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Ukraine corporate raids stifle foreign investment
Yuri Leshchinsky spent more than a decade transforming an ailing Soviet-era factory into a leading candy maker. When a board meeting drew him to the plant from his New York home, he was in for a shock: Black-clad security guards armed with rubber batons were there to meet him, blocking his way.
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Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.
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Gail MarksJarvis: Card debt still choking low, middle incomes
Americans have been successful at getting some of their debts off their backs, but many still have a long way to go.
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Spending Smart: Disability insurance can save family finances
What would you say is your most valuable financial asset: your house, your car, your retirement account?
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Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid
The president of Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives (EURO)23.5 billion ($29.5 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest-ever bank bailout.
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Austrian finance minister: No to eurobonds
Austria's finance minister is rejecting the idea of introducing jointly issued eurobonds any time soon and says that running up new debts to finance growth is "nonsense."
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Embittered Facebook investors ponder next move
To say that Facebook's debut as a public company was bungled is something like saying Facebook is a website you might have heard of.
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For something so simple, pasta is serious business
They twirled, they sniffed, they slurped, they chewed.
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IMF chief Lagarde: Little sympathy for Greece
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures.
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Greek euro exit would be a recipe for hardship
As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possibility that it could stop using the euro is becoming increasingly likely. The effects of such a move would be as quick as they would be brutal for ordinary Greeks, who would essentially take a 50-percent pay cut just as ...
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Why that flat Facebook IPO isn't so bad after all
The botched offering of Facebook stock has raised several troubling questions, but at least we don't have to worry about the one that plagues many IPOs: How are a few select investors able to buy in early at lower prices and then pocket huge profits when the trading frenzy begins?







