Finance
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Jos. A. Bank to Buy Eddie Bauer in Blow to Men's Wearhouse (1)c.2014 Bloomberg News(Updates with chairman's comments in 14th paragraph.)Feb 14, 2014 4:01 pm - Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. agreed buy the Eddie Bauer brand in deal valued at about $825 million, potentially thwarting Men's Wearhouse Inc.'s pu...
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Government letting banks, marijuana sellers do businessFeb 13, 2014 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers so these new businesses can stash away sav...
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Dollar drops as factory production slipsFeb 13, 2014 10:00 pm - The dollar declined to its weakest level in almost two months after factory production in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in January by the most since May 2009, adding to...
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A new way to invest in a 401(k): ETFsFeb 09, 2014 5:36 am - NEW YORK — Be the market. Minimize costs. It sounds like a Zen saying, but it’s also an investing strategy that more of us are adopting. Every month, billions of dollar...
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Giving daily-deal sites a second chanceFeb 09, 2014 5:35 am - NEW YORK — I gave up on daily-deal sites about a year ago. The last straw was a $45 pizza-making class I bought, but didn’t show up for. Before that, there was a long li...
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Debit card users beware: All plastic is not protected equallyFeb 08, 2014 6:09 am - Before you whip out your debit card, consider this: if some crafty thief hacks the store terminal and goes on a shopping spree using your data, you could be held respons...
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Pennsylvania vendor may have been gateway to Target dataFeb 07, 2014 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — The hackers who stole millions of debit and credit card numbers from Target's computer systems may have gained access by first infiltrating the network of a w...
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Stocks move higher after unemployment rate fallsFeb 07, 2014 8:15 am - The U.S. stock market is moving higher in early trading after the government reported a decline in the unemployment rate last month. Earnings gains from several U.S. co...
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Chicago Board of Trade owner says 4Q profit rose 16 percentFeb 05, 2014 6:16 am - NEW YORK — CME Group, the parent company of the Chicago Board of Trade and other exchanges, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net income rose 16 percent, as trading v...
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Investment expert: Good year aheadFeb 04, 2014 8:12 am - Besides Arctic temperatures, tough commutes and endless shoveling, we can blame the Polar Vortex on something else: stock market volatility. Jack Ablin, executive vice p...