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Burger King Goes Cold on Unsatisfying 'Satisfries'
Filed under: Company News, Food & Beverage, Restaurants Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images By CANDICE CHOI NEW YORK -- Burger King (BKW) is getting rid of its lower-calorie french fries at most restaurants...
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Market Wrap: Tech and Health Sectors Send Stocks Higher
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Economic Indicators, Investing Kristoffer Tripplaar/Alamy By MATTHEW CRAFT NEW YORK -- A modest gain for the stock market on Wednesday tugged the Dow Jones...
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5 Future 401(k) Changes You Need to Keep an Eye On
Filed under: Saving Jason York/Getty ImagesAs time passes, ETFs will capture more retirement savings dollars within 401(k) plans. By Kelly Campbell Defined contribution plans, such as 401(k)s, are the...
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Filed under: Family Money, Personal Finance, Saving, Financial EducationOver the last decade, 30 has officially pronounced itself the new 20. The millennial generation is taking longer to finish...
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Could Bigger Pay Raises (Yay!) Send Stocks Sliding (Booo!)?
Filed under: Labor, Unemployment Rate, Economic Recovery, Stocks, Investing Getty Images Throughout the economic recovery of the past five years, one area that hasn't seen as much improvement as...
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Cisco to Cut 6,000 Jobs in Restructuring Plan
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Cisco Systems, Layoffs, Computer Industry Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Marina Lopes Cisco Systems (CSCO) forecast tepid current-quarter results and said it plans...
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Gold Demand Tumbles as Price Steadies
Filed under: ETFs, Federal Reserve, Commodities & Futures, World Markets, Investing Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Katie Holliday | @hollidaykatie Global gold demand declined sharply...
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3 Reasons Why Jack in the Box Is Beating McDonald's
Filed under: Company News, McDonald's, Industry News, Restaurants, Investing Stanley Marquardt/AlamyA Jack in the Box restaurant in Tyler, Texas. McDonald's (MCD) is in a funk, and things are only...
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Walmart Cuts Yearly Profit Outlook
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Retail, Consumer Goods, Wal-Mart Sarah Bentham/AP By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart Stores (WMT) cut its annual profit outlook Thursday amid...
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Why Hollywood Isn't Funny Anymore - but TV Is
Filed under: Company News, Industry News, Entertainment Industry, Investing www.transformersmovie.com It's not only the tragic passing of Robin Williams that has leached the humor out of Hollywood...
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Walmart Plays Matchmaker to Boost 'Made in USA' Push
Filed under: Retail, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Wal-Mart, This Built America Matt Rourke/AP By James B. Kelleher Walmart Stores (WMT), which has pledged to buy an additional $250 billion in...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Up, But Trend Favors Strong Job Market
Filed under: Labor, Economic Indicators, Job Market, Career Change U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Back Above 300,000
Filed under: EconomyThe U.S. Department of Labor has released its weekly jobless claims. We saw an increase back above the 300,000 level to 311,000 claims. This was an increase of 21,000 from the...
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Hedge Funds Underperforming, Yet Still Growing in New Assets
Filed under: InvestingHedge funds remain somewhat of a mystery to much of the public. They are supposed to have absolute returns, but they do not always outperform their benchmarks. A new report from...
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Mortgage Rates Slip to Near Lows for the Year
Filed under: Mortgages, Refinancing, Housing Market, Home Buying, Interest Rates Mike Kane/Bloomberg via Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, approaching...
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Useful Used Car Apps -- Savings Experiment
Filed under: Savings Experiment, Travel Industry, Did You Know#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-779043{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-779043, #postcontentcontainer...
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Risky Lending Drives Auto Loans to Highest Level in 8 Years
Filed under: Personal Finance, Federal Reserve, Car Buying, Auto Loans, Financial Education Rich Pedroncelli/AP By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON -- U.S. auto loans jumped to the highest level in...
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SeaWorld Is Sinking, and Cost-Cutting Is Not the Solution
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Industry News, Travel Industry, Investing www.seaworld.com SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS) can't seem to catch a break. Shares of the marine life theme park operator...
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Robin Williams' Estate Plan Spares His Heirs a Lot of Drama
Filed under: Celebrities, Estate Planning, Wills, Planning, Financial Education Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP The life of comic genius Robin Williams brought joy to millions of fans, and his tragic death...
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Market Wrap: Stock Indexes Edge Higher on Earnings News
Filed under: Earnings, Market News, Investing Spencer Platt/Getty Images By MATTHEW CRAFT NEW YORK -- Better corporate earnings helped nudge the stock market up on Thursday in one of the quietest...
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