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Filed under: Technology, Media, Facebook, Advertising & Marketing, Investing Alex Brandon/APYou may soon see NFL clips on Facebook, like this moment when Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray...
View Article5 Stock Predictions for 2015
Filed under: Company News, Stock Markets, Investing Chris O'Meara/APExpect to see "Star Wars" characters like Chewbacca a lot in 2015 -- and for the latest movie in the series to help Disney. It's that...
View ArticleThose Fancy-Schmancy Gadgets Are Spying on You
Filed under: Identity Theft jesadaphorn By Adam Levin T'was the night after Christmas, when all through the house Every stripe of device with no need of a mouse Sent oodles of data to that Cloud in the...
View Article3 Industries That Need to Bounce Back in 2015
Filed under: This Built America 3dsystems.com With 2014 coming to a close, the market's setting itself up to post modest gains for the year. Naturally, a rising tide doesn't lift all ships. There are a...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Investments of 2014
Filed under: Real Estate, ETFs, Bonds, Biotechnology, Investing Aijaz Rahi/AP Stock-market investors continued to have good fortune in 2014, with the Dow Jones Industrials (^DJI) having set more than...
View ArticleSony Blows 'The Interview,' Its Reputation, Its Future
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View ArticleSavings Resolutions for the New Year -- Savings Experiment
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View ArticleFrom West Virginia, the World's Purest Titanium Powder
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View ArticleMarket Wrap: Modest Losses in a Quiet Day
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View Article9 Simple, Quick Ways to Cut Back on Food Waste
Filed under: SavingWant to trim back your expenses without lowering your standard of living? Pledge to only buy food that you'll actually eat. Yes, we know that food waste is the definition of a first...
View ArticleThe Biggest Risk You're Taking With Your Retirement Nest Egg
Filed under: Retirement Andy Dean Photography/Shutterstock By Vanessa Richardson Investors can afford to be aggressive when they're younger. But in their 50s or 60s? That aggressive manner should be...
View Article'Frozen' Will Be a Hard Act for Disney to Follow in 2015
Filed under: Walt Disney, Entertainment Industry, Investing DisneyDisney has some big princess shoes to fill in 2015. There's no denying that 2014 was the year of "Frozen." Disney's (DIS) hit animated...
View Article5 IPOs That Failed to Live Up to the Hype
Filed under: Company News, IPOs, Investing IanDagnall Computing/Alamy Investors tend to love shiny new things, making the IPO market a hotbed of excitement. More than 100 companies have gone public on...
View ArticleWhy We Live in a Lawless, Gotcha Capitalism Economy
Filed under: Economy, Spending Brian Jackson/Alamy By Bob Sullivan If you want to know why corporations can thrive on their ability to trick consumers, I can explain it to you in four words: No...
View ArticleFedEx, UPS Recalculate, Raise Rates
Filed under: Company News, Transportation & Logistics Mark Lennihan/AP By Nick Carey CHICAGO -- United Parcel Service (UPS) and FedEx (FDX) are rolling out pricing systems to curb online retailers'...
View ArticleCoca-Cola's Going Flat in More Ways Than One
Filed under: Company News, Coca-Cola Company, Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, Investing Barry Lewis/Alamy A flat soda is bad, but for Coca-Cola (KO) investors, a flat stock chart is even worse....
View ArticleOn the 2015 Menu: Smokiness, Bitterness and Pistachios
Filed under: Food & Beverage Jupiterimages By Frances Largeman-Roth Here's a glimpse of healthy foods and trends I think we'll be tasting more of in 2015: 1. Riffs on Hot Veggies For the past...
View ArticleDropping Off Your Rental Car Doesn't Mean You're Off the Hook
Filed under: Travel Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg/Getty Images By Christopher Elliott Budget Rent a Car (CAR) recently quoted Roy Bonney a $96 rate for a one-day rental from Norfolk, Virginia, to Washington,...
View ArticleWeek's Winners and Losers: Apple Gels, Marriott Jams
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