Finance
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Toyota’s new weapon: A financing arm Detroit can’t matchOct 27, 2013 7:20 am - SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Toyota’s in-house lender is leveraging the automaker’s AA-credit rating and cash to offer low rates and keep customers coming back. Toyota’s $37 bill...
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Amazon.com raises free shipping minimum to $35Oct 27, 2013 6:52 am - NEW YORK — Amazon.com customers will need to spend more money on the site in order to qualify for free shipping. The online retailer raised the minimum order size neede...
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Fund investors may face a bigger tax bill for 2013Oct 27, 2013 6:25 am - NEW YORK — Ah, late October, when the holiday season is on the horizon. Hot cider. Dropping temperatures. And taxes? April 15 is still a ways away, but it’s not too ear...
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Wary federal workers look to next budget talks with cautionOct 27, 2013 6:24 am - WASHINGTON — On Day One of the partial government shutdown, President Barack Obama let federal employees know he was in their corner. The “political climate,” he wrote i...
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The shutdown’s lesson: You need an emergency fundOct 27, 2013 5:49 am - NEW YORK — Let the government shutdown serve as a wake-up call: You need an emergency fund. Thousands of government workers were out of work for more than two weeks, ca...
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IRS says 330,000 have gotten results on insurance websiteOct 26, 2013 8:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Despite the technical problems plaguing many of the new health insurance websites, the federal government has delivered 330,000 premium subsidy calculations...
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JPMorgan paying $5.1 billion in Fannie, Freddie dealOct 25, 2013 4:35 pm - WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $5.1 billion to resolve claims that it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risky home loans and mortgage securities it ...
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McDonalds ending relationship with HeinzOct 25, 2013 4:21 pm - McDonald’s has lost its taste for Heinz ketchup. The fast-food giant said in a statement Friday that it is cutting ties with the condiment company after management chan...
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United faces biggest fine yet for ground delaysOct 25, 2013 4:16 pm - United Continental Holdings Inc. was fined $1.1 million by U.S. regulators for stranding passengers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport last July, the largest pena...
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Tech stocks lead markets higherOct 25, 2013 3:55 pm - NEW YORK — Strong third-quarter results from technology companies drove investors into stocks on Friday, giving the market its third straight weekly gain. After reportin...