Finance
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Moody's downgrades Chicago's rating over pensionsFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Chicago's credit rating to two levels above junk status, citing the city's $20 billion mountain of unfunded pension li...
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As tastes change, big food makers try hipster guisesFeb 27, 2015 12:00 am - HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - At a taco shop in Southern California, milkshakes are served in mason jars and a chalkboard menu lists "The 1%er" made with lobster meat. The ...
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Stocks slip, but end best month since 2011Feb 27, 2015 12:00 am - February proved to be a strong month for U.S. stocks, even though it ended in downbeat fashion. Major stock indexes closed lower on Friday, capping a week of subdued tra...
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Too big to manage? HSBC's chiefs to testify on tax scandalFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - LONDON (AP) - First there was money laundering. Then foreign-exchange rigging. Now tax evasion. HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, has endured a string of scandals - and paid ...
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Yellen says Fed still 'patient' on raising ratesFeb 24, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the Federal Reserve remains patient in deciding when to start raising interest rates because too m...
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Life after a minimum wage hike means a better version of povertyFeb 22, 2015 6:43 am - PINE BLUFF, Ark. - One Friday last month, Shanna Tippen left the house where she sometimes gets by with candles and flashlights, got into her beat-up 2003 Chrysler Sebri...
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What to do if your tax refund is stolenFeb 22, 2015 6:31 am - Tax fraud happens every year, but it seems that this year even more people are sitting down to prepare their taxes only to find out that someone has already filed in the...
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HealthCare.gov sends wrong tax info to nearly a millionFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In a new setback for the health care law and the people it's supposed to help, the government said Friday it made a tax-reporting erro...
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Warren gains upper hand in Dodd-Frank debateFeb 15, 2015 6:42 am - WASHINGTON - The financial industry is finding that winning in Washington comes at a cost. Wall Street lobbied aggressively and succeeded late last year in persuading ...
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FBI probes fraudulent state tax returns made with TurboTaxFeb 15, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating cases of fraudulent tax returns filed using TurboTax software. The probe comes after a number of states, including Minnesota, Utah,...