How to Use Your Tax Refund to Change Your Life
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View ArticleTrashy Reality TV Teaches Us How to Haggle, Snag Bargains
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View ArticleUber Is a Danger to Itself, Its Customers, Mass Transit
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics John Locher/AP By Bob Sullivan Each time Uber angers customers with another surge pricing incident, or angers a city by ignoring...
View Article10 Places to Turn Your Unwanted Stuff Into Cold, Hard Cash
Filed under: Personal Finance, Fast Money, SavingSick of all those piles and boxes taking up space in your garage? If you've been putting off clearing it out, here's an added incentive for you: that...
View Article4 Ways to Avoid Running Out of Money in Retirement
Filed under: Cost of LivingCompared to the length of retirement, 15 minutes is no time at all. But that's all you need to learn the basics of developing a plan to make your savings last as long as you...
View ArticleJanuary Barometer Flashes Red Signal for Investors
Filed under: Stocks, Stock Markets, Investing Patricia Hofmeester/Shutterstock As goes January, so goes the year: that's the basis of the January Barometer, devised by the Stock Trader's Almanac. The...
View ArticleRegulators Prepare Rules on Payday Loans to Shield Borrowers
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View ArticlePresidents Day Sales: When to Shop, What to Buy
Filed under: Holiday Shopping, How to Save Money, Deals, Clothing & Accessories, Consumer Electronics Getty Images By Louis Ramirez Short in days, but not on deals, February is a busy month for...
View ArticleThe Fine Art of Complaining to Customer Service
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View ArticleDon't Buy These 7 Things at a Dollar Store
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View ArticleWall Street This Week: Disney Coasts, Twitter Posts
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Earnings, Market News, Investing Steve Mawyer/AOL From a leading automaker trying to gain share in a challenging market to a dot-com darling hoping it can impress...
View ArticleTax Season: Demystifying the Home Office Deduction
Filed under: Taxes, Personal Finance, IRS, Tax Deductions, Tax Laws Radius Images/AlamySeveral requirements must be met for your workspace to be considered a legitimate home office. By Molly McCluskey...
View ArticleCalif. Oil Refinery Shuts as Union Workers Strike Nationwide
Filed under: Energy, Company News, Labor, Oil & Gas Industry Getty ImagesTesoro's oil refinery in Anacortes, Wash. By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -- Union workers were on strike for a second day on Monday...
View ArticleConsumer Spending Weakest Since 2009, Inflation Muted
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Inflation, Economy, This Built America Jeff Chiu/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumer spending recorded its biggest decline since late 2009 in...
View Article4 Easy, Unusual Ways to Make Extra Money
Filed under: Fast Money Francesco Carta fotografo By Susan Yoo-Lee If you're looking to find ways to make easy money, then you're in the right place. Looking for new job or getting a raise at your...
View ArticleGM Earnings Preview: Behind the Recall Drama, a Good Year
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, General Motors, Automotive Industry, Stocks General MotorsA much-improved version of the Cadillac Escalade was introduced last spring. U.S. sales of the Escalade,...
View ArticleOil Industry Layoffs Have Begun - and Will Only Get Worse
Filed under: Energy, Layoffs, Industry News, Oil & Gas Industry, Investing Getty Images After a decade-long boom in both oil production and job growth, the oil industry may be in for a major...
View ArticleLast Week's Biggest Stock Movers: CommScope, Green Dot
Filed under: Company News, Amazon.com, Market News, Investing Richard Levine/Alamy Plenty of stocks go up and down in any given week. The gainers inspire us to keep investing. The decliners keep greed...
View ArticleObama's Record Budget: Tax the Rich, Help Middle Class
Filed under: GDP, U.S. Government, Government Spending, Barack Obama, This Built America Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON -- Promising to help America's middle...
View Article5 Dates for Savvy Investors to Circle in February
Filed under: Earnings, Stocks, Stock Exchanges, Stock Markets, Investing The new year got off to a bad start with the major market exchanges moving slightly lower in January. Investors will be hoping...
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