Finance
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Are women overcharged? France probes price of pinkNov 30, 2014 6:34 am - PARIS - Hair salons do it, dry cleaners do it, and so do department stores selling health and beauty products. Now France wants to know why, for some goods and services,...
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Why women make less when men are their bossesNov 30, 2014 6:32 am - WASHINGTON - After stagnating in the mid-1990s, progress toward closing the earnings gap between men and women in America basically stopped in the last decade. The most ...
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3 tips for using credit wisely during the holidaysNov 30, 2014 6:31 am - Using credit to tackle your holiday shopping can be tempting. And offers of a discount for opening a new account, or interest-free purchases for a year or more make it m...
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Review: 3 cheap smartphones to considerNov 29, 2014 6:32 am - NEW YORK - The cheapest smartphones don't have all the gizmos of Apple or Samsung models, but I'm impressed by how many features you do get for roughly a third of the pr...
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Review: 4 shopping apps that will save you moneyNov 29, 2014 6:31 am - NEW YORK - Want to save some cash while holiday shopping? The best tool can be a smartphone packed with the right apps. Some apps give you coupons you can hand to the ca...
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Top 400 U.S. households paid 18 percent average tax rate in 2010Nov 22, 2014 4:01 am - WASHINGTON - The top 400 taxpayers in the United States paid an average tax rate of 18 percent in 2010, the lowest since 2007, according to Internal Revenue Service data...
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Migrant wages just got a boostNov 22, 2014 12:01 am - President Barack Obama's decision to lift the economic ceiling on almost half the nation's 11.4 million undocumented immigrants will give those workers a chance at highe...
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Jobless rates fall in two-thirds of U.S. statesNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Unemployment rates fell in 34 U.S. states in October, a sign that steady hiring this year has been broadly dispersed through most of the country. The Labor ...
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Shoppers chase bargain prices even as economy improvesNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The jobless rate is at a six-year low, gas prices have dipped below $3 a gallon, and consumers are more upbeat about the economy. These are the kind of econ...
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Why students have no idea what college actually costsNov 15, 2014 10:00 pm - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The teenager stapled together his family's pay stubs, tax returns and credit card statements. He slid them into his red North Face backpack, between th...