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Electric car company Coda files for bankruptcy
Electric-car startup Coda Automotive has filed for bankruptcy. In the end, Coda failed to capture the imagination of the motoring public, Read writes, which is exactly what an electric-car startup must do if it wants consumers to switch from pumps to plugs.
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Cheap Fed money isn't helping the economy
Easy money from the Fed can’t get the economy out of first gear when the rest of government is in reverse, Reich writes.
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ADP: Private staffers add 119,000 jobs in April
The latest ADP report shows that private employment in the US improved in April as private employers added 119,000 jobs. Total employment was 1.57 percent above the level seen in April 2012, according to ADP.
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Tsarnaev $100K benefits? Family's public assistance under investigation.
Tsarnaev family's benefits, perhaps totaling over $100K, are being investigated by state lawmakers. The suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received benefits as children when the Tsarnaev family was in America, and suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife, and toddler received welfare until last year.
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Five free tools to organize your life
Hamm offers five free tools that can play a tremendous role in keeping your life organized.
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$70 million per seat: Is NASA getting ripped off?
$70 million per seat: Now that the Russians have the only vehicle capable of shuttling astronauts to the Space Station, they can charge whatever they want for the ride — and they want $70 million per seat.
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Pulled over? Top 11 excuses to get out of a ticket.
Insurance.com recently asked 500 US motorists about the excuses they've given police officers. Here are that survey's top 11 responses, along with some helpful translations from The Car Connection.
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Stocks edge higher; IBM pulls up Dow
Stocks overcame a morning slide to finish modestly higher, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 index another record close. Worries about slower economic growth have rattled stocks this month, but they have consistently bounced back.
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How allowances can teach children to save money
Allowances can help children master one of the hardest lessons of personal finance: managing and controlling personal desires.
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Case-Shiller: Home prices in 20 cities rise at fastest rate since 2006
Home prices increased by 9.3 percent, their largest annual margin in nearly seven years. But experts warn that a backlog in some markets could keep home prices low for the foreseeable future.
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How to improve the tax subsidy for home ownership
In spite of its widespread use and large fiscal cost, the mortgage interest deduction does little to promote home ownership, Toder writes. It provides no subsidy to the nearly two-thirds of taxpayers who do not itemize and only a modest subsidy to those in the 15 percent bracket.
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Case-Shiller: Home prices surge in February
Case-Shiller home price indices for February reported that home prices rose 0.37 percent since January.
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What's your 'elevator pitch'?
You never know when you might run across a potential investor or customer, Cornwall writes. So you always need to be prepared to give a clear and concise pitch of your business.
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Jason Collins: Will gay athletes bring in big sponsorship bucks?
Jason Collins, the first openly gay athlete competing in a major professional American sports league, could be the first to benefit from major sponsors looking for a new way to target advertising dollars. Will other gay athletes follow Jason Collins?
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Public debt and economic growth
If slow growth makes debt burdens larger, Reich writes, government should be fueling growth through, say, spending more – at least in the short run.
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Stocks rise with S&P 500 hitting new high
Stocks rose on Wall Street Monday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index to another record high. A pair of strong economic reports helped to boost stocks.
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Honda recalls 46,000 Fit cars. Is yours on the list?
Honda recalls 46,000 Fit Sports, nearly 44,000 in the United States alone. A software problem with the Fit's electronic stability control prompted the Honda recall.
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J.C. Penney: $1.75B loan coming from Goldman Sachs
J.C. Penney: $1.75B loan helps lift J.C. Penney share prices on Monday. Goldman Sachs is behind the $1.75B loan, and George Soros bought a major stake in the retailer last week.
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GMO, Organic, and six other food labels you should know
A quick, easy guide to eight commonly seen (and misunderstood) food labels, from 'GMO' to 'grass-fed.'
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Pending home sales climb 1.5 percent in March
Pending home sales rose 1.5 percent in March, increasing 7 percent above the level seen a year ago, according to the latest pending home sales data from the National Association of Realtors.
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