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Retired NBA Finals MVPs: What are they doing now?
The Most Valuable Player in the NBA Finals is an award that's only been around since 1969. Find out what retired Finals MVPs are doing today.
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10 cars that tell the story of America
From Paul Ingrassia's book 'Engines of Change,' the author and car aficionado tells the story of America through automobiles.
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4 noteworthy new novels: What happens when a past love reappears?
These four new novels all feature the specter of a past relationship.
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10 weirdest global fast foods
In the US, fast food can get pretty predictable: Burgers, fries, chicken, and a taco or a fish sandwich, if you’re feeling adventurous. Leave it to our international brethren to show us how to loosen up and live a little. Take a look at ten wacky fast food items from around the world.
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10 entrepreneurs who changed the world
From Starbucks to Home Depot, here are 10 of the businesses – and their leaders – that author John A. Byrne counts as 'World Changers.'
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Starbucks $1 reusable cups: Curb trash, get a discount (+video)
Starbucks $1 reusable cups: Starbucks will introduce $1 reusable plastic cups at its cafes starting Thursday. Starbucks already gives customers a 10-cent discount for using reusable cups for refills, but it hopes the $1 plastic cups will increase the habit and reduce trash.
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The Reformed Broker
Apple stock slumps. What's behind the slide?Brown explores the theories behind last week's drop in Apple stock prices. Apple continues to knock down everything in its path, Brown writes, leveling Stock Market City.
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McDonald's surprises with US sales gain; shares soar
McDonald's posted a surprise gain in a key November sales figure, sending McDonald's shares soaring 2.2 percent in premarket trading. The strong report was a pleasant surprise for McDonald's after a sales drop in October.
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Starbucks tax avoidance has Brits frothing mad (+video)
Angry over the negligible corporate taxes that Starbucks and other corporations have paid to Britain despite huge revenues, a protest group is threatening to occupy Starbucks shops on Saturday.
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Starbucks to open 1,500 new US stores by 2017
Starbucks has ambitious expansion plans in the United States, aiming to open 1,500 new cafes over the next five years. Starbucks is also planning to expand overseas, particularly in China.
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Starbucks $450 steel card: class warfare in a coffee cup?
Starbucks $450 gift card is made of stainless steel and will only be available in limited quantities through a luxury goods website. Is the Starbucks $450 steel gift card a sign that Starbucks is going "1 percent" on us? Or is it just harmless, splurgy fun?
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Need help with money? Play a game.
New online games help players with money by making personal finance fun. 'Financial Football' teaches basic money concepts. 'SaveUp' helps members with money by rewarding them for saving.
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Starbucks, Google, Amazon accused of 'immoral' tax avoidance
Starbucks, Google, and Amazon were among the major multinational corporations accused by lawyers of exploiting British tax laws to move UK-made profits overseas. Starbucks announced it is reviewing its tax practices in a bid to restore public trust.
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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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Chapter & Verse
UK booksellers lash out at Amazon: 'We pay our taxes'Booksellers across the UK have put up signs in their windows reading 'We pay our taxes' in response to a hearing by the Public Accounts Committee on Amazon's business practices.
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Saving Money
Black Friday: Freebies for in-store shoppers include coffee, video games, and gift cardsBlack Friday shoppers are doing more and more of their buying online, so some stores are taking extra steps to lure customers out of the house. Here are the best Black Friday in-store freebies for 2012, featuring everything from gift cards to tape measurers.
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Chapter & Verse
Amazon is slammed with $252 million in back taxes by FranceAmazon confirmed during a hearing with Britain's Public Accounts Committee that the French tax authority asked them for the amount in September.
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Election Day 2012 freebies: deals on food, travel, and…yoga?
Election Day 2012 deals bring whole new meaning to the phrase 'vote with your wallet.' Find out who's offering what in this guide to Election Day 2012 discounts.
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Stocks waterlogged by Sandy's mounting costs
A solid October jobs report could not keep US stocks from falling Friday. Consumer discretionary stocks had the narrowest loss.
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Hurricane Sandy: For some, a rare business opportunity (+video)
Hurricane Sandy may be bad news for homeowners, but contractors, constructions firms, and home supply retailers are seeing an up side to the storm.
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Entrepreneur tries to get Yemenis buzzing about coffee, not qat
Yemen's best known crop is the narcotic leaf qat, but it was once coffee. A businessman seeks to revive the country's past reputation as a leading coffee producer.
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Reverse brain drain: China engineers incentives for “brain gain”
Chinese who found it hard to fit in at the water cooler abroad feel newly valued at home as China creates a reverse brain drain of financial incentives for native talent to return.
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Breakfast companions
One snort could geyser my hot brew.
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From the 'Wastebook': robotic squirrels, talking urinals, and Congress
Sen. Tom Coburn's annual Wastebook comes up with $18 billion of spending that never should have occurred, with an eye to getting Washington priorities back in line. The No. 1 wasteful item: $132 million to run a Congress that won't say no to waste.
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Starbucks launches new app function for 'digital tipping'
Starbucks says a digital tip function will be added to its mobile payment application starting next summer. A similar option will also be available on Starbucks' new payment app, 'Square.'
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IKEA deletes women from Saudi catalog; draws criticism (+video)
IKEA, the Swedish furniture retailer, is drawing fire for deleting images of women from the Saudi version of its catalog, a move that IKEA says it regrets.
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Facebook Gifts: Great for friends, bad for privacy?
Facebook’s 945 million users can now send actual gifts (not just virtual hugs and hearts) to their friends. But will this new feature lead people to over-share on Facebook?
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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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Starbucks debuts single-serve brewer, competes with Keurig
Starbucks will start selling the Verisimo, a single-serve brewer, online this week for $199. Announced earlier this year, the Starbucks Verismo comes amid intensifying competition in the piping hot market for single-serve brewers and the coffee pods they use.
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New York sugary drinks ban goes into effect
Public health experts around the nation — and the restaurant and soft-drink industry — will be watching closely to see whether the new restrictions on supersized colas, adopted Thursday by the city's Board of Health, lead to changes in the way New Yorkers eat and drink.
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