Finance
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Job creation tax credits falling short in statesDec 04, 2011 5:04 am - MOBERLY, Mo. — For residents in the rural Midwest, the governor’s announcement was golden: A global company with Chinese ownership planned to hire 612 people at a new fa...
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Action Plan: Managing your money in DecemberDec 04, 2011 5:04 am - There are just 31 days in December, but the year-end spending can cause a money hangover that lasts well into 2012. To help stay on course, here are some of the key dat...
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Giving a gift card? Don’t add fees under the treeDec 04, 2011 4:22 am - NEW YORK — Gift cards are an easy way to ward off disappointment during the holidays. In the best case scenarios, they give our loved ones the freedom to buy whatever it...
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IRS has $153M in undelivered tax refundsDec 04, 2011 4:22 am - WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has $153 million in undelivered tax refund checks looking for the right homes. The agency says there are 99,123 taxpayers to wh...
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TVs are hot sellers this holiday seasonDec 04, 2011 4:22 am - NEW YORK — In an unexpected twist, TVs are topping many Christmas shopping lists this year. Wal-Mart says TVs are among the top gifts people are putting on layaway at it...
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Fishing industry feels loss in Frank’s retirementDec 02, 2011 11:00 pm - BOSTON — Carlos Rafael, who owns a fleet of boats that trawl New England waters for scallops and fish, offers a terse assessment of how Barney Frank’s coming retirement ...
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First Midwest completes TARP repaymentNov 28, 2011 11:00 pm - ITASCA — First Midwest Bancorp Inc. sai it has completed the repurchase of $193 million in U.S. Treasury stock issued as a part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The...
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Aiming to teach Americans the language of moneyNov 27, 2011 6:13 am - NEW YORK — Christmas sales are beckoning and you’ve got so much credit card debt that one more holiday won’t make a difference, right? Ali Velshi and Christine Romans ha...
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Workers earning less, corporate profits going upNov 27, 2011 5:47 am - Income gains in the U.S. are slowing and workers’ slice of the earnings pie is shrinking, raising the risk that consumer spending slackens next year. Gross domestic inco...
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Credit, debit card loss, theft spikes at holidaysNov 27, 2011 5:43 am - NEW YORK — It’s one of the downsides of the holiday shopping frenzy: a spike in the number of lost or stolen credit and debit cards. The figure increases by 19 percent d...