Finance
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Cashing out: the big 401(k) mistakeFeb 16, 2014 5:01 am - NEW YORK - Workers' 401(k) balances have never been bigger, thanks to continued contributions and a surging stock market. But many savers continue to make a mistake that...
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UAW drive falls short amid culture clash in SouthFeb 14, 2014 10:00 pm - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The failure of the United Auto Workers to unionize employees at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee underscores a cultural disconnect between a labor-...
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American Airlines CEO nets $13.4 million in stock saleFeb 14, 2014 5:00 pm - DALLAS - The CEO of American Airlines Group Inc. is netting a profit of $13.4 million after selling about one-third of his holdings in the company. American and US Airwa...
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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...