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Q. Can Macy's Inc. stock continue to do well?—B.D., via the Internet
A. This nationwide operator of about 800 Macy's stores and 40 Bloomingdale's stores increasingly is thinking local these days.
It has grouped its stores into 69 districts with 10 to...
DATE: Jan 23, 2010
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Recent statistics indicate that 50 percent of children born today will live to 100 years old. With this announcement, supported by the medical miracles in extending life far beyond the expectations of our parents and grandparents, comes a dawning rev...
DATE: Jan 23, 2010
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If you want a better chance of creating household wealth, earn a college degree — and get married. "Americans who already have the largest incomes and who have had the largest gains in earnings since 1970 — college graduates — have fortified their fi...
DATE: Jan 23, 2010
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Income is usually the largest factor affecting personal finances, other than inheritance. If you're earning $350,000 a year, the problems life throws at you will be entirely different from those affecting workers in lower-paid professions. That's obv...
DATE: Jan 23, 2010
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WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A shareholder sued Goldman Sachs Group Inc's board for excessive bonuses and wants bank executives to pay the $500 million in charitable donations that Goldman is making after being criticised for its compensation pol...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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BRUSSELS (AP) — General Motors Co.'s Opel unit will cut 8,300 jobs across Europe, including 4,000 in Germany, and close a plant in Antwerp, Belgium — casualties of the "tough reality" of a shrinking European auto market.
Opel head Nick Reilly said ye...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index fell hard for a second session and hit its lowest point in five weeks yesterday, rattled by falling commodity prices and a White House plan to crack down on risk-taking by US banks.
US President Barack O...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market stumbled yesterday as President Barack Obama proposed an overhaul of the nation's banking system that could limit financial companies' ability to make huge profits on trading.
The Dow Jones industrial average skidded ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — American International Group Inc.'s payment of bailout funds to banks should be reviewed by congressional auditors to determine whether the Federal Reserve Bank of New York got the best deal for taxpayers, two Democratic lawm...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) — McMoRan Exploration Co., whose partners include Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd., said it discovered another layer of oil-and gas-soaked rocks in its Davy Jones prospect, an indication that the biggest find in decades in the shallow wa...
DATE: Jan 22, 2010
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