Finance
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It's OK to get a tax refund if you don't blow itMar 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Getting a big tax refund is supposed to make you feel guilty. Financial planners say it means you've had too much withheld from your paychecks. You let the government ke...
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BofA technology chief says gay-marriage ban may drive off talentMar 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Bank of America Corp.'s technology chief denounced a proposed North Carolina measure to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman, saying the initiative wou...
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Growing number of businesses help seniors age in placeMar 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Eileen Morrissey has always been independent. But at 91, she can no longer drive, which has made it hard for her to get to the grocery store. At least once a week, she c...
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Light beer failing to grow with tastesMar 31, 2012 5:00 am - At a beer industry summit last month, Ed McBrien, distribution chief for MillerCoors, compared himself to a typewriter salesman in an iPad age. McBrien was sketching out...
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Initial public offerings scheduled next weekMar 30, 2012 7:41 pm - NEW YORK — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week April 2 Ÿ Retail Properties of America Inc. — Oak Brook, Ill., 31.8 million sh...
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Stocks rise, extending best start since 1998Mar 30, 2012 4:49 pm - Rising consumer spending boosted stocks on Friday, and Wall Street closed its best first quarter since 1998. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66.22 points to close ...
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Losses keep mounting at American AirlinesMar 30, 2012 2:39 pm - FORT WORTH, Texas — The parent company of American Airlines told a bankruptcy court that it lost $619 million last month as revenue declined from January and failed to o...
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Read this in case you win the lotteryMar 28, 2012 10:00 pm - With a half-billion-dollar multistate lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing how to spend the money. But doing it the right way — protecting your ...
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Stocks trade mixed after consumer reportMar 27, 2012 3:40 pm - NEW YORK — Major stock indexes flipped between small gains and losses in afternoon trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average edged down 13 points to 13,228 a ha...
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5 reasons the dividend boom isn’t about to go bustMar 25, 2012 7:15 am - BOSTON — The news keeps getting better for dividend investors. But can it last? The latest sign of a dividend renaissance is Apple’s decision to begin sharing some of i...