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Interactive: How to handle the money impact of four life-altering events. Full story
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Global recovery hope
helps spark big rally
Stocks jumped to new highs for the year Monday as the dollar extended its slide, boosting gold and oil prices. Energy and materials stocks led the market higher. Full story
More help for jobless
Answer Desk: Who qualifies for the extension of unemployment benefits that was passed last week? Full story
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Investors bet on global economy, stocks soar
Stocks jumped to new highs for the year Monday as the dollar extended its slide, boosting prices for commodities including gold and oil. Energy and materials stocks led the market higher.
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Pfizer to close research plants, slash jobs
The world's biggest drugmaker said Monday it is closing six of its 20 research facilities and cutting the jobs of roughly 15 percent of its scientists and support staff.
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Cadbury rejects hostile bid from Kraft Foods
British candy maker Cadbury rejected a renewed $16.4 billion (9.8 billion pound) hostile bid from Kraft Foods on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.
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CEO lays out ambitious Chrysler road map
Chrysler's new chief executive, Sergio Marchionne of Italy's Fiat, says he is not "promising a miracle," but his ambitious turnaround plan for the automaker is raising eyebrows.
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Review: Toyota Venza falls short
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10 cars we loved to hate
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Cadbury rejects hostile bid from Kraft Foods
British candy maker Cadbury rejected a renewed $16.4 billion (9.8 billion pound) hostile bid from Kraft Foods on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.
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Homebuilders hunting for land again
The housing bust left homebuilders with plenty of red ink on their books. But now they are on the hunt again, vying for choice parcels where prices are cheap.
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Housing’s long road back
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Your Career: Working with your spouse
Divorce can be hell, but it can be even more hellish if the husband and wife work together.
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Going beyond your references
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Answer Desk: Jobless benefits explained
President Barack Obama signed into law a bill extending unemployment benefits and expanding a popular credit for homebuyers. Here is how the law works. The Answer Desk.
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A quick note about GDP
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Calculating the cost of care
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Small Business Health: Swine Flu
Nov. 8: If certain state and federal lawmakers have their way, some business owners could be forced to pay their employees for sick days. With concerns about swine flu, entrepreneurs are examining their books to see if they can handle such payments. Karen Harned, the executive director of the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, talk about the consequences of the proposed mandate.
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Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.
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