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Despite slowing growth, shareholders' faith in Warren Buffett holds strong
At Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual meeting, investors acknowledged the company's fastest-growing days have probably passed. But shareholders say they are still confident with Warren Buffett and his hand-picked management team at the helm.
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Tiffany v. Costco!? Dispute in New York court.
Tiffany-Costco dispute is over trademark of 'Tiffany ring.' New York judge asks Tiffany, Costco to try to settle their multimillion-dollar dispute.
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Mother's Day is coming. Five great gift ideas.
Mother's Day is a week away, but there's still time to get great deals on gifts for every type of mom.
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Musk: Tesla Model S will have industry's best resale value
Criticized for how Tesla Model S leases calculated residual value, Elon Musk admits mistake. Musk guarantees Tesla Model S will have 'best resale value guarantee' in the industry.
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Keeping the emotion out of your finances
The most powerful tool we have for minimizing our spending is to remove emotion and raw impulse from the equation. So how do we do it?
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Frozen pizza: Plastic shards in CPK pizza trigger recall (+video)
Frozen pizza: Plastic shards found in California Pizza Kitchen and DiGiorno frozen pizza. One consumer reported a chipped tooth on plastic after biting into a California Pizza Kitchen pizza.
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Caroline Kennedy selling 93 acres on Vineyard. A new Kennedy neighbor?
Caroline Kennedy is selling two parcels of land for a total of $45 million on Martha's Vineyard. Anyone want to be a Caroline Kennedy neighbor?
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Why Charles Larsen will be staying out of the market
The California-based investor won't be putting money in stocks again until the economy recovers – which he says it patently hasn't done.
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One couple's rationale for getting into the market
How the Chessers of Des Moines, Iowa, who exited the market in the downturn of 2008 and reentered in 2010, have changed their approach to investing.
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Do young people believe in stocks?
Millennials are more cautious about investing in the market than their parents. But they are also more knowledgeable about what to do with their money.
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Cover Story Dow at 15,000: What the stock market is telling us
As Wall Street posts a new record, experts decode its message about the state of the economy – and whether it's too late to invest.
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Prepaid cards: an alternative to a traditional bank account
Prepaid cards have improved over the past five years. Some now come with no fees and can replace a checking account or be used as an alternative to credit cards.
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Top 5 bull markets since 1929
The bull market that started in 2009 is currently the fifth most spectacular rise in stock prices since at least 1929. Can you guess which bull markets have been even more impressive?
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Stocks soar to new heights on good jobs report
Stocks jumped from the opening on Wall Street Friday, and traders put on party hats and a wave of buying helped the Standard and Poor's 500 index close above 1,600 for the first time. A surprisingly good jobs report sent stocks higher.
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Tax reform: how to fix the international tax mess
Corporate tax reform is impossible without addressing international issues, Gleckman writes. Yet, this corner of the tax law is not only immensely complex but most proposed solutions inevitably run into massive political and policy roadblocks.
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April jobs report, at 165,000 new jobs, exceeds expectations; Dow surges (+video)
April jobs report shows a net 165,000 new jobs, as the unemployment rate drops to its lowest level since 2008. Federal government's workforce also drops to its lowest level since December 2008.
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Airline: $100 carry-on charge, $2 soda price 'not about raising money' (+video)
Airline $100 carry-on: Frontier Airlines' new carry-on fee won't start until summer, though a date hasn't been set.
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The Walt Disney Company pulls out of Bangladesh: Will that make workers safer?
The Walt Disney Company pulls out of five developing countries – including Bangladesh, site of a devastating building collapse of a garment factory – telling licensees of Disney-brand items of its decision to phase out production there. Critics say pulling out is not the best response.
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Jobs report: why the economy isn't as strong as you think
Friday's jobs report shows the US economy added 165,000 jobs in April. There is no doubt that the US economy is recovering, Karlsson writes, but the jobs report confirms that the pace of economic recovery remains very slow.
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Nestlé recalls CPK, DiGiorno frozen pizzas nationwide (+video)
Nestlé has issued a recall of four brands of DiGiorno and California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizzas sold in the US. The recalled pizzas may contain fragments of plastic that came from spinach used in manufacturing.
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