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Extreme Ways to Save Money

Talk about some belt tightening! The national savings rate has skyrocketed to 6.9% -- a 15 year high.Some analysts are predicting a double-digit savi[...] read more »
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ETFs Flat Ahead of Unemployment Report

Stocks closed slightly lower ahead of Friday's Labor Department unemployment report, with most exchange-traded funds ending the session flat. read more »
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Japan Airlines reveals $1bn quarterly loss

Japan Airlines, Asia’s biggest air carrier by revenue, suffered a record Y99bn ($1bn) loss in the quarter to June as the recession and fears over swi[...] read more »
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3 Quirky ETFs Are Beating the Market

The universe of exchange-traded funds is crowded with investments you don't need. Most of this dead timber is based on investing gimmickry or follow[...] read more »
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Good-bye, Laptop. Hello, Smart Phone.

Your next computer quite likely will be a phone. More and more executives and workers in the field are swapping their computers for the lighter Web s[...] read more »
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There's a secret agenda of coupon codes, and it's not all good for you

When you get to the check-out stage of an online purchase and see the box waiting there for a coupon code, what do you do? Skip it? read more »
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3 Stocks That Handily Beat the Street

Three-quarters of S&P 500 companies have now bared their second-quarter financials, and the numbers are better than expected. read more »
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US stock futures little changed ahead of open

U.S. stock futures are little changed Wednesday as investors hesitate to make big bets ahead of Friday's looming jobs report. read more »
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Microsoft-Yahoo Alliance Won't Unseat Google

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been saying people don’t understand the Microsoft-Yahoo search pact, and that the deal is a “win-win.” My question is[...] read more »
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6 Good Reasons to Like Stocks

EVEN AFTER THE STOCK MARKET'S BOFFO performance in July, investors can be forgiven for feeling some trepidation, if not fear and loathing, about sto[...] read more »
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Google’s Schmidt quits Apple board

Eric Schmidt, Google chief executive, has resigned from Apple’s board of directors as the rivalry between the two Silicon Valley companies intensifie[...] read more »
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Risk-averse investors dive into low-rate annuities: Stop the madness!

With the stock market having handed investors massive losses -- in spite of the recent upturn -- there was a flight to security in the first quarter [...] read more »
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Best 529 College-Savings Plans

Sure, most 529 college-savings plans took a beating in the bear market, but they are still a great way to save for college. read more »
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Has the Market Gotten Ahead of the Recovery?

Moderation in all things is usually a good thing, but our pundits see too much of it in the nascent economic recovery -- and not enough of it among e[...] read more »
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GDP contracted less than expected

The U.S. economy shrank at a lower-than-expected rate in the second quarter, indicating that the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression is [...] read more »
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