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  • Yes, you can buy happiness - if you spend it to save time

    New research shows that you can buy happiness if you spend some of that cash on buying yourself some free time

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  • Rates rise on US Treasury bills to highest since late 2008

    Rates on US Treasury bills at weekly auction to highest levels in more than 8 years

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• Jul 24

  • Sports retailer stocks fall as Hibbett posts gloomy outlook

    More bad news for sporting goods sellers: Hibbett, a chain with more than 1,000 stores, said it expects a key sales figure to fall due to a...

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  • Hasbro profit rises, but revenue misses expectations

    Toy maker Hasbro said its second-quarter profit jumped 30 percent, thanks to rising sales of Transformers action figures and Monopoly board games.

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  • Hasbro and Hibbett sink as WebMD and Nektar climb

    Hasbro and Hibbett Sports fall while WebMD Health and Nektar Therapeutics advance

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  • How major US stock market indexes fared on Monday

    US stocks finished barely lower Friday as energy companies fell with oil prices and a 10-day rally for technology companies came to an end

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  • US stock indexes mixed ahead of busy earnings week

    U.S. stock indexes dipped Monday, ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings reports and a meeting of the Federal Reserve

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  • Markets Right Now: Stocks end mostly lower, except for tech

    U.S. stock indexes are ending mostly lower, except for technology companies. The Nasdaq composite closed at another all-time high.

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  • Grain lower, livestock lower

    Wheat, corn, oats and soybeans lower on the CBOT; beef and pork lower on the CME.

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  • Bigger ships carry Georgia ports to record cargo volumes

    Georgia Ports Authority says bigger ships, expanded Panama Canal pushed cargo volumes to record levels

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  • Liz Weston: The astonishingly high risk of a 401(k) loan

    What looks like the cheapest way to borrow money easily can wind up being the most expensive

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  • US home sales fell in June; would-be buyers can't find homes

    US home purchases slipped 1.8 percent in June amid climbing prices, declining number of homes for sale

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  • Fed will likely focus on low inflation but leave rates alone

    Federal Reserve expected to hold rates steady this week as they seek more clarity on inflation

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  • Australian consumer watchdog investigates air bag recall

    Australia's consumer watchdog says it is urgently seeking information from the government regulator and car manufacturers after a magazine reported...

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  • US home purchases slipped 1.8 percent in June amid climbing prices, declining number of homes for sale

    US home purchases slipped 1.8 percent in June amid climbing prices, declining number of homes for sale

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  • IMF upgrades eurozone, Japan; leaves world outlook unchanged

    IMF upgrades economic outlook for Europe, Japan and China, leaves global forecast unchanged

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  • Grain lower, livestock lower

    Wheat, corn, and soybeans lower, oats higher on the CBOT. Beef lower and pork lower on the CME

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  • Grab builds out war chest in a fight for car-share dominance

    Grab gets another $2 billion in financing, revealing the intense competition among car-share services in Asia that have forced companies like Uber to...

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  • Food entrepreneurs share the best and worst career advice they have received

    The founders of Banza and Misfit Juicery discuss their startups live on "GMA."

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  • Global shares mixed as attention turns to Fed meeting

    Global stocks mostly lower as investors turned their attention to the US Federal Reserve meeting later in the week, US political risks

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• Jul 24

  • KKR's Internet Brands buying WebMD in $2.8B deal

    Investment firm KKR's Internet Brands is buying WebMD in a transaction valued at about $2.8 billion

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  • Asian shares mostly lower as attention turns to Fed meeting

    Asian shares are mostly lower as market attention turns to the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting later in the week

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• Jul 23

  • Pacific Foods co-founder talks about beginnings

    Pacific Foods: from tofu for the counterculture to being purchased by Campbell

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• Jul 21

  • Death in Australia likely is 18th due to Takata air bags

    An unidentified 58-year-old Australian man is likely the 18th death worldwide due to exploding Takata air bag inflators

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  • General Electric and Chipotle fall while Capital One climbs

    General Electric and Chipotle Mexican Grill tumble while Capital One Financial and Visa advance

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  • How major US stock market indexes fared on Friday

    US stocks finished barely lower Friday as energy companies fell with oil prices and a 10-day rally for technology companies came to an end

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  • US stocks dip with energy prices; European stocks sink

    U.S. stocks slip along with energy prices and a winning streak for technology companies ends

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  • Wells Fargo ordered to reinstate whistleblower, pay $577,500

    Wells Fargo ordered to reinstate branch manager fired after trying to blow whistle on sales practices scandal

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  • Markets Right Now: Energy, tech losses hit US stocks

    U.S. stocks finish slightly lower as energy companies fall with oil prices

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  • Ford says it will fight latest Takata recall

    Ford is fighting the latest expansion of the Takata air bag inflator recall

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• Jul 21

  • Police: Australian likely killed by Takata air bag inflator

    Police in Australia say a faulty Takata air bag likely killed a man in a car crash near Sydney

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  • Grain lower, livestock mixed

    Wheat, corn and soybeans lower, oats unchanged on the CBOT; beef higher and pork unchanged on the CME.

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  • US rig count decreases by 2 this week to 950

    The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. decreased by 2 this week to 950

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  • Legendary wildcatter Boone Pickens takes a Texas-sized fall

    T. Boone Pickens, who is suffering from a series of strokes, took at "Texas-sized fall" that put him in the hospital last week.

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  • Jobless rates fall below 4 pct. in nearly half US states

    Hiring accelerated in 14 US states as jobless rates hit record lows in Tennessee, North Dakota

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  • Grain lower, livestock mostly higher

    Wheat mixed, corn, oats and soybeans higher on the CBOT. Beef lower and pork higher on the CME

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  • Global stocks edge lower as central banks remain in focus

    Global stocks mostly lower as investors assess the outlook for central bank policies

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  • Asian shares meander as ECB, BOJ hold monetary policy steady

    Asian shares are mixed in muted trading as investors digested the news that the European Central Bank didn't announce any changes to its stimulus...

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  • IMF approves conditional $1.8 billion loan to Greece

    The International Monetary Fund's board approved a $1.8 billion loan to Greece _ but will only release the money if the troubled country gets debt...

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  • Visa's third-quarter profit beats expectations

    Visa's profit beats expectations, helped by its acquisition of Visa Europe

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  • PPG and C.H. Robinson slip while Abbott and Sears advance

    PPG Industries and C.H. Robinson Worldwide fall while Abbott Laboratories and Sears Holdings gain ground

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  • How major US stock market indexes fared on Thursday

    US stock indexes essentially hit the snooze bar Thursday as investors were relieved the European Central Bank didn't announce any changes to its...

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• Jul 20

  • Honorably discharged veterans will soon get to shop tax-free

    All honorably discharged veterans will be eligible to shop tax-free online starting later this year with the same discounts they enjoyed at stores on...

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  • Target Corp. to phase out Cartwheel Perks rewards program

    Target Corp. is ending a rewards program that it began testing in five markets last year

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  • Markets Right Now: US struggle to a mixed finish

    U.S. stocks struggled to a mixed finish after a day of up-and-down trading.

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  • The importance of bigger earnings for stock funds

    This earnings season is off to a good start, and the encouraging run is expected to keep going. Instead of excitement, though, the reaction so far...

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  • Long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year at 3.96 percent

    Long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week after two straight weeks of increases. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on 30-year,...

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  • US weekly requests for jobless aid fall to 233,000

    Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week, as the number of people seeking benefits remains near historic lows indicating a robust job market....

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