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Global Economics
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Canada: Just as Colorful and Vibrant, and Almost as Tawdry and Rapacious, as America
With the city hall scandals in Toronto and Montreal, Canada is looking more like its southern neighbor than ever
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Airlines to Cheapskate Road Warriors: Pay Up to Keep Your Elite Status
United and Delta will measure the passenger's financial value to the airline instead of the miles she's logged
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The Less We Know, the Surer We Are, Study Finds
The good news? People tend to moderate the extremity of their views on complicated issues after they've tried to explain how they actually work
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Fed's Near-Future Plans: 'Letting Up a Bit on the Gas Pedal,' Bernanke Says
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Chinese Nonprofits Survive and Thrive
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Angelina Jolie's Stunt Double Files First Phone Hacking Suit In U.S. Against News Corp.
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Risky Health Insurance Bets Could Backfire for Small Employers
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San Jose Sues Over Baseball's Weird Business Geography
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Debating Bitcoin: Will the Cryptocurrency's Merits Be Its Undoing?
A debate between Ribbit Capital's Micky Malka and Tangent Capital's Jim Rickards changed audience members' minds about the virtual currency
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Loans: Kicking Student Borrowers While They're Down
A new report finds debt relief firms charge for help debtors can get for free
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Fed's Near-Future Plans: 'Letting Up a Bit on the Gas Pedal,' Bernanke Says
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Debating Bitcoin: Will the Cryptocurrency's Merits Be Its Undoing?
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Why Less Fed Stimulus Is Actually Good for the Stock Market
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Ben Bernanke Gets Another Chance to Explain Himself
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Scotus Takes a Case That Asks: What Is Racial Bias?
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NASA Seeks Private-Sector Posse to Hunt Asteroids
The agency pitched to potential partners its plan to snare earthbound asteroids with spacecraft
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For NBA Fans and Executives, Game 6 Was Very Exciting
A classic game comes just in time
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Risking Pastry Sales, Starbucks Expands Menu Calorie Counts Nationwide
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Airlines to Cheapskate Road Warriors: Pay Up to Keep Your Elite Status
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Will Fast-Casual Noodles Be the Next Burrito?
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Nascar, Looking for Tech Update, Invites HP Into Its Pit Crew
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21 People Besides Kanye Who Are Just Like Steve Jobs
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College Business Majors Top the Underemployed List
Business students may think their choice of major makes them career-saavy, but PayScale says they're the most underemployed college graduates of all
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Ask a Billionaire: How Do I Make an Idea a Reality?
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Kentucky Might Not Be Such a Bad Place to Start a Moving Business After All
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Risky Health Insurance Bets Could Backfire for Small Employers
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Killing Tax Breaks, Crowdfunding for Sturgeon, Weiner Slams Fines: June 19
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Does Main Street Need Another Payments System?
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Survey Says Small Business Owners Are Sacrificing Less
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