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J.C. Penney apology: We erred. Come back.
J.C. Penney apology comes in the form of an ad, conceding that its recent changes alienated its main clientele. After the J.C. Penney apology, will customers return?
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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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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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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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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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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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LivingSocial cyber-attack could affect 50 million customers
LivingSocial says its website was hacked, possibly compromising names, e-mail addresses, even passwords. But LivingSocial says credit-card information not affected by the cyber-attack.
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Stocks stall on tepid GDP growth
Stocks stalled Friday after GDP didn't grow as much as hoped and earnings from a handful of big companies failed to rev up investors. Weaker hiring reports have also held stocks back.
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Rare nickel – 40 years in closet – fetches $3.1 million (+video)
Rare nickel is one of only five 1913 Liberty head nickels. Before selling for more than $3.1 million Thursday, the rare nickel was involved in a car accident, forgotten for four decades, and declared a fake.
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Pot smokers can be fired, Colorado court rules
Pot smokers can be fired even if it was used for medical purposes and off duty. While marijuana use is legal in Colorado, appeals court says pot smokers can still be fired because the drug is still barred by federal law.
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Twinkies return by midsummer? Hostess factories reopening soon. (+video)
Twinkies will return, announced the company that bought partnership that bought Hostess Brands' snack cake lines, including Twinkies.
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J.C. Penney's surprise investor: George Soros
J.C. Penney's shares rose 6 percent Thursday, after billionaire financier George Soros revealed he owns almost 8 percent of the troubled retailer.
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Stocks edge higher on drop in jobless claims
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but only after giving up much of the ground they won earlier in the day. Good news on jobless claims and healthy earnings from name-brand companies like Royal Caribbean and Harley-Davidson encouraged investors to buy stocks.
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Verizon Wireless wants to buy out Vodaphone's stake for $100 billion
Verizon Wireless is eyeing a $100 billion bid to buy out Vodaphone's 45 percent stake in the company. Vodaphone investors and analysts have said that the $100 billion figure is too low for its share in Verizon Wireless.
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New $100 bill on the way in October
A new $100 bill will be in circulation by this fall, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday. The new $100 bill's launch comes nearly two years after its initial target date.
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20,000 students sue Calif. educators for not teaching English
20,000 students sue the state of California and its eductators for failing to give adequate language instruction to non-native English speakers. According the the ACLU, the state education system's lack of English instruction could be holding the 20,000 students back in school.
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Stocks held back by weak earnings
Stocks were weighed down by disappointing quarterly results Wednesday. A subscriber slump at AT&T and a weak profit forecast from Procter & Gamble kept stocks down.
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Schwab website recovers after second day of cyber attacks
Schwab customers were unable to trade online for two hours Tuesday and again intermittently on Wednesday because of cyber attacks. But Schwab says the problem has been resolved.
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Lance Armstrong sued by US for Postal Service sponsorship
Lance Armstrong is being sued by the US government. According to the Justice Department, Armstrong defrauded the Postal Service by taking millions of dollars in sponsorship money while doping.
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Ford's $1.6 billion earnings beat expectations
Ford says growth in US and China is making up for declines in Europe and South America. Ford quarterly revenue rises 10 percent and net income goes up 15 percent.
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