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BusinessWeek
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Even as Mexican workers send less money home and families struggle to stay above the poverty line, the U.S. is still considered a land of opportunity
In better times, the money Martimiano Pineda wired back to Purechucho from roofing jobs in Florida coa..
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CNN
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On Sept. 20, the Canadian dollar, known as the "loonie" for the fowl that adorns it, became equal in value to the American dollar.
It was a moment of pride for our polite brethren to the north - the last time the loonie hit parity was 1976 but more imp..
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Yahoo News
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Here's a fact: The speculators and hedge fund managers who run today's stock market need market volatility in order to make money.
They can't make enough money if the market stays flat or moves only a bit, so they like extreme and unexpected price move..
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Seattle Times
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The Canadian dollar breached 94 U.S. cents for the first time in 30 years Friday, and analysts speculate it will be worth as much as the struggling U.S. greenback by year's end.
But don't look for the high-flying loonie — named for the loon pictured..
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BusinessWeek
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As the crisis for investors trapped in auction-rate securities grinds into its fourth month, a few slivers of hope have emerged. Some issuers are buying back all or part of the securities, which were often sold as a higher-yielding alternative to money fu..
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SF Gate
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An internal audit of some $8 billion paid to U.S. and Iraqi contractors found that nearly every transaction failed to comply with federal laws or regulations aimed at preventing fraud, in some cases lacking even basic invoices explaining how the money was..
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BusinessWeek
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Even as they cut a deal with MySpace for online music, the record labels are looking at other ways to make money online
On Apr. 3 the recording industry sent a clear signal about its changing attitude toward the Internet. The social networking site MyS..
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BusinessWeek
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When Bruce Bent created the first money market fund in 1970, the prevailing attitude was that any idiot could master cash management. But that was before some of the ultraconservative funds were caught with their hands in higher-yielding short-term securi..
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MSNBC
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Think fast: If someone walked up to you and handed you a check for $800, what would you do with that money? How about a check for $1,600?
You just may need to make decisions along these lines as early as this spring if President Bush’s economic stimu..
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BBC News
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People who send money abroad to friends and relatives, often in developing countries, are being offered extra reassurance by a new government scheme.
Businesses running more than half the UK's 25,000 money transfer locations have signed a customer char..
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MSNBC
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The Supreme Court struggled with the changed world of retirement plans Monday, trying to decide whether a worker has a right to sue to recover losses when his instructions on where to invest his retirement money are disregarded.
The justices debated th..
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MSNBC
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If I see something now, I’ll pick it up,” McGlade said. “You don’t know if you’ll see it again.”
The nation’s stores worked hard to lure shoppers with expanded hours, including midnight openings, and a blitz of early morning specials Frid..
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Washington Post
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Oh, the amazing shrinking dollar.
The U.S. currency tumbled last week to a record low after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, continuing the dollar's six-year slide. Behind the latest drop is the expectation of weaker U.S. growth and stronger ove..
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BBC News
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Shares in one of the UK's largest mortgage lenders, Northern Rock, have fallen 23% after it had to ask the Bank of England for emergency funding.
But experts say it does not mean Northern Rock, which has �113bn in assets, is in danger of going bust...
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makemoneyonline365.blogsome.com
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Many readers asking me about how can they work on Internet and don’t worry about their primary offline job. I wrote about many ways to make money online and about many online business opportunities, but some things was proved by me in last month. I wish..
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New York Times
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IT’S Labor Day weekend, so let’s talk about labor. (Capital absorbs our attention most of the other 364 days of the year.)
Around 140 million people are employed in the United States. They are engaged in work like governing, manufacturing, health c..
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New York Times
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Wall Street thinks the Federal Reserve is running short of time.
After another day of restless anxiety in the world’s credit markets, most lenders and investors remained fearful of all but the very safest Treasury securities, and new figures showed t..
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Washington Post
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Central banks around the world pumped money into the financial system Friday, helping to settle a jittery stock market on Wall Street that at least for one day held steady despite intensifying concerns over tighter credit and its potential impact on the U..
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BusinessWeek
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Money manager Jeffrey Epstein, BNP Paribas, and other investors are mired in Bear's troubled hedge fund that bet big on subprime mortgages
The implosion of a hedge fund often sheds some unwanted attention on the wealthy investors who chose to sink mone..
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CNN
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Lesson: If you must borrow from your friends and family, keep it formal
The downside of mixing business with blood should be obvious - or at least it will be when you start getting late-night calls from Aunt Tillie asking about your schedule for an IPO..
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