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courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWWal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is the king of retailing, with the largest presence of all retailers with more than 2 million workers and with what may be...
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courtesy of USPSThe U.S. Postal Service (USPS) claims to be a self-supported government enterprise that receives no tax dollars for operating expenses. Somehow, it keeps operating at losses, it...
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ThinkstockThe recent decision from Ben Bernanke and the FOMC to not start tapering bond purchases was supposedly due to the economic strength simply not being on solid enough ground to justify and...
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ThinkstockThe most fun thing about the business of beer, wine and spirits may simply be drinking it. But someone (or some company) makes the stuff, and you know they are not doing it on a nonprofit...
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ThinkstockWealth is a goal many people want to achieve, yet it is elusive to most. For some, wealth signals security. For others, wealth symbolizes status and success. For many, wealth signifies a...
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courtesy of AppleMaybe you have heard about the death of the personal computer market. If you think you have heard it before, you might want to look much closer now. Tablets and smartphones are not...
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Kcdtsg via Wikimedia CommonsCrocs Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is holding up rather well when you consider that the “maker of ugly shoes” lowered its guidance again. One saving grace may be that Crocs...
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ThinkstockIf you are one of the millions of lottery players, chances are high that you will not be able to ignore the coming Pennsylvania Lottery drawings this week. Over the next three nights, there...
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Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) is making what may be a game-changing acquisition. The reality is that it is a simple bolt-on merger for the company, but it opens up the company to even more...
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courtesy of YouTubeOn the one side are the 187 million Americans who watched 48 billion pieces of online video content in July. On the other is the new generation of smartwatches, the adoption of...
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ThinkstockAs many as 40% of the homes sold in the U.S. in July were purchased in cash, up from 31% a year earlier, according to data published this week. Rising interest rates are partly driving this...
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ThinkstockLabor Day is always an interesting holiday, and it has serious ramifications on consumer spending and on the economy. The 2013 back-to-school spending has been down after a record 2012, and...
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JackDaniels.comIf you are ever playing the word association game and bourbon comes up, chances are high that the first or second brand you would associate it with is Jack Daniel’s Tennessee...
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ThinkstockSupposedly the works of many great painters do not reach their peak value until the artists are dead. In the case of Elmore Leonard, who sold millions of books when he was alive, a related...
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courtesy of TargetIn its second-quarter earnings report released before markets opened on Wednesday, Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) announced adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.19 on revenues of...
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