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When consumers buy more, American companies can hire more employees and invest more, and a virtuous cycle begins. At least that's one theory.
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Is there a more famous pair of shoes than the ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz?" We can't think of any.
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With U.S. new car prices averaging about $34,000, an average family would need an annual income of around $90,000 to afford an average new car. The most recent report on U.S. household income showed...
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With two weeks to go until Halloween, it's not too early to begin your search for the perfect Christmas tree. Is it?
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Unlike Vito Corleone, you are unlikely to make an offer to a home seller that can't be refused. There are limits after all.
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JPMorgan said it would "pull back" on auto loans with repayment periods of 84 months or more. The bank sees more risk from these very long-term auto loans.
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With 2016 coming to a close, and with the presidential election making most of the public neurotic, investors need to consider several things about yields in general — particularly in junk bonds.
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We've all heard about the benefits of "staging" a home when you want to sell it. The idea is to show the house off in the most attractive way possible.
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When you're shopping for a new home, not all questions about the property are treated equally. What's up with that?
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Nearly two-thirds of Detroit's residents have subprime credit. More than two-thirds have delinquent debt and a shade under two-thirds have debt in collections.
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When it comes to the place where you spend at least half your waking hours, you probably want to make sure that it's the kind of place that makes those hours more than just bearable.
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Extreme poverty remains a worldwide social and economic scourge. According to a report from the World Bank and UNICEF, 767 million people around the world live on less than $1.90 per day — a...
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The number of opinions on the value of a particular home remodeling project is at least as large as the number of remodeling projects homeowners might want to tackle. One constant, though, is how the...
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Tuition costs are rising, as are the other costs associated with graduate school. One way to curtail costs is to enroll in an online program.
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Car sales may be the one place where the average consumer runs head-on into what is often called an asymmetry of information. In other words, the dealer has more information about the price of a car...
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