Finance
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Giving daily-deal sites a second chanceFeb 09, 2014 5:35 am - NEW YORK — I gave up on daily-deal sites about a year ago. The last straw was a $45 pizza-making class I bought, but didn’t show up for. Before that, there was a long li...
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Debit card users beware: All plastic is not protected equallyFeb 08, 2014 6:09 am - Before you whip out your debit card, consider this: if some crafty thief hacks the store terminal and goes on a shopping spree using your data, you could be held respons...
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Pennsylvania vendor may have been gateway to Target dataFeb 07, 2014 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — The hackers who stole millions of debit and credit card numbers from Target's computer systems may have gained access by first infiltrating the network of a w...
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Stocks move higher after unemployment rate fallsFeb 07, 2014 8:15 am - The U.S. stock market is moving higher in early trading after the government reported a decline in the unemployment rate last month. Earnings gains from several U.S. co...
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Chicago Board of Trade owner says 4Q profit rose 16 percentFeb 05, 2014 6:16 am - NEW YORK — CME Group, the parent company of the Chicago Board of Trade and other exchanges, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net income rose 16 percent, as trading v...
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Investment expert: Good year aheadFeb 04, 2014 8:12 am - Besides Arctic temperatures, tough commutes and endless shoveling, we can blame the Polar Vortex on something else: stock market volatility. Jack Ablin, executive vice p...
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Europe on the hunt for ‘zombie banks’Feb 03, 2014 10:25 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — In Europe, the zombie hunt is on. Not for undead humans, that is, but zombie banks — the walking dead among lenders, too financially troubled to loa...
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Unconstrained bond funds: What you should knowFeb 02, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK — Bond funds aren’t boring anymore. A new kind is on the scene, after many of the formerly steady and reliable workhorse investments lost money last year for t...
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Four factors to look at when considering auto loan refinancingFeb 02, 2014 5:23 am - A lower car payment, what’s not to like? It’s an enticing proposition, but refinancing an auto loan can often significantly increase the amount you have to pay over the ...
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New farm bill changes subsidy paymentsFeb 01, 2014 6:17 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Farm subsidies that have guided agriculture through record profits in recent years are going away in the five-year farm bill that could become law in the c...