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| Silver lining | | NEW
YORK (MarketWatch) - The gospel according to money manager Greg Church
involves cosmetics, medical instruments, and the much-maligned
newspaper industry. | | FULL STORY | | Jump-starting a stalled career | | NEW
YORK (MarketWatch) - It takes more talent and drive to get ahead today
than ever before. With crowds of baby boomers far from ready to retire,
stiff competition in the job market and the relentless downsizing of
corporations, many people's careers are stalling at lower levels and at
earlier ages. | | FULL STORY | | Sharing space? Share some ground rules | | NEW
YORK (MarketWatch) - Eleven million people in the U.S. live with an
unmarried partner, according to the 2000 census. With at least half of
current marriages being preceded by a period of cohabitation, it's
important to set some financial ground rules before moving in as a
couple. | | FULL STORY |
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Meeting econ challenge
Besides the "Roaring '20s," what
other decade in the 20th Century also is associated with a "roaring
economy?" What country is the world's largest debtor nation? Do you
know the answers to these questions? Most people don't. The high
school-age finalists in the 2005 National Economics Challenge, however,
were an entirely different story.
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| | Living high life off investors
Two
city-based businessmen allegedly ripped off $4.9 million from investors
and used their ill-gotten gains to make stops in Las Vegas, Miami Beach
and many of New York's finest restaurants.
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| | Burgers, fries, CD burners & Plasma TVs
Now
playing at the new McDonald's flagship restaurant in Illinois:
Digital-media kiosks for burning CDs, downloading cell-phone ring tones
and printing photos. Also, dozens of plasma-screen TVs. And an
adjoining McCafe with gourmet coffees, fancy pastries and a fireplace.
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Make sure coupons from
the Web have value
More
people are opting to "click and print" coupons on the Web, rather than
clip them out of the Sunday newspaper. But fake coupons are apt to pop
up.
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| 2.2B Enron settlement
J.P.
Morgan Chase has agreed to pay investors $2.2 billion to resolve claims
it helped Enron inflate revenue by hiding debt, in the largest fraud
settlement by its investment bankers.
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Viacom split
gets board OK
The Ticker: Viacom
said yesterday its board approved chairman Sumner Redstone's plan, with
CBS Television anchoring one business and the MTV cable networks the
second.
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