Finance
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Holiday season marked by different shopper typesDec 31, 2011 10:00 pm - Four types of American shoppers have altered the shopping landscape this holiday season. There's the bargain hunter who times deals. The midnight buyer who stays up late...
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Dividends shone brightly in a disappointing 2011Dec 31, 2011 10:00 pm - BOSTON — Stock investors ran in place in 2011. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is ending the year about where it started. Invest in a stock mutual fund, and you likely e...
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Start 2012 off right in your small businessDec 31, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — The arrival of the new year gives small-business owners a chance to fix some of the problems that may have dogged them through 2011. Those whose accounting sy...
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Is Morocco really ready for a mega mall?Dec 31, 2011 10:00 pm - CASABLANCA, Morocco — Inaugurated by popstar Jennifer Lopez in front of the cream of Moroccan society, Casablanca's first mega mall, complete with two-story-high aquariu...
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Backtracking lawmakers expand government role in mortgagesDec 31, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Washington lawmakers, who began 2011 with sweeping plans to shrink the federal government's role in mortgage finance, are heading into 2012 after enacting p...
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State cuts to Medicaid affect patients, providersDec 31, 2011 10:00 pm - ATLANTA — Just as Medicaid prepares for a vast expansion under the federal health care overhaul, the 47-year-old entitlement program for the poor is under increasing pre...
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Tribe’s high-interest online lending venture boomsDec 31, 2011 7:00 am - HELENA, Mont. — An Indian reservation in the heart of Montana’s farm country may seem an unlikely place to borrow a quick $600, but the Chippewa Cree tribe says it has a...
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Start with these steps to improve finances in 2012Dec 26, 2011 11:00 pm - New York — Every January, it’s the same drill. This is the year you will cut your debt, save money and spend more wisely. And you, like millions of others, will fail aga...
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Who was hoarding cash in 2011Dec 25, 2011 4:09 am - NEW YORK — In a year when American companies piled up record amounts of cash, the worst stocks were the savers and the best gave the money back to investors with dividen...
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Books to help you spend smarterDec 25, 2011 4:00 am - Budgeting, investing and saving all are important foundations to sound personal finances. But smart spending is at the core. Spending habits are about more than what you...