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France Is Headed Toward An Undivided Leftist Government
President François Hollande and the French left took Round 1 yesterday of parliamentary elections that are being closely watched as harbingers of Europe’s political direction at a time of economic...
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BUSTED: Half Of These Companies' Twitter Followers Are Bots
Up to 46 percent of Twitter followers of companies with active profiles could be generated by robots, or bots, a study by Marco Camisani Calzolari, a corporate communication and digital languages...
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REPORT: The EU Is Considering Limiting ATM Withdrawals And Imposing Border...
European finance officials have discussed as a worst-case scenario limiting the size of withdrawals from ATM machines, imposing border checks and introducing capital controls in at least Greece should...
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4 Risks Every Investor Must Come To Grips With
No investment is without risk. You may feel safe even when you do what financial advisers consider the “right thing” — invest in a broad stock market index fund with a long-term view — but there is...
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Should Renters Get The Same Rights As Homeowners?
If Americans took away one lesson from the housing crash, it’s that a house is not always a Treasury bond. In the latest Fannie Mae survey on attitudes toward housing, only 56 percent of respondents...
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Stories About India's Slowdown Are Way Overblown
To hear some people tell it, the bloom is off the Indian economic rose. Hailed until recently as the next big success story, the country has lately been assailed by bad news. Tales abound of investor...
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You've Got To See This Guy's Extreme 150 Credit Card Collection
In response to my earlier post about one of our credit cards being closed due to inactivity, long-time reader and regular commenter BG mentioned that he and his wife have upwards of 150 credit cards....
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Director Peter Berg Admits He Wasn't Passionate About Making 'Battleship'
"Battleship," the high-concept but underperforming action film released by Universal earlier this year, made a surprise appearance in discussions about risky movies and passion projects at the...
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6 Tips To Avoid Crying During An Interview
My friend recently cried in an interview, and she sorely regretted it. She was thrown off by a question, because it reminded her of a sick relative. Once she started talking about it, she couldn't...
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California's $350-A-Year Auto Insurance Plan Could Be A Massive Flop
As California goes, so goes the nation. From auto-emissions standards to bike-helmet laws, it's the innovative legislators in California who often set the tone for the country. Now, insurance experts...
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Yes, You Can Make Millions By Hosting Garage Sales
Aaron LaPedis threw his first garage sale at age seven and has been buying and selling items ever since. In fact, he made his first million dollars by "flipping" garage-sale finds and used that money...
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Why You Should Hate Credit Card Rewards Points
When you think about it, credit card rewards points are kind of like middle-class crack. The card companies get us hooked with a huge initial dose and then charge us an insane premium when we come...
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The Federal Reserve's Policies Ruined Any Chance We Had Of Cleansing The Economy
Since the lousy jobs report, there has been a veritable orgy of Fed Speak with juicy morsels and contradictions, interspersed with leaks and rumors, that climaxed with Chairman Ben Bernanke’s words of...
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CEOs Are The Only People Who Care About Corporate Logos
There are three things the CEO’s running Corporate America truly care about. The size of their pay package, which usually enjoys an inverse relationship to their company’s revenues, profits and stock...
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Now Even The Fake ID Business Has Been Outsourced
Overseas forgers from as far away as China are shipping fake driver's license and other IDs to the United States that can bypass even the newest electronic digital security systems, according to...
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Warner Bros. TV Is Buying Alloy Entertainment
Warner Bros. Television Group is buying Alloy Entertainment, with which it already collaborates on shows including "Gossip Girl," "The Vampire Diaries" and the upcoming "666 Park Avenue." WBTVG has...
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TMNT: The Complete History Of Everyone's Favorite Pizza-Loving, Radioactive...
If you were a kid in the 1980s or 90s, you probably spent some time reading, watching, or playing with four adolescent reptilian martial arts experts with irregular DNA. To make sure I got the scoop...
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How Did Broadway Tickets Get So Expensive?
The most basic thing to say* about why theater tickets are expensive to buy is that theater is expensive to make. Economist William Baumol famously observed that it's really hard to make a string...
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A Woman Asked Her Doorman To Break Up With Her Boyfriend For Her
Our latest anonymous interviewee, 34, has seen it all from where he stands guard over a high-end Midtown West co-op. From husbands hiring private detectives to spy on their wives to potentially...
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BEST IN SHOW: The 12 Most Expensive Dog Breeds In The World
They are lovable, loyal and are considered man's best friend. But would you fork thousands or millions to buy one? For billionaires, any dog will not do. It’s not only the pooch that matters but its...
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