Finance
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Mortgage ‘robo-signing’ still goes onJul 24, 2011 6:00 am - Mortgage industry employees are still signing documents they haven’t read and using fake signatures more than eight months after big banks and mortgage companies promise...
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Economic gaps widening in affluent IsraelJul 24, 2011 6:00 am - JERUSALEM — First came a revolt over cheese that forced Israel’s largest dairy companies to lower their prices. Now, with consumer rage mounting over what is widely seen...
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Retirement investors await debt ceiling solutionJul 24, 2011 6:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa — They have one eye on Washington and the other on Wall Street. Investors are paying close attention because the contentious debate in Congress could ha...
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Thinking of getting a smaller car? Wait until fallJul 24, 2011 6:00 am - ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Thinking of trading in the clunker in your garage for something that gets better gas mileage? Wait a little longer. Small car prices, which have set ...
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Groupon remorse? Sites let users unload dealsJul 24, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Wish you hadn’t bought that daily deal for a hot-air balloon ride? You’re not alone. A growing number of shoppers with buyer’s remorse are tapping an emerging...
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With few other options, investors bid up ChipotleJul 23, 2011 5:41 am - NEW YORK — For $320, you could buy 37 burritos at restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill. Or a single share of its stock. Since going public in January 2006, Chipotle h...
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Back-to-school spending may change very littleJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - Back-to-school spending in the U.S. may be little changed from a year earlier as customers reject higher clothing prices and the slowing economy restrains electronics pu...
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Exxon seeking shale-gas acquisitionsJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. natural-gas producer since last year's purchase of XTO Energy Inc., is evaluating more acquisitions with an eye toward expanding its ...
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JPMorgan’s woes are RTA’s gainJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - Fallout from a JPMorgan Chase bid-rigging scheme has resulted in a $8.6 million windfall for the Regional Transportation Authority. The RTA had hired JPMorgan previously...
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Five tips for staying under your debt ceilingJul 17, 2011 6:07 am - It seems like common sense: Don’t take on more debt to pay off your bills. Yet debt-laden consumers routinely do just that, even as they criticize the federal government...