Finance
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Three pitfalls to watch for in paperless billingApr 17, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Having your bills mailed to you month after month is bad for the environment. But many of us can’t break the practice because paper statements are key to our ...
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Cloth or disposable: Diaper debate still onApr 17, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Disposables, cloth. Cloth, disposables. Fifty years after Procter & Gamble introduced affordable throwaway diapers, dubbing them Pampers, the battle over baby...
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Judging which sector receives higher pay is trickyApr 17, 2011 6:00 am - ALBANY, NY — Focusing on benefits alone provides only a partial snapshot of employee compensation. The old rule of thumb was that public-sector workers enjoyed better be...
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BofA's income falls 39 percent, misses estimatesApr 14, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Bank of America's first-quarter income fell 39 percent on higher costs related to its mortgage business and higher litigation expenses. The Charlotte, North C...
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Companies remain in limbo as new earthquake rattles JapanApr 07, 2011 12:00 am - The ongoing turmoil in earthquake-ravaged Japan continues to keep suburban manufacturers and other businesses in limbo, not knowing when a recovery will be securely unde...
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Audit criticizes College Illinois managersApr 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The agency that oversees the College Illinois prepaid tuition program didn't follow sound business practices — or state law — when it hired San Francisco-based Grigsby &...
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Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage rises to 4.87 pct.Apr 06, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Fixed mortgage were essentially unchanged this week, as the average rate on the 30-year fixed loan stayed below 5 percent. Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate ...
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Some towns bring in business without incentivesApr 03, 2011 12:00 am - National retailers and other businesses are taking a closer look at settling in the suburbs — even if they don't always get financial incentives. Arlington Heights, Sch...
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Warren Buffet's firm defends five stocksMar 28, 2011 12:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett's company offered a strong endorsement of five stocks it holds as part of discussions with regulators, saying it believes Wells Fargo & Co.,...
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Microfinance struggles to restore its reputationMar 11, 2011 9:00 am - MUMBAI, India — Long heralded as a way to lift the downtrodden out of poverty, microfinance is under a cloud. The stories of lives being changed by a $27 microloan and p...