Finance
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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...
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Need cash? Pawn shops edge into the mainstreamNov 27, 2011 5:22 am - NEW YORK — Pawn shops are beckoning from the shadows. At a time when banks have shut their doors on those with bad credit, a growing number of borrowers are pawning thei...
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7 year-end tax tips for mutual fund investorsNov 27, 2011 5:07 am - BOSTON — A surge of cashflow into a business can make it seem like a powerhouse. Yet its bottom line might be underwhelming after taxes and other expenses are figured in...
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Venezuela bringing back its gold reservesNov 24, 2011 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez’s government began repatriating Venezuela’s gold reserves from European banks Friday as the first shipment arrived on a flight...
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Iceland rejects Chinese bid for resort landNov 24, 2011 11:00 pm - REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A Chinese entrepreneur’s bid to create a vast nature retreat in Iceland was turned down by the north Atlantic island nation’s government Friday, ami...
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5 tips for staying safe while shopping onlineNov 20, 2011 4:22 am - NEW YORK — Retailers expect nearly half of all shoppers to make at least one online purchase this holiday season, and more than a third to use the Internet to compare pr...
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Walmart beats Target, Amazon with lower online toy pricesNov 20, 2011 4:22 am - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has lower online prices on a selection of toys this month than Target Corp.’s website and Amazon.com Inc., according to a Bloomberg Industries analy...
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Most boomers don’t have living willsNov 20, 2011 4:22 am - WASHINGTON — Most people don’t want to think about death, much less plan for it — especially when they feel healthy and young in their middle-age years. And that, some b...