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Six tips to get a seasonal job
When it comes to quickly adding hundreds of thousands of workers to payrolls, nothing does the trick quite like the holidays. Companies will add hundreds of thousands of workers in the run-up to Christmas. Here are six tips to help you get one of those temporary jobs:
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Crunch time at Postal Service: Five questions about post office closings.
The US Postal Service may shutter as many as 3,700 post offices nationwide, to help close a $20 billion revenue shortfall between now and 2015. How'd the venerable USPS get into this position? Here's the answer to that question and four others concerning what's next for the Postal Service.
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Eight ways $100 oil may affect you
Here are eight ways that higher energy prices are starting to affect America.
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Oil reaches $100 a barrel: Five winners, five losers
With gasoline now at $3.37 per gallon – 20 cents higher than last week, and rising daily – who is profiting from higher prices and who is not?
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Bare feet to pat-downs: Five big changes in TSA screening at airports
Security screening at US airports has undergone waves of changes in the years since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
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Stocks sink as budget deadline nears
Stocks closed down on Wall Street as a year-end deadline nears with no deal in hand to cut the US government's budget deficit. Telecommunications stocks and health care stocks fared the worst.
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Saving Money
Cheapest way to ship your package? Here's how to save.Post office beats UPS, FedEx on price in a head-to-head comparison, more than $50 on an overnight five-pound package. But don't go to the post office. There's a better way.
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FedEx driver fired over Russian accent, lawsuit says
A FedEx driver says he was fired over his thick Russian accent, and is suing FedEx for damages. The driver, a Russian immigrant, says his English is perfectly understandable and that his firing was unwarranted.
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Indebted Caribbean tax havens look to tax foreign investors
Industry analysts say new fees and taxes could bring in needed money to a region where some debts are near that of Greece. But could they scare off investors?
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Six tips to get a seasonal job
When it comes to quickly adding hundreds of thousands of workers to payrolls, nothing does the trick quite like the holidays. Companies will add hundreds of thousands of workers in the run-up to Christmas. Here are six tips to help you get one of those temporary jobs:
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FedEx will add 20,000 workers for busy holiday season
FedEx predicts it will ship 280 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas. To handle the surge, FedEx will hire 20,000 additional seasonal workers – the same as last year.
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Stock market edges up on stronger housing report
The stock market ended mostly higher Tuesday after a surprisingly strong housing report. Better results from Mattel, Goldman Sachs, and Johnson & Johnson also shot the stock market higher.
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Gloomy outlook from Chevron, Alcoa sinks stocks for third straight day
Stocks slumped Wednesday after Chevron and Alcoa issued pessimistic reports. Energy and materials stocks, whose fortunes hinge on economic growth, dropped the most.
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US Postal Service defaults. Fate lies with Congress.
US Postal Service defaults on $5.6 million payment to US Treasury. Having squeezed costs, postmaster general says future of US Postal Service depends on Congress.
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US Postal Service to default on multi-billion dollar payment. Again.
The US Postal Service to default on a $5.6 billion debt it can't afford to pay. The US Postal Service default is its second missed multi-billion dollar payment in just as many months.
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The Reformed Broker
A crumbling Europe tests America's foundationWe built a castle on a cloud, Brown writes. With European markets back in turmoil the only question is whether or not our castle on a cloud can remain aloft, above the disturbances at ground level.
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Dow plummets 100 points in stock sell-off
Stocks dropped after Charles Plosser, president of the Fed's Philadelphia branch, told an audience Tuesday that the Fed's effort to support the economy would likely fall short of its goals.
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The New Economy
Candidates indulge in China-bashing. But it's a distraction, not a solution.Every presidential election seems to create a foreign bogeyman. But China in 2012 is no more a threat than NAFTA in 1996.
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Weak global markets drag stocks down
Three stocks fell for every two that rose on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday after manufacturing and business activity in both China and Europe slowed.
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Good housing numbers lift stocks
Stocks rose Wednesday after the release of two encouraging housing reports. Stocks of homebuilders rose sharply while the gains for broader stock indexes were muted.
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PGA Tour Championship: Who's in contention for $10 million FedEx Cup? (+video)
FedEx Cup finale: Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy has enjoyed a terrific run at the end of the 2012 PGA Tour season, winning the last two events. But Tiger Woods and others have themselves in position to capture the FedEx Cup.
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FedEx's weak outlook leaves stocks mixed
Stock prices were mixed Tuesday after FedEx sharply reduced its fiscal-year profit forecast. FedEx's stock fell $2.73, or 3.1 percent, to close at $86.55.
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FedEx cuts service on dim global economy outlook
FedEx forecasts are closely watched for signals of future economic health, and the package delivery company is cutting its forecast for the fiscal year ending in May because of the worsening global economy. FedEx is seeing a drop in demand for more expensive priority services.
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Stocks nudge upward after tepid jobs report
Stocks barely moved Friday following yesterday's surge in the stock market. The Dow rose 14 points and the S&P 500 was up 5.
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Search for missing Amelia Earhart's plane wreckage begins in Honolulu
On the 75th anniversary of the aviator's disappearance somewhere over the Pacific, a team of scientists and historians hope to find out what really happened to Amelia Earhart.
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Roger Clemens acquitted on all charges
The former star pitcher was accused of lying to Congress about using steroids, but the jury found the evidence insufficient to convict.
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Roger Clemens jurors ask for exhibits list as deliberations continue
The jury only deliberated for a half-day today on the former pitcher's perjury trial; they will return Monday because the judge is out of town the rest of the week.
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Roger Clemens case goes to jury
The prosecutor told jurors that they were the "final umpires" on Clemens' perjury trial.
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Modern Parenthood
A mom thanks Sendak for giving her son's “Jester” his jingleA mom's wild rumpus of memories of Maurice Sendak: She read to her son “What Do You Say, Dear?" That son eventually was invited to visit Sendak. And when that young man wrote a book – "The Jester Has Lost His Jingle" – about the healing nature of laughter, but died before it was published, Sendak helped launch it onto the New York Times bestseller list.
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Smartphones: Postal service bans foreign shipments
Smartphones with lithium batteries will no longer be accepted for international shipment beginning Wednesday because of fire risks. Shipments of smartphones to US troops abroad will have to go via UPS or FedEx.
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