Business Columns
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High-return funds pose rebalancing anxietyFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. It is time for the annual rebalancing of my portfolio. Two of my funds, Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining (ticker: VGPMX) and Vanguard Energy (ticker: VGENX), have ...
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Virtual romance often leads to real lossFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- If you're looking online for a sweetheart, beware: You may find a new meaning for the expression "money can't buy love." The National Consumers League has ...
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Beanies are back for battleFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Ty, the company behind the Beanie Baby fad of the 1990s, is going head-to-head with Webkinz. Beanie Babies 2.0 are now hitting stores in an attempt to compete with the h...
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Update for Vista leaves little changedFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Microsoft plans next month to roll out the first major update to its Windows Vista operating system, which was introduced in January 2007. There have been a number of sm...
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Businesswoman to expand Camille's cafe chain in Chicago areaFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Colleen Dermody has had her own share of learning experiences over the past 10 years of developing real estate. While working on her first building, for example, she lea...
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Slammers signs Series champFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The new owners of an indoor baseball and softball training facility have something new to bring to the plate. Todd Fine recently changed the name of the training facilit...
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The Millennial generation is a huge, but tough to crack, marketFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - If MySpace, LinkedIn, YouTube and text messaging aren't what you typically think about when you think about ways to reach younger consumers -- those 20-something young a...
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You can manage multiple accountsFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. I am nearly halfway through the process of restructuring my investments. I'm changing from a portfolio of more than 25 individual stocks to one of diversified index f...
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Subprime mortgage mess harmed minority familiesFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- As we spend this month celebrating the achievements of African-Americans, I'm saddened by a report that concludes that the subprime mortgage crisis has cau...
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My stimulus package is crazy, but not as crazy as Congress' planFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Remember Gresham's law? It's the one that says bad money drives out the good money. Well, it also applies to lending. During the home price boom, bad money lending -- su...