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Health-care reform's 'back-door' tax
The big talk on Capital Hill may be about health-care reform, but as part of this massive undertaking, the Democrats are quietly reshaping the tax system too. Tucked inside President Obama's latest health-care proposal is a major change to the Medicare tax.
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Stocks poised for weak open
U.S. stocks were set for a weak open Thursday as investors remain skittish in the absence of any major market moving news.
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Dollar mixed ahead of jobs data
The dollar was mixed against other currencies Thursday, down against the pound and flat against the euro and yen, ahead of U.S. economic data.
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Recall mania!
The embarrassment suffered by Toyota is likely to have a bracing effect on other automakers causing a potential tsunami of recalls, industry sources say.
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Can you learn to be an entrepreneur?
Gregg Fairbrothers wasn't born to business. He grew up in an academic household. "I didn't know a debit from a credit," he admits. Fairbrothers studied earth sciences at Dartmouth in the '70s, got his master's at Rutgers, and eventually moved to Tulsa, where he joined Samson, a gas driller, and earned his chops at the right hand of the company's "hard-nosed founder." He picked up an MBA, but that was "just to get the toolkit," he says. "I learned my business on the job."
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Financial advice: The yes-man problem
Experts have long counseled against using financial planners who charge commissions, given their incentive to simply sell products that pad their paychecks.
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Nukes in my backyard
Long left for dead, the U.S. nuclear power industry appears poised for a comeback.
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Hunkering down for rising interest rates
Question: I'm 65, retired and have about 50% of my portfolio in a bond index fund. I'm thinking of switching to a short-term bond fund. Do you think that's a good idea? --Judy, Flowery Branch, Georgia
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Frothy sales for craft beers
Turns out booze isn't recession-proof.
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Flunking banks out of college
President Obama is closer to winning a big fight with banks over who gets to dole out cheap student loans backed by the federal government.
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Treasury missed chances to save on GMAC bailout - panel
The Treasury Department did not adequately consider all options when bailing out troubled finance company GMAC and could have better protected taxpayers' money, according to a report released Thursday.
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Foreclosures leveling off
The national foreclosure rate fell 2% in February from a month earlier, according to an industry report released Thursday, the latest sign that the pace of foreclosures is slowing.
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Jobless claims bill OK'd by Senate
The Senate on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging bill that would push back the deadline to file for extended unemployment insurance until year-end and extends dozens of expired tax breaks.
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Carlos Slim tops Bill Gates as world's richest man
Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.
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Twitter users not so social after all
Twitter may be a fast-growing social network, but most of its 50 million accounts merely follow other users rather than posting their own messages.
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Airline stocks take off
Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, riding a wave of investor sentiment that 2010 is shaping into a profitable year for the industry, experts say.
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Record monthly deficit for U.S.: $221 billion
The United States dropped a record $220.9 billion further into the red in February, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
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Royal Dutch Shell halts gasoline sales to Iran
Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S. sanctions.
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Treasurys dip as $21B auction sees big demand
Treasurys traded lower Wednesday as stocks advanced slightly and a government auction of $21 billion in 10-year notes generated strong demand.
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Stocks sputter on low volume
Stocks pared gains Wednesday as oil prices fell and investors remain nervous about the economic recovery.
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