Finance
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U.S. spending on dining out overtakes grocery sales for 1st timeApr 19, 2015 7:32 am - WASHINGTON - Pass the menu, hold the shopping cart. Grocery stores are finding it harder to make headway with shoppers as a surge in spending at restaurants over the pas...
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Fight for $15 doesn't always lead to greater union membershipApr 19, 2015 7:31 am - WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, thousands of low-wage workers walked off their jobs in a nationwide action pushing for something that once seemed outlandish: a $15 minimum wa...
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Philanthropist, mall developer Taubman dies at 91Apr 18, 2015 1:00 am - BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - A. Alfred Taubman, the self-made Michigan billionaire whose philanthropy and business success - including weaving the enclosed shopping mall in...
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A revolt is growing as more people refuse to pay back student loansApr 05, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - Remember those 15 people who refused to repay their federal student loans? Their "debt strike" has picked up 85 more disgruntled borrowers willing to jeopar...
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How to negotiate a better financial aid packageApr 05, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - Your high school senior is basking in the glow of college acceptance letters. Three or four schools want her to join their class of 2019, and nothing can br...
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Putting off retirement savings until you make more money is a mistakeApr 05, 2015 7:30 am - WASHINGTON - People in their 20s have a list of excuses for putting off saving for retirement: Their paychecks are too small. They don't know how long they'll stay with ...
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Does college pay? Almost always, says San Francisco FedApr 04, 2015 7:30 am - School still pays. The cost of earning a college degree pays off with consistently higher lifetime earnings, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Earn...
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Top earners' incomes up - until taxesApr 03, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The rich are still getting richer, and the poor are still getting poorer, federal data released Thursday suggests. Accounting for taxes, though, everyone's...
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Constable: These campers trading s'mores for Standard & Poor'sApr 02, 2015 5:30 am - Children often come home from summer camp with memories of scary ghost stories around a campfire, an appreciation for s'mores and handmade friendship bracelets on their ...
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Millennials shift to homeownership as rents soarMar 29, 2015 7:15 am - BOSTON -- Americans in their 20s and early 30s are getting a nudge toward homeownership a decade after sales peaked during the housing bubble. It's not their nagging par...