| Carlos Slim tops Bill Gates as world's richest man |
| Forbes magazine released its annual list of the world's richest people Wednesday, and for only the second time since 1995, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' name was not at the top.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/P5Lrw6ar5-A" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:57:12 EST |
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| Twitter users not so social after all |
| Twitter may be a fast-growing social network, but most of its 50 million accounts merely follow other users rather than posting their own messages.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/anQLW87pUwA" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:47:11 EST |
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| Jobless claims bill OK'd by Senate |
| The Senate on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging bill that would push back the deadline to file for extended unemployment insurance until year-end and extends dozens of expired tax breaks.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/Az3IpTsmh4U" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:03:41 EST |
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| Record monthly deficit for U.S.: $221 billion |
| The United States dropped a record $220.9 billion further into the red in February, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/ufh4sgOOFMI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:19:14 EST |
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| Airline stocks take off |
| Airline stocks rallied Wednesday, riding a wave of investor sentiment that 2010 is shaping into a profitable year for the industry, experts say.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/oLixKM9symc" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:57:51 EST |
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| Royal Dutch Shell halts gasoline sales to Iran |
| Royal Dutch Shell has stopped selling gasoline to Iran, the company confirmed Wednesday, adding to a list of oil giants that have stopped sales after a threat of future U.S. sanctions.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/51fMT3FrfW4" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:53 EST |
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| Welcome to the United States of Iceland |
| It's time to start paying attention to the financial sinkhole that Iceland is trying to climb out of -- the view from inside of it is eerily similar to our own.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/TMmvHsPfXmU" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:19:24 EST |
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| Medical bills: Knowing what to avoid |
| For people who have health insurance, the level of fine print is rising along with the costs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/ECea1aBJQsw" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:08:29 EST |
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| Citi, AIG, Fannie and Freddie: The Not Fab 4 |
| Investors had a funny way of commemorating the first anniversary of the market's bottom on Tuesday. They rewarded some of the stocks responsible for most of the problems in the first place.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/7lc_6U9IGJI" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:51:40 EST |
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| Treasurys dip as $21B auction sees big demand |
| Treasurys traded lower Wednesday as stocks advanced slightly and a government auction of $21 billion in 10-year notes generated strong demand.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/lb4SeXzLXuw" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:34:44 EST |
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| Can the Toyota Way survive Toyota's ways? |
| In the 1950s, a Toyota engineer named Taiichi Ohno, just back from visiting the United States, where he was wowed by its supermarkets, began to think about how he could use what he saw as a way to run a factory. He obsessed over the idea of eliminating waste, of avoiding inventory buildup, of empowering workers to follow instructions meticulously and of aiming to continually improve.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/sCUG9qCjxFE" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:18:08 EST |
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| Younger people have trouble getting credit |
| Getting credit? Not easy in this market. But it's even more difficult if you're between the ages of 22 and 34 according to a new survey.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/BIIdC3C_H7w" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:15 EST |
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| Oil rises after inventory report |
| Oil prices rose Wednesday as the government's weekly inventory report showed a smaller than expected increase in oil supplies and a dip in gasoline inventory.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/8Qf8vO3ptrk" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:35:50 EST |
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| State unemployment picture brightens |
| A total of 30 states and Washington, D.C., reported rising unemployment rates in January, down from the number in the previous month, according to a government report released Wednesday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/gBqFhaWd-UE" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:39:39 EST |
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| CEO departures highest since Sept. 2008 |
| The number of chief executives who left their posts surged in February to the highest level since September 2008, when the economy was rocked by the financial crisis.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/W1bRmn0llZ0" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:07:06 EST |
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| Dollar seesaws |
| The dollar was mixed against major currencies Wednesday, rising against the yen and pound but giving up gains versus the euro.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/BqT1Nz-zZRU" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:51:33 EST |
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| Stocks post modest gains |
| Stocks rose Wednesday, with the Nasdaq ending at its highest level in more than 18 months, on strength in the financial services sector and an upbeat report on wholesale inventories.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/UNzqX5cAjlE" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:01 EST |
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| Forget Toyota. Chrysler's got the most problems. |
| The car company that is off to the worst start of 2010 isn't Toyota. It's Chrysler Group.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/eU4mH3HzRlQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:13:52 EST |
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| The wrong way to pick funds |
| Photographer friends tell me that if you're picking out a point-and-shoot camera you shouldn't focus much on the megapixels. That measure of a camera's resolution is hyped by manufacturers, but most cameras on the market give you all the pixels you'll need.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/BehOEu5qhxA" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:13:43 EST |
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| BofA to scrap overdraft fees on debit purchases |
| Bank of America said Wednesday that it plans to ditch overdraft fees on debit card purchases this summer.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/w1smkQ5jaRA" height="1" width="1"/> |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:22:06 EST |
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