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Americans to spend more on Halloween this year: survey

- When the black cats, witches and trick-or-treaters come out for Halloween this year, a record 170 million people in the United States will dress up, celebrate, and spend up to $8 billion, according to a retail industry survey.

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U.S. regulator fines Discover for deceptive marketing

- The new U.S. consumer watchdog on Monday pledged that it will aggressively pursue financial firms for deceptive practices, formally announcing charges against Discover Bank and saying that similar actions are expected to follow.

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NYC to open public housing projects to private developers

- New York City's public housing authority on Monday announced a plan to attract private developers to build affordable apartments in its housing projects, a departure from how many cities have dealt with flawed public housing.

24 Sep 2012

America's hidden unemployed: too discouraged to count

WASHINGTON - When Daniel McCune graduated from college three years ago, he was optimistic his good grades would earn him a job as an intelligence analyst with the government.

24 Sep 2012

Are we saving enough to retire? No (but we think we are)

NEW YORK - Americans seem curiously confident that the cash they've squirreled away for retirement is sufficient.

21 Sep 2012

Rising dementia among U.S. clients seen risky for brokers

- Taking direction from elderly clients whose mental capacity is on the decline causes some sticky problems for Wall Street's brokers.

21 Sep 2012

The Job Market

Tom Skidmore, who was laid off in December from his sales career with Nortel, checks his Blackberry during a job club at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Olathe, Kansas February 25, 2009. REUTERS/Dave Kaup

How to tweet, blog and network your way to a new job

Welcome to Job Search 2.0. In today's challenging economy, employers aren't waiting for you to click on an online job listing or drop your application into their inbox. You can do more.  Full Article 

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