US personal finance
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The entrepreneur and immigrant is a woman in her 40s in a business that favors young men, but she shrugs it off: ‘Anything with power, guys are there first’
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The recession is history if you’re a senior executive. The money is great, the perks are numerous and jobs are plenty in the C-suite universe
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A week after riots and unrest in Ferguson, small business owners with destroyed property find themselves at the center of the city’s attempts to move on
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Investigation by ProPublica and NPR reveals that American Red Cross spends about 26 cents per donated dollar on fundraising, not 9 cents touted by the charity
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Russia’s rouble is struggling, the euro is flirting with another recession, but the US dollar is having a great year. But can it last?
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Peggy Young took her employer to court for placing her on unpaid leave when she was pregnant, but what about women who suffer in silence? We want to hear your stories.
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Heaviest spending day in history as eager US shoppers flock to shop following a ‘Black November’ that stretched out holiday bargain-hunting season
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Chocolate maker looking at replacing the high-fructose corn syrup in some of its products with sugar, joining Gatorade and Yoplait
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In less than six months, crude oil has dropped to $72 per barrel, affecting US energy stocks, the Russian rouble, junk-bond prices – and portfolios
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As Americans struggle with day-to-day expenses, holiday shopping takes a hit
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Preliminary results of retail survey see 11% decline in spending at retail stores
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It’s not just Olive Garden. Many restaurants save costs with a little sleight of hand
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Thanksgiving is not just about feasting; it’s a day of charity. Yet 22 US cities have blocked nonprofits from offering food to the homeless in public spaces. Why?
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Employee group Our Walmart calls for higher wages and better working conditions in national protests outside Walmart retail stores
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Activists around the country have been organizing for a large-scale of Black Friday – and in Ferguson, people seemed to have got the memo
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Obama pays for everything from toothpaste to dry cleaning
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Nichole Gracely has a master’s degree and was one of Amazon’s best order-pickers. Now, after protesting the company, she’s homeless
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America’s job growth is a polite fiction. The fastest-growing jobs are part-time, low-paid, forcing workers to rely on food banks. We talked to some of the faces behind Black Friday
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The president also pays for other basics – everything from toothpaste to dry cleaning
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Nearly 100,000 Detroiters are at risk of losing their homes as the city sells off its stock of tax foreclosures. Young gentrifiers are buying the properties -- but some are queasy about it
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Thanksgiving Day is being cannibalized by Black Friday — and that means more retail workers than ever will have to cut their Thanksgiving dinners short
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As stores open earlier each year to bring Black Friday deals to their customers, Thanksgiving becomes less of a holiday for many households
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Spain has offered citizenship to Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from the country in 1492. But is this about welcoming diversity again, or Spain’s attempt to draw new investment into a struggling economy?
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Ron Paul and other gold bugs keep fingers crossed for Swiss vote that could add $50 to price of gold
The US isn’t moving to the gold standard any time soon – but in Switzerland, where it reigned as recently as 1996, an immiment vote is raising the future of the shiny metal all over again
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Suzanne McGee: The multimillionaire self-help guru gives investing advice in his new book, but anyone who listened to him in 2010 would be hurting financially now
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Walmart workers sometimes rely on food banks and welfare to afford their own meals, a fact highlighted in the new “Walmart Hunger Games” Tumblr
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Cab company quietly rolled out its ‘student debt assistance program’ in DC to get more drivers to work certain shifts
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Junior employee formerly worked for the New York Fed – information contained details regarding at least one Goldman Sachs client
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A new study shows that Amazon keeps cutting prices to take on rivals like Walmart. Is this a good strategy, or mutually assured destruction of profits?
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Public Eye, a counter-event to the World Economic Forum, nominated the brand for a lifetime award as workers around the world protest Walmart’s wages and treatment of workers
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The 28-29 October meeting of the Federal Reserve board of governors gave the economy a clean bill of healthy, but noted market concern about Ebola
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A new study finds that programs and monetary rewards designed to encourage whisteblowers can be a windfall for the government
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In a rare phenomenon, the prices of completely unrelated commodities are falling. Is another global recession coming? Not quite
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This most recent gap between executive pay and taxes is part of an alarming trend reflecting a generous corporate tax code
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I beat Sallie Mae at the student loan game – but nobody should face financial ruin for an education