Finance
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Major indexes hit all-time highs for second day in a rowNov 14, 2013 8:36 am - NEW YORK — Not all record days on the stock market are created equal. Major U.S. indexes rose to all-time highs for the second day in a row Thursday, but the gains were ...
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Tips for surviving the rigors of holiday travelNov 13, 2013 4:30 am - NEW YORK — There's not much good news for fliers this Thanksgiving. Airports will be packed, planes will have few — if any — empty seats and you might sit apart from a l...
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Dow Jones average reaches another record highNov 11, 2013 6:40 am - NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average rose to another all-time high on Wall Street Monday. The market edged higher from Friday, when it got a lift from an unexpec...
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The real broadband hurdle: AffordabilityNov 10, 2013 6:29 am - WASHINGTON — There’s been a lot of debate about whether the United States is falling behind the rest of the world on broadband speeds. Upgrading to the latest networking...
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Mutual funds go from worst to first, againNov 10, 2013 6:02 am - NEW YORK — Want to know which mutual funds are topping the performance charts this year? Check the ones that struggled last year. Consider the fund that’s leading all ot...
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Stroh seeks pension aid for 3,000 brewery retireesNov 09, 2013 5:20 pm - DETROIT — The pensions of 3,000 former salaried Stroh brewery workers may be taken over by the federal government. Stroh Companies said Friday it can’t afford the pensio...
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Dominick’s closings may mean 5,600 lost jobsNov 08, 2013 2:53 pm - CHICAGO — More than 5,600 workers could lose their jobs when the Dominick’s grocery chain closes all its unsold Chicago area stores at the end of the year. That’s accord...
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U.S. consumer spending slows to 0.2 percent gainNov 08, 2013 11:43 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers slowed their spending in September, even as overall income grew at solid pace for the second straight month. Consumer spending rose 0.2 perce...
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Growing number of part-time professors joining unionsNov 03, 2013 3:12 am - WASHINGTON — Thousands of part-time college professors are joining labor unions, a growing trend in higher education that’s boosting the ranks of organized labor and giv...
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Climate report sees violent, sicker, poorer futureNov 02, 2013 8:57 pm - WASHINGTON — Starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease already lead to human tragedies. They’re likely to worsen as the world warms from man-m...