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Recall Costs Take Big Toll on GM's Quarterly Profit
Filed under: Earnings, General Motors, Automotive Industry, Manufacturing, Auto Recalls Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Ben Klayman DETROIT -- General Motors (GM) reported a much lower...
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Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon Steps Down
Filed under: Company News, Retail, Wal-Mart, CEOs Gareth Patterson/APWalmart Stores U.S. CEO Bill Simon NEW YORK -- Walmart is replacing the chief of its U.S. discount stores in what could be an...
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New Home Sales Post Biggest Drop in Nearly a Year
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Economic Indicators, Housing Market, Home Buying Mark Lennihan/AP WASHINGTON -- Sales of new U.S. homes plunged in June, a sign that real estate continues to be a...
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Southwest: 'You Are Now Free to Move About the Caribbean'
Filed under: Company News, Travel, Mergers & Acquisitions, Rumors, Travel Industry Getty ImagesAruba is one of Southwest's new destinations. At the beginning of July, Southwest Airlines (LUV) did...
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Mortgage Rates Steady, Little Changed in Latest Survey
Filed under: Mortgages, Real Estate, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates Ben Margot/AP WASHINGTON -- Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates were stable to slightly higher this week, remaining...
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Norway Is Giving Disney the Cold Shoulder Over 'Frozen'
Filed under: Company News, Walt Disney, Market News, Entertainment Industry Gene Duncan/Disney/AP You don't often see international politics come into play in theme parks, but there's an interesting...
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Nothing Doing: Market Closes Virtually Unchanged After Mixed News
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Stocks, Investing AP/Richard Drew NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks are ending little changed after a day of mixed signals on corporate earnings and the economy. The Standard...
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Why Durable Goods Matters So Much on Friday - GDP Watch
Filed under: EconomyOn Friday we will get to see the report for Durable Goods for the month of June. This is an incredibly important report because it is for June, marking the end of the second...
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How Much Is Too Much to Spend on Your Hobbies?
Filed under: Saving Getty Images Thanks in part to the time I spent serving in the Army, I have tons of friends with unusual hobbies. Friends who skydive every weekend, with hundreds of jumps under...
View Article7 Less-Known but Very Valuable Comic Books
Filed under: Media, Alternative Investment, Art, Antiques & CollectiblesYou perhaps heard of the lucky Minnesota man who found a copy of Action Comics No. 1 in the walls of a home he was...
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Amazon's Heavy Investing Eats Into Bottom Line, Shares Drop
Filed under: Amazon.com, Earnings, Retail, Shopping, Internet Ross D. Franklin/AP By Deepa Seetharaman SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon.com (AMZN) posted a much larger-than-expected loss in the second quarter...
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5 Crucial Lessons I Learned by Starting My Own Business
Filed under: Small Business, Small Business Advice, Entrepreneurs, Career Change, This Built America Brand X/Getty Images When I was young, I had no aspirations to be a business owner or entrepreneur....
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I Arm-Wrestled NFL Rookie Dee Ford to Teach Athletes About Money
Filed under: Personal Finance, Planning, Saving, Spending, Financial Education Courtesy of Robert PagliariniRobert Pagliarini and Dee Ford How did I find myself in the precarious position of...
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Family Feud Sparks Revolt at Grocery Store Chain
Filed under: Small Business, Labor, Scandals and Lawsuits, CEOs, This Built America#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-27790{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-27790,...
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GM's Recall Woes a Boon for Some Car Dealers
Filed under: General Motors, Automotive Industry, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Auto Recalls Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Nick Carey and Bernie Woodall FOX LAKE, Ill., -- The news about...
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Durable Goods Orders Rise; Economy Seen Building Speed
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Consumer Goods, Industrial, Manufacturing Gene J. Puskar/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- Orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose more than...
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June Durable Goods Likely Saved Second-Quarter GDP
Filed under: EconomyFriday's report on durable goods was one we were paying close attention to. After all, this is the last major broad production and consumption number ahead of the first look at...
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Meat, Seafood Prices Seem High? Here's Why
Filed under: Inflation, U.S. Government, Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, Consumer Issues, Saving Sue Ogrocki/AP By Ros Krasny WASHINGTON -- Overall U.S. food inflation will remain near the...
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Week's Winners & Losers: Airlines Soared, Toymakers Tottered
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Stocks www.hasbro.com There were plenty of winners and losers this week, including a major airline doing something that it hasn't done in 34 years and more...
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How to Save Time When You're Saving Money
Filed under: Saving Getty ImagesYou don't need a lot of time to improve your budget. By Stefanie O'Connell We've all heard the recognizable Geico slogan: "15 minutes can save you 15 percent or more on...
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