11 Pluses and Pitfalls of Moving to an 'Up-and-Coming' Area
Filed under: Real Estate, Home BuyingIt's natural to want to get the most bang for your buck when you buy a house. So perhaps you're tempted -- rather than seeking out an established, solidly...
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How to Invest in the World's Most Precious Commodity: Water
Filed under: ETFs, Alternative Investment, Commodities & Futures, Public Utilities, Financial Education Getty Images When asked what the world's most precious commodity is, most people would rattle...
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Why You Spend Less Long Before You're Laid Off
Filed under: Personal Finance, Shopping, Layoffs, Spending, Financial Education Getty Images By Kimberly Palmer Americans, it turns out, are pretty good at predicting their chances of becoming...
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Fox Bid for Time Warner Sparks Content Merger Race
Filed under: Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Entertainment Industry, Internet, Sports Josh Reynolds/APNews Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch By RYAN NAKASHIMA LOS ANGELES -- Even though Rupert Murdoch's $76...
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Home Foreclosures Fall to Lowest Level in 8 Years
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Foreclosure Rich Pedroncelli/AP By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON -- Foreclosure activity in the United States dropped last month to the...
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Should Online Accounts Die When You Do?
Filed under: Facebook, Internet, Scandals and Lawsuits, Financial Education Rick Bowmer/APKaren Williams lost her son Loren in a motorcycle crash in 2005. She hoped to learn more about him through his...
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GE in Talks to Sell Home Appliance Business - Again
Filed under: General Electric, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Goods, Home & Garden Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Sagarika Jaisinghani General Electric (GE) is in talks to...
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Labor Market Data Upbeat, but Housing Starts Fall Sharply
Filed under: Economic Indicators, Housing Market, Materials & Construction, Home Buying Nati Harnik/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment...
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Money Minute: Obama Targets Corporate Tax Dodgers
Filed under: Market News, Drug Companies, Travel Industry, Tax Laws, Auto Recalls The party may soon be over for companies trying to dodge U.S. taxes through so-called "inversions." Inversions, where a...
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Microsoft to Slash Up to 18,000 Jobs
Filed under: Technology, Microsoft, Labor, Job Market, Computer Industry Sam Yeh, AFP/Getty Images By Ron Grover and Bill Rigby SEATTLE -- Microsoft (MSFT) said Thursday it will slash up to 18,000...
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Labor Department Brings Great News on Jobless Claims
Filed under: EconomyThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its tally on weekly jobless claims, and the verdict is that it was great news. While other information is out that was not positive, the weekly...
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Call That New Ride 'Harry Potter and the Perpetual Breakdown'
Filed under: Company News, Walt Disney, Industry News, Entertainment Industry Universal Studios Florida/APThis rendering shows how Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts ride is supposed to look....
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Fiat Chrysler and VW Deny Report of Merger Talks
Filed under: Mergers & Acquisitions, Rumors, Germany, Automotive Industry, Manufacturing Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Andreas Cremer and Agnieszka Flak BERLIN and MILAN -- Fiat...
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Mortgage Rates Fall, Remain Lower Than Year-Ago Levels
Filed under: Mortgages, Refinancing, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates Alamy By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON -- Average U.S. mortgage rates declined slightly this week with rates remaining...
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Can Hipsters and the Artisan Economy Save the Middle Class?
Filed under: Small Business, Economy, This Built America Kathy Willens/APA view of the Williamsburg Bridge and the Brooklyn skyline. BROOKLYN, New York -- Could the key to saving America's middle class...
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Recently IPOed Restaurant Chains Giving Investors Indigestion
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Restaurants, Wall Street Watch, IPOs Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images Last week was brutal for restaurant operators that recently went public. Sandwich baker...
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You Overpaid for Electronic Gear Years Ago. Here's Your Refund.
Filed under: Computers, Consumer Electronics, Saving Getty Images Walking past a penny on the sidewalk is one thing. But dashing past $10 or more is quite another. Millions of Americans who bought...
View ArticleAfter Market: Jet Crash in Ukraine Spooks Investors
Filed under: Market News, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Trade, Investing Circumstances surrounding a plane crash in eastern Ukraine caused jitters on Wall Street Thursday. The markets were...
View ArticleThe 7 Worst Things You Can Do With a Pay Raise
Filed under: How to Save Money, SavingYou've landed a huge promotion and a raise -- congrats! But before you ring up the champagne, let me provide a sober word of warning: Don't let this next rung on...
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Want to Improve Your Health? Save for Retirement
Filed under: Saving Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock There's a clear connection between financial and physical health. Those with the resources get the care, advice and information they need. Those...
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