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Chew On This: Gum Loses Its Pop
Filed under: Company News, Consumer Goods, Shopping Trends Kathy Kmonicek/APA garbage bin full of bubble gum, at New York City's Yankee Stadium. By CANDICE CHOI NEW YORK -- Gum seems as appealing as...
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Good News From Homebuilders, But Investors Should Be Cautious
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Real Estate, Consumer Goods, Materials & Construction Joe Raedle/Getty Images Lennar (LEN) and KB Home (KBH) are the latest homebuilders to step up with their...
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As Obamacare Deadline Nears, Myths, Misconceptions Confronted
Filed under: Health Care, Insurance, U.S. Government, Barack Obama, Financial Education Val Lawless/Shutterstock By Karen E. Klein Recently the inbox for Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Smart Answers column...
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Toyota $1.2 Billion Deal OK'd to End Criminal Probe
Filed under: Company News, Toyota, Automotive Industry, Scandals and Lawsuits, Auto Recalls Utah Highway Patrol/AP By Nate Raymond NEW YORK -- A U.S. judge signed off on Toyota Motor's (TM) $1.2...
View ArticleAfter Market: Stocks Reverse Losses as Investors Rethink Fed Comments
Filed under: Technology, Market News, Federal Reserve, Banks, Materials & Construction On second thought, maybe the Fed's comments weren't worth getting all worked up about. The market reversed...
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All Big Banks But One Pass Fed's Health Check
Filed under: Company News, Financial Reform, Federal Reserve, Banks David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCitibank parent Citigroup passed the Federal Reserve's stress test in a previous round....
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Embattled Turkey Prime Minister: 'We Will Wipe Out Twitter'
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Internet, Scandals and Lawsuits Ali Atmaca, Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesTurkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan By Sarah Frier, Mehul Srivastava and Benjamin...
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If You're Hacked, Blame the Government
Filed under: Identity Theft, U.S. Government, Security, Internet Fraud, Investing Getty Images By Cadie Thompson The increasing vulnerability of companies to cyberattacks can be largely blamed on...
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Jobless? Uncle Sam Still Taxes Your Unemployment Benefits
Filed under: Taxes, Income Tax, IRS, State Income Tax, Tax Laws Alamy The economic recovery has left millions of Americans behind, struggling to find jobs and leaving millions unemployed for extended...
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When to Consider Making a Roth IRA Conversion
Filed under: Retirement, Personal Finance, IRA, Roth IRA, IRS Philip Taylor PT/Flickr By Kelly Campbell For individuals who have large government or military pensions and/or Social Security payments...
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Case of Faith, Profit, Obamacare, Contraceptives to Hit High Court
Filed under: U.S. Government, Scandals and Lawsuits, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Ed Andrieski/The Associated Press By Greg Stohr Hobby Lobby Stores' 600 U.S. craft shops close each Sunday, posting a...
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Rough Road Ahead for GM as Congress Plots Safety Probe
Filed under: Company News, General Motors, U.S. Government, Automotive Industry, Auto Recalls Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesGeneral Motors CEO Mary Barra at the Detroit auto show in January....
View ArticleIRS Watchdog Warns of Massive Tax Scam
Filed under: Identity Theft, Taxes, U.S. Government, IRS, Ripoffs & Scams By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON -- Thousands of Americans nationwide have been targeted since August by a phone scam in...
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Shrimp Costs Land Red Lobster in Hot Water
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Food & Beverage, Restaurants Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images ORLANDO, Fla. -- A spike in shrimp costs is causing yet more trouble for Red Lobster. The...
View ArticleMoney Minute: IRS Warns of Huge Tax Scam; Big Banks Pass Stress Test
Filed under: Market News, Advertising & Marketing, Banks, IRS, Ripoffs & Scams The IRS says we need to be on the lookout for one of the largest scams ever against taxpayers. The IRS is warning...
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The Week's Winners and Losers: Netflix, Walmart, Pandora
Filed under: Netflix, Food & Beverage, Wal-Mart, Wall Street Watch, Investing Frank Micelotta/Invision/The Associated PressIn a new Netflix sitcom, Lily Tomlin (left) and Jane Fonda play former...
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Gold Up, Still Set for Biggest Weekly Drop in 4 Months
Filed under: Federal Reserve, Alternative Investment, Commodities & Futures, World Markets, Investing Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main/AP By Clara Denina LONDON -- Gold rose Friday ahead of a...
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House Rich: Neighborhoods With the Biggest Price Jumps
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Home Loans Getty Images By Suzanne Woolley and Bloomberg Rankings Showing Their Appreciation Harbor views, happening culture, a short...
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Dismal Declines on Multiple Fronts for Red Lobster, Olive Garden
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Food & Beverage, Restaurants, Investing Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg/Getty Images Things aren't going so well for casual dining giant Darden Restaurants (DRI). The...
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Best (and Worst) States To Be a Taxpayer
Filed under: Taxes, Property Tax, Sales Tax, State Income Tax, Tax Laws By Robert Ferris Hate paying taxes? Then consider a home on the range, and keep as far away from New York as possible. The tax...
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