Finance
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5 tips for dealing with looming cap gains tax hikeOct 07, 2012 7:20 am - The impending jump in capital gains taxes has prompted a flood of nervous calls to financial advisers in recent months. Less than three months remain until the maximum r...
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US consumer credit up $18.1 billion in AugustOct 05, 2012 4:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Americans boosted their borrowing in August by the largest amount in three months with strong gains in the category that covers auto and student loans and i...
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Fed open to linking rate hike to economic gaugeOct 05, 2012 6:23 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve wants to find a clearer way to signal to the public when it might start raising interest rates. The Fed has told investors that it plans...
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Draghi nudges Spain to take up bond planOct 04, 2012 11:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi nudged Spain and its European partners to take up bank's offer of help with the country's high debt cos...
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Chanel heads up imaginative day of Paris showsOct 02, 2012 6:00 pm - PARIS — “Don’t take things too seriously,” said Karl Lagerfeld standing next to a towering wind turbine inside Paris’ Grand Palais, “especially not fashion.” Chanel’s ve...
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Economy showing resiliencyOct 02, 2012 3:57 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is looking more resilient, thanks in part to encouraging signs for the two most expensive purchases most Americans make: cars and homes. Ch...
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Feds throw support behind lawsuit against JPMorganOct 02, 2012 11:48 am - WASHINGTON — The federal government is throwing its support behind a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase accusing Bear Stearns, the investment bank JPMorgan bought in 2008, o...
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Myanmar gets its first investment bankOct 02, 2012 11:24 am - YANGON, Myanmar — Alisher Ali knew on the morning of his second day in Myanmar that the long-closed country was a risk worth taking. Less than two months later he moved ...
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Vanguard switches to lower-cost fund benchmarksOct 02, 2012 11:24 am - BOSTON — Vanguard Group is trying to bolster its appeal to cost-conscious investors by reducing a key expense of investing in low-cost index mutual funds: fees paid to f...
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Troubled college savings program resumes businessOct 01, 2012 4:09 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A troubled Illinois college savings program is back in business with new management and new rules. College Illinois lets parents lock in a price for th...