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Five ways to get the most from your credit card
Credit card companies are using incentives to keep customers using their plastic. Here are five incentives you can use to get the most out of your credit card:
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Top 10 richest Americans
The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
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Seven battleground states: Does economy help Obama or Romney?
Seven states have emerged as battlegrounds that may well determine the 2012 presidential election. Here's a look at seven battleground states and how their economic situation is shaping the presidential election:
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Stocks power to multiyear highs for April
Stocks rise to highest levels since 2008. Dow gains 490 points for the month of April. S&P is up nearly 38 points.
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Stocks close at session highs on earnings
Technology stocks rallied, and the blue-chip index reached a high of nearly three years
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Stocks end up on good economic news
The Dow rose about 56 points, with Merck and DuPont gaining and Bank of America and Cisco falling
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Credit-card swipe fees: US firms pay too much – and it hurts consumers
Credit-card swipe fees are high and unfair in the United States. Congress should get them changed.
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Stocks end mixed. Best first quarter since 1998.
Stocks closed out the quarter with the Dow gaining 742 points, its biggest first-quarter point gain in more than a decade and its biggest percentage gain since 1994.
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Credit cards better than debit cards – sometimes
Credit cards have important advantages over debit cards – if you use credit cards wisely. Here are seven advantages:
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Stocks end down for week amid uncertainty
Stocks on the Dow gained Friday. But the Dow average closed lower for the week, which turned out to be tumultuous for stocks.
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Stocks plunge to 2011 lows on Japan crisis
Dow Industrials fall 242 points. Stocks on S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes also drop to lowest levels of the year.
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Some jobless don't look for jobs. They start a business.
New business starts hit a 14-year high in 2009. But succeeding is a challenge.
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Stock market news: Euro edges down
Stock market news centers on the euro, which drifted back from a two-month high versus the dollar.
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Brace yourself: The 2.0's are coming!
The Web 2.0's, that is. Here's the rundown on all the social media IPOs in the works. Exciting times to be in the market.
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Bond prices fall as job outlook rises
Bond prices fall in the wake of a surprising jump in private-sector jobs.
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Credit cards: Profits soar at American Express
Credit cards boosted quarterly profits by 71 percent at American Express.
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Credit cards: Will US suit against American Express affect you?
Credit cards and their users will probably see little change as a result of the suit from the Justice Department.
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Visa, MasterCard deal: Are there perks for you?
Visa and MasterCard have settled a Justice Department suit. Under the deal, retailers could offer you incentives to use cards with low transaction fees.
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Visa, MasterCard settle Justice Department lawsuit
Visa and MasterCard agree not to prohibit merchants from offering customers discounts or rebates for using a particular kind of card. Visa and MasterCard also must allow merchants to express preferences for the use of a low-cost card within a network or other form of payment.
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Warren Buffett's partner: Bank bailouts saved civilization, so those struggling should 'suck it in and cope'
Students should thank God for the bank bailouts, says Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. The bailouts prevented the collapse of civilization – and of Berkshire Hathaway's stock price.
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Credit cards: Pick the issuer, then the card, to get the best deal
Credit cards come in all different flavors. But customer satisfaction varies by who issues the credit cards, says J.D. Power.
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Opinion: Guns, drugs, and La Barbie: Why America is responsible for Mexican drug cartels
Drug lords like La Barbie threaten Mexico's security with American-bought firearms, and finance their violent empires with American drug money.
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Some artists now stream their concerts live on YouTube
"Unstaged," a new online concert series, is being launched by American Express on YouTube and Vevo.
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Preparing for the unpredictable
Be it floods, terrorist attacks, hurricanes, ice storms, and so on, small businesses are much more vulnerable to the impact of such events than larger corporations.
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Credit-card deals become harder to find
Recent reforms make credit-card deals more difficult to negotiate with card companies. Here's how Americans are coping.
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Ted Kennedy FBI files: How serious were the death threats?
Many incidents in the FBI files on Ted Kennedy involved rumors or unsubstantiated information passed along by concerned citizens. Some were the rants of inebriated individuals.
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Financial reform bill 101: What it might mean for your debit card
The financial reform bill passed Thursday in the Senate could reduce costs to retailers. That might allow them to offer you discounts for using cash or certain cards.
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Are you making these four credit card mistakes?
Here are four classic mistakes consumers make when using credit cards.
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