Thinking of Treasuries or other fixed-income plays as the stock market sinks? Here’s what to look for.
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Indexes rose slightly Monday, ending the worst month for the S&P 500 since 2002. It was the worst June showing for the Dow since 1930.
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US authorities step up a probe into claims that offshore accounts at UBS were used to avoid paying tax.
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In a tough economic climate, many Americans are choosing to just walk away from their mortgages. Is that a good idea?.
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Moving past the Yahoo saga, the software giant is eyeing semantic search engine Powerset as a way of closing the gap with Google
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Pakistan’s poor starve as food prices soar
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The first half of 2008 was dismal for venture-backed initial public offerings, and most VCs don’t see the climate improving any time soon
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To get on HR’s good side, avoid certain behaviors. A major faux pas, and your name gets crossed off that list of potential candidates.
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The auction site could face millions in extra costs to track down counterfeit goods if a French court’s LVMH decision stands
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The chancellor is expected to propose measures to protect savers in the event of a bank getting into financial difficulty.
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From a thousand-year-old Turkish cave to an ancient French rock fortress, these subterranean hotels are above average.
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The bank takes away its minimum payment feature on mortgages, a clear sign that a further surge in defaults is inevitable
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Chrysler announces plans to cut the production of minivans as rising fuel costs encourage drivers to switch to smaller cars.
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Richard Marin, former chairman of Bear Stearns Asset Management, will help hedge fund managers share information about risk
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As struggling consumers try to keep their old cars running in a softening economy, some states and Canada are offering cash rewards to motivate drivers to retire their old clunkers, according to a published report.
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The investment bank’s shares take another beating on speculation a rival firm will make a bid at a big discount to its current price
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The B-schools testing service spells out more detail about which students are likely to get nabbed in a cheating controversy
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BW Chief Economist Michael Mandel says that because e-commerce accounts for nearly all retail growth, U.S. consumer spending is overstated
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Aiming to capitalize on the new features of Apple’s iPhone 3G, developers are planning an array of applications, including several for business.
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Supermarket chain Tesco is to stop buying goods from Zimbabwe due to the political crisis, the company says.
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Last year I swapped out of my five-year-old smallish station wagon for a seven-seat SUV. I did it for two reasons: fitting four kids, none of whom weigh enough to sit in the front seat, into my vehicle so that I could participate in a couple of carpools; and getting up the aptly named Long [...]