard and Columbia — and his insurance business wasn’t generating en...
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Loophole in law causes food stamp costs to swellDec 15, 2013 5:29 am - WASHINGTON — Congressional critics looking to cut the nation’s food stamp bill — which has doubled in the past five years — are pointing to what some say is a loophole i...
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Billionaire Pritzker brothers turn from family feuding to dealsDec 15, 2013 5:29 am - Anthony and Jay Robert Pritzker, brothers and heirs to the Hyatt Hotels Corp. and Marmon Holdings Inc. manufacturing fortune, settle in for salads and sandwiches at thei...
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Childless couple bows out, rankles siblingsDec 15, 2013 5:14 am - Q. I’m pretty annoyed and appalled at my brother, “Ted,” and his wife, “Lisa,” regarding Christmas and I’m wondering how to approach them. On our side of the family ther...
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Traditional office holiday parties getting ditchedDec 15, 2013 5:04 am - NEW YORK — Buddy DiFonzo isn’t sure what he’ll buy at his company’s holiday party. That’s right, what he’ll buy — the celebration, a company-sponsored shopping spree, wi...
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Career Coach: Focus on the fundamentalsDec 15, 2013 5:03 am - We hear it every weekend during football season. The losing team did not execute the fundamentals. “Didn’t take care of the football.” “Sloppy blocking.” “Didn’t wrap th...
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Work Advice: Co-worker danger zonesDec 15, 2013 5:02 am - You don’t have to like your colleagues, but you shouldn’t have to fear them. Two cases of disquieting co-workers, one concerning a reclusive and one that involves more a...
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Book notes: Pastry chef Jacquy Pfeiffer to sign his bookDec 15, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ Pastry chef Jacquy Pfeiffer, co-author of the book “The Art of French Pastry,” will be on hand to discuss his book and give a cooking demonstration beginning at 1 p.m....
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What will NBC do for a ‘Sound of Music’ encore?Dec 15, 2013 4:45 am - NEW YORK — NBC’s halls are alive with the sound of sequels. After the triumph of last week’s “The Sound of Music Live!” NBC understandably is now planning more live musi...
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5 free things to see and do in IstanbulDec 15, 2013 4:45 am - ISTANBUL — Last summer, Istanbul's Taksim Square was the scene of confrontations between police and protesters. But protests have faded, and contrary to some lingering p...