Finance
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A case for the value menu: it's not as fatteningAug 11, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — If you're trying to watch calories while keeping your meal under $5 at a fast-food restaurant, sticking to the value menu might not be a bad idea. Fast-food c...
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Buying a car online can easier for womenAug 11, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — When I wrote last spring about the ways the auto industry still fails to understand women — especially at car dealerships — I didn't realize that a few months...
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Ten years after blackout, grid faces new threatsAug 10, 2013 7:24 pm - The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity th...
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Fight brews over private stake in a Mexican iconAug 10, 2013 4:11 pm - MEXICO CITY — The cornerstone of Mexico’s economy, its state-owned Pemex oil monopoly, is crumbling. An unnoticed gas leak at its flagship Mexico City headquarters cause...
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Blue Cross reaches out over insurance law changesAug 10, 2013 3:12 pm - MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office, North Carolina’s largest health insurer open...
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Prosecutors: Sex, romance pervasive in Madoff officesAug 09, 2013 7:46 pm - NEW YORK — Sex and romance flourished in the offices of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff even if real investing did not, the government has revealed, disclosing among ...
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Regulators shutter small bank in WisconsinAug 09, 2013 6:36 pm - WASHINGTON — Regulators have closed a small bank in Wisconsin, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures to 18 this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Frida...
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Obama signs student loan dealAug 09, 2013 3:17 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just ...
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Summer doldrums grip Wall StreetAug 09, 2013 3:16 pm - NEW YORK — On the stock market, Friday was the ho-hum capstone to a ho-hum week, where unimpressive earnings kept investors feeling wary. All three major indexes ended l...
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College of DuPage president named to U.S. Bank advisory boardAug 07, 2013 12:00 pm - College of DuPage President Robert L. Breuder has been appointed to U.S. Bank's advisory board in Chicago. Breuder has been president of College of DuPage since 2009, d...