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Jobless Rate Over 10%, Highest Since 1983

Stocks in Asia closed higher today; U.S. futures are pointing to a lower open.Can the markets handle double-digit unemployment? We're about to find [...] read more »
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'Hot' products to avoid online

Retail theft is on the rise, but not from hard pressed consumers looking to make ends meet. Rather, organized groups or gangs are hitting stores, ste[...] read more »
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3 Stocks With High-Quality Growth

Growth is scarce at the moment. About three-quarters of companies in the S&P 500 index have issued financial results for the third-quarter reporting [...] read more »
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Why Dollar Cost Averaging Makes Sense and Works For Investors

Dollar cost averaging is one of the best kept secrets to being a successful long term investor. Check out the advantages of it and how to make it wor[...] read more »
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5-things-never-to-say-to-your-insurers

Some words are red flags to insurers and using them could mean that your claim might be delayed or even denied. read more »
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Steve Jobs: CEO of the Decade

The past decade in business belongs to Jobs. What makes that simple statement even more remarkable is that barely a year ago it seemed likely that an[...] read more »
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Frugal or cheap? Serving leftovers to guests

When you have guests over, how far does frugality go before it crosses a line? As always, there are two sides to the story. read more »
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Wall Street bonuses to rise 40%

A new compensation survey described in The Wall Street Journal predicts that Wall Street incentive pay will rise 40% this year. For those in the fixe[...] read more »
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5 things never to tell your insurer

When making an insurance claim, what you say can mean the difference between a fast payment check and a nightmarish process. Insurance companies are [...] read more »
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2010 Retirement-Account Contribution Limits

I know Social Security beneficiaries will not receive a cost-of-living increase in 2010 because the inflation rate has been so low. (see A Bailout fo[...] read more »
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Out-of-network ATM fees? iPhone Apps to the rescue

When one bank fee dies, another one is born to fill its place; so what's a consumer to do? Well, thanks to technology, keeping on top of your accoun[...] read more »
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Do Mutual Funds Cheat on Returns?

Mutual funds don’t lack for reporting requirements. Ask anyone who has struggled to un-wedge a bulky prospectus from his mailbox. An army of math-che[...] read more »
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Fund Lessons From Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn is making effort to enforce changes and turn around CIT read more »
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Tip'd Hits 20,000 Members!

"We’ve officially surpassed the 20,000 user registration mark here at Tip’d (almost exactly a year after launching). Thank you to our great communit[...] read more »
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Who Will Win the Nobel Prize in Economics? (Page 2 of 7) at SmartMoney.com

The Nobel Prize: is this a distinction for the most influential scholar or for the most useful idea in a moment of economic turmoil? Is it for the sc[...] read more »
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