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National Activity Index signals slight economic improvement
The Chicago Federal Reserve's National Activity Index improves with uptick to a tepid 0.1. 12/23/2012 10:00 am
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Stocks as stocking stuffers: Three ideas for kids
A weekly allowance isn't the only way to teach kids about personal finance. Here are three tips for giving stocks as Christmas gifts. 12/23/2012 08:00 am
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Are 'fiscal cliff' woes killing Christmas sales?
In last weekend before Christmas, traditionally a strong sales period, shoppers cite worries over taxes and so-so discounts as reasons to rein in spending. Experts warn of ho-hum holiday sales. 12/23/2012 12:23 am
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Boehner's failure signals marginalization of GOP
If House Speaker John Boehner can't get Republicans to back a tax increase for the richest 0.3 percent of Americans, it has lost its claim to mainstream status. 12/22/2012 02:00 pm
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Five outrageously expensive gift ideas
Unless you're royalty or a software CEO, you probably won't go for one of these pricey finds. But they make for good window shopping. 12/22/2012 12:00 pm
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Ford hybrids hot sellers despite mileage concerns
Ford's C-Max hybrid has become the fastest-selling hybrid ever, even as Ford deals with discrepancies between the car's real-world gas mileage and its EPA rating. 12/22/2012 10:00 am
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Burger King spitting suit: Racism in a Whopper Jr.? (+video)
Burger King spitting suit settled out of court: A black man claimed in a federal lawsuit that a white Burger King employee in Pennsylvania spit on his burger. Burger King argued there was no evidence. A judge disagreed. 12/21/2012 01:30 pm
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UPS quits on guaranteed Christmas Day delivery
UPS has suspended delivery guarantees until the day after Christmas, right in the middle of the shipping company's 'peak week.' This could affect online orders that were already placed and will be shipped with UPS ground. 12/21/2012 01:06 pm
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Milk prices could double if Congress doesn't act (+video)
Milk prices are poised to move higher next year unless Congress passes legislation to supersede a 1949 law. That law would boost milk prices by forcing up the price at which government buys milk to keep it off store shelves. 12/21/2012 01:03 pm
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Fiscal cliff Plan C: Let Democrats find compromise. Huh?
Fiscal cliff Plan B is dead. But allowing Senate Democrats and President Obama to negotiate a deal is hardly a step forward in finding bipartisan compromise. 12/21/2012 09:51 am
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GM pickup recall: Front hood can fly open
GM pickup recall involves more than 145,000 Chevy Colorados and GMC Canyons from 2010 through 2012. Some of the GM pickups don't have secondary latches, which prompted the recall. 12/21/2012 09:12 am
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Fiscal cliffhanger: Obama's unwise concessions
President Barack Obama has returned to making premature and unnecessary concessions to Republicans in the fiscal cliff debate, Reich writes. 12/20/2012 06:00 pm
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Stocks edge up as investors await fiscal cliff deal
Stocks ended higher Thursday despite fiscal cliff uncertainty weighing on stock traders' minds. 12/20/2012 05:04 pm
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Full steam ahead? How economy might look if 'cliff' deal is struck. (+video)
If Washington can strike a bargain on the 'fiscal cliff,' some tax hikes and spending cuts would slow the economy. But rising consumer confidence could keep the slow recovery chugging along. 12/20/2012 04:47 pm
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Newtown post office flooded with condolences
Newtown, Conn.'s post office has been receiving a deluge of letters, cards, care packages and drawings from around the world in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 12/20/2012 03:37 pm
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Shopping procrastination? Tips for last-minute Christmas gifts online.
Some people had all of their holiday shopping done a month ago. But there's still time for procrastinators who want to snag last-minute Christmas gifts online. 12/20/2012 12:05 pm
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Are cheap cars safer than expensive ones?
Cheaper midsize cars do a better job in deadly head-on collisions than many luxury and near luxury midsize cars, according to crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. 12/20/2012 12:00 pm
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Teacher inherits $7 million in gold coins from reclusive cousin
Teacher inherits $7 million: Actually, it was $7.4 million stash. A San Rafael teacher inherited two wheel barrows worth of 2,900 Austrian coins, 4,500 from Mexico, 500 from Britain, and 400 U.S. gold pieces. 12/20/2012 11:54 am
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Electric and hybrid taxis gaining in popularity
Hybrid and electric vehicles are increasingly popular as a way of cleaning up city fleets, Ingram writes. 12/20/2012 10:00 am
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General Motors to buy back US-owned stake. US to lose billions?
General Motors stake owned by the US treasury will be sold over the coming year, assuring a multibillion-dollar loss for the federal government. General Motors will buy back $5.5 billion in shares, and the Treasury will have to sell the rest of the stock at a high price in order to break even on the $50 billion bailout GM received. 12/20/2012 08:24 am
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