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Harsh Winter Weather Fails to Numb Consumer Optimism
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Inflation, Economy, Investing Scott Olson/Getty Images By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK -- U.S. consumer sentiment rose marginally in February even as concerns about...
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Is Your Financial Future Under Control? 2 Out of 3 of Us Answer 'No'
Filed under: Saving Shutterstock/Africa Studio "Only about one-third of Americans are living within their means and think they are prepared for the long-term financial future. One-third are living...
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Contracts to Buy Homes Barely Budge in January
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Economy Gregory Bull/AP By JOSH BOAK The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes was essentially flat in January, a...
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Don't Mourn the Loss of Bereavement Airfares
Filed under: Travel, Internet, Consumer Issues, Airfare Scott Olson/Getty ImagesTravelers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. By Justin Bachman American Airlines (AAL) has ended its bereavement...
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Week's Winners and Losers: Netflix Makes a Deal, McDonald's Gets Winged
Filed under: Company News, Netflix, Sony, McDonald's, Walt Disney, Wall Street Watch David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Companies can make brilliant moves, but there are also times when...
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What Americans Really Do with Tax Refunds
Filed under: Taxes, Personal Finance, Income Tax, IRS, Tax Refunds Derek Hatfield/Shutterstock By Allison Linn When it comes to tax refunds, many Americans say they plan to do something virtuous with...
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Mattel Takes Aim at Lego, Buys Mega Bloks Maker for $460 Million
Filed under: Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Toys, Investing By Matt Townsend and Katia Dmitrieva Mattel (MAT), the world's largest toymaker, agreed to buy Mega Brands (MB) for $460 million,...
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Winter-Weary Americans Plead: 'Get Me Out of Here!'
Filed under: Travel, Debt, Transportation, Travel Industry, Vacation Planning M. Spencer GreenBundled up pedestrians walk past an advertisement for South America and Central America in the window of a...
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After Market: Stocks End Month Higher Despite Skittishness over Ukraine
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Stock Markets Concerns about the political uncertainty in Ukraine caused some volatility in the markets Friday afternoon, with the major indexes making several...
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What You Must Know Now to Avoid the Obamacare Penalty
Filed under: Taxes, Health Insurance Shutterstock/nui7711 For millions of Americans, time is running out to get qualifying health-insurance coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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There's Not One Home for Sale in San Francisco That an Average Teacher Can...
Filed under: Real Estate, Careers, Personal Finance, Home Buying Getty Images By Karen Weise This week, the real estate listings website Redfin published a startling statistic. In the entire city of...
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Big Investors Snapping Up Delinquent Mortgages to Foreclose - and Rent
Filed under: Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Foreclosure, Home Rental Alamy By Heather Perlberg and John Gittelsohn With home prices rising, big real estate investors have discovered another...
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Berkshire Hathaway's 4Q Profit Gains on Improving Economy
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Insurance Industry, Warren Buffett Nati Harnik/APBerkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. -- Warren Buffett's company said...
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Raises Capital Spending to as Much as $8.5...
Filed under: Investing At the annual investors conference in Boston today, Anadarko Petroleum announced that it expects its capital investments to be between $8.1 billion and $8.5 billion in 2014,...
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Why Vipshop Holdings Ltd. Skyrocketed
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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Embraer SA Is Back on Track
Filed under: Investing Regional aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA gave shareholders a bumpy ride in 2013. Many investors were concerned about Embraer's slowing pace of aircraft deliveries, along with...
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Can Amarin Corporation PLC Stop Burning Cash?
Filed under: Investing A 20% quarter-over-quarter growth may sound like solid growth, but not when it only gets you to $10.1 million in net sales. It's hard to be impressed by the launch of Amarin's...
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Why Chipotle Should Be in No Rush to Expand ShopHouse
Filed under: Investing Chipotle Mexican Grill investors are no doubt champing at the bit for the company to expand its fledgling ShopHouse Asian-inspired fast-casual endeavor. It's been more than two...
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Why Insys Therapeutics, Inc. Shares Skyrocketed
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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Dow Jones Today Jumps as Ukraine Tensions Moderate
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 220 points, to 16,388, at 1:30 p.m. EST as tensions appear to have moderated in Ukraine. The S&P 500 was up 26 points to 1,872. Brent...
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