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» Trying Too Hard, and Suffering in Comparison The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) We liked the Lincoln. We loved the Buick. Our emotional intensity is affected by product competence. Put another way: The 2008 Buick Lucerne Super, reviewed here last week, trumps today's subject car, the 2009 Lincoln MKS sedan.
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» Spring's Rally Fades, and Dark Clouds Settle In The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) Once again, it was a disappointing quarter for U.S. stocks, as a spring rally fueled by investors' optimism that the worst of the financial crisis was over gave way to concerns about inflation, soaring oil prices and renewed fears about the ongoing credit crunch.
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» Long a Reliable Profit Source, Dividends Start to Crumble The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) The credit crisis and economic slowdown have become so grave that many companies are chopping dividend payments to their shareholders.
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» David G. Speck The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) If I don't want to be in stocks right now, what should I do with my investment money?
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» For the Big Bucks, Try a Little Yuk Yuk The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) Should companies use levity to boost their bottom line? Could laughter help firms keep workers?
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» Fund Managers' Vote of No Confidence The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) If you bought shares of a mutual fund, wouldn't it comfort you to know that the fund's manager had sunk some of his own money into the same investment? And what if you were to learn that your fund manager -- the custodian of your investment dollars -- didn't have enough faith in the fund to toss ...
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» Bernanke and Paulson Head to the Hill The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) After last week's big jobs report, settle in for a quiet week of readings on the economy. More interesting than any data this week may be congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., who will explain to the Senate Banking Committ...
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» Proposed Change in Global Trading Rule Raises Risks The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new rule that might have passed you by. I'm alerting you here because it speaks volumes about where trading is going in the United States. For many, it offers new opportunities. We'll also be importing new risks, in the future, that we may reg...
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» The Home-Equity Door Slams Shut The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) Some 122,000 borrowers with Countrywide home-equity lines of credit, or HELOCs, received letters in January informing them that they could no longer withdraw funds from their lines. A few months later, thousands of customers of other major lenders -- including Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, ...
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» Avoid Investing Charges By Trading -- Firms, That Is The Washington Post 07/06/2008 00:00 EDT (02:27 ago) Kiplinger's Personal Finance shows you how to avoid the most annoying fees and save thousands of dollars a year.
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