Milwaukee 'Naughtiest' City in U.S., Report Says
Filed under: Real Estate, Housing Market, Education, Home Buying Don Klumpp/AlamyA statue of Fonzie from the hit TV series "Happy Days" as scene on the Milwaukee Riverwalk. Milwaukee can expect a lump...
View ArticleAmazon Now Offers One-Hour Delivery in New York City
Filed under: Company News, Amazon.com, Retail, Shopping, Transportation & Logistics Paul Sakuma/AP If you live for now, Amazon.com (AMZN) can help. The online retail giant has unveiled a one-hour...
View ArticleOlympian Is an Entrepreneur Behind Energy Tea Startup
Filed under: Small Business, Alternative Investment, Food & Beverage, Entrepreneurs, This Built America MateBrosOlympian Sam Mikulak co-founded a firm to make yerba mate, an energy tea. Start-up...
View ArticleKraft Foods CEO to Retire; Chairman Named Successor
Filed under: Company News, Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, CEOs Tim Boyle/Bloomberg via Getty Images NORTHFIELD, Ill. -- Kraft Foods Group (KRFT) says that CEO Tony Vernon plans to retire later...
View ArticleThe 10 Most-Wanted Gift Cards - and Why You Want Them
Filed under: Holiday Shopping, Personal Finance, Gift Guides Marjorie Kamys Cotera/Bob Daemmrich Photography/Alamy By Kathryn Tuggle Gift cards fit so nicely in greeting cards and Christmas stockings,...
View ArticleConstantly Changing Prices Stump Online Bargain Hunters
Filed under: Retail, Holiday Shopping, Consumer Ally, Consumer Goods, Internet Robert F. Bukaty/APA Target shopper uses her iPhone to compare prices at Walmart. By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK -- Online...
View ArticleMarket Wrap: Wall Street Sees Best 2-Day Gain Since 2011
Filed under: NYSE, Market News, Federal Reserve, Stocks, NASDAQ Seth Wenig/AP By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK -- The S&P 500 closed out its biggest two-day advance since November 2011 on...
View Article5 Restaurant Stocks That Left a Sour Taste in 2014
Filed under: Company News, Market News, Restaurants, IPOs, Investing Andrew Burton/Getty Images This has been a decent year for consumer-facing companies, and restaurant stocks would seem to be obvious...
View ArticleWant Some Bling? Learn Sneaky Tricks of the Jewelry Trade
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View ArticleYour Financial Adviser May Be Killing Your Returns
Filed under: Investing Basics, Financial Services, Financial Advisors, Investing Ariel Skelley/Blend Images It has long been my view that investment advisers who don't recommend investing in a globally...
View ArticleDon't Let This High-Yield Dividend Trap Snare You
Filed under: Company News, Industry News, Oil & Gas Industry, Dividend Stocks, Investing Bloomberg/Getty Images Investors who need income from their investment portfolios have come to appreciate...
View Article5 Networking Strategies You Are Doing Flat-Out Wrong
Filed under: Professional Development Getty Images We've all been there. You're at an event and get cornered by a narcissist. You try to escape, but it's no use. You're stuck in networking hell. In...
View ArticlePunching President Obama in the Face: A Good Gift Idea?
Filed under: Retail, Holiday Shopping, Barack Obama, Products, Toys Getty Images Looking for an unusual holiday gift? Down on the president? On the website for Sears (SHLD), right alongside an...
View ArticleWhite House Releases Snapshot of Plan to Rate Colleges
Filed under: Personal Finance, U.S. Government, Barack Obama, College, Education Jacquelyn Martin/APPresident Obama speaks last June before signing a Presidential Memorandum to help 5 million Americans...
View ArticleChrysler to Recall Nearly 290,000 Ram Pickup Trucks
Filed under: Company News, Chrysler, Automotive Industry, Consumer Protection, Auto Recalls David Zalubowski/AP By TOM KRISHER DETROIT -- Chrysler is recalling about 288,000 older Ram pickup trucks in...
View ArticleStarting Your Own Business Offers Great Tax Benefits
Filed under: Taxes, Careers, Income Tax, Tax Deductions Alamy The way to get a substantial pay raise in 2015 is to focus on your net income -- not your gross income -- by reducing your income tax...
View ArticleChild Care Showdown: Nannies vs. Family Care vs. Day Care
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View Article6 Ridiculous Bank Fees Buried in the Fine Print
Filed under: Banking Getty Images By Lucy Mueller Americans really care about banking fees, but are hapless at skirting them. Less than a third of all bank accounts come attached with no fees at all,...
View ArticleWeek's Winners, Losers: Olive Garden Beats, Sony Retreats
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Market News, Investing David Goldman/APFollowing its hack, Sony has pulled "The Interview" from release. There were plenty of winners and losers this week, with the...
View ArticleU.S. Official: North Korea Behind Sony Hack, Maybe China Too
Filed under: Identity Theft, Sony, U.S. Government, Scandals and Lawsuits, Internet Fraud Eugene Hoshiko/AP By Steve Holland WASHINGTON -- A U.S. investigation into the hack of Sony's (SNE) computer...
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