Finance
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Living together trumps matrimony in recessionMar 25, 2012 7:00 am - The probability of a woman getting married by age 25 dropped to less than half as more Americans opt to cohabitate with their romantic partners rather than tie the knot,...
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Labor Dept.: Americans hold 3.1 million green jobsMar 25, 2012 6:42 am - WASHINGTON — At least 3.1 million Americans are employed in green jobs, a sector that now accounts for about 2.4 percent of the nation’s total employment, the Labor Depa...
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Store brands groceries now on premium shelvesMar 25, 2012 6:19 am - NEW YORK — Once stigmatized as a second-rate alternative, store brands are taking on their name-brand counterparts with splashier packaging and a growing number of organ...
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The best ways to provide employee feedbackMar 25, 2012 6:16 am - In every job it is important to provide others with constructive feedback. Whether it’s your direct report, a boss, a co-worker or a fellow team member on a project, con...
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Wal-Mart customers defectings to AmazonMar 25, 2012 6:00 am - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s customers were latecomers to online shopping. Now increasingly they're trolling for deals at Amazon.com Inc., putting pressure on Wal-Mart to fix ...
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FDIC seizes Wilmette bankMar 23, 2012 8:49 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have closed small banks in Georgia and Illinois, bringing to 15 the number of banks that have failed so far this year. The pace of bank c...
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Initial public offerings scheduled to debut next weekMar 23, 2012 4:59 pm - NEW YORK — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include Renaissance Capital, Greenwich, CT (www.renaissancecapital.co...
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Guggenheim to move some workers out of LisleMar 23, 2012 4:34 pm - Guggenheim Partners LLC, a global financial services firm, could be moving a “small amount” of employees out of its Lisle office and into its Chicago headquarters, a...
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New-home sales fell in FebruaryMar 23, 2012 1:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Sales of U.S. new homes fell in February for the second straight month, a reminder that the depressed housing market remains weak despite some improvement. ...
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Surging budget gap hurts longer maturity bondsMar 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Argentina's budget deficit is swelling to the widest in at least a decade as government spending surges, eroding confidence in the outlook for economic growth and reduci...