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The New Poor: For-Profit Schools Cashing In on Recession and Federal Aid

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Long accused of overpromising and underdelivering, commercial trade schools are under fire because they are attracting more students and more Pell grants.   comments (0)  | report problem


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Online shoppers' data passed on

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The Information Commission warns online shoppers to be vigilant against agreeing to data-sharing links.  comments (0)  | report problem



Catholic hospitals support health care bill

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group representing Catholic hospitals is rallying behind President Barack Obama's health care bill....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Public sector job cuts hit women first

a shared story    23 hours 22 minutes ago
With four in 10 working women in public sector jobs, redundancies will make a work-life balance even harder to attainThe key election debate will be about the speed, scale and scope of spending cuts. This is a bit strange. It is the recovery of growth that...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem
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China's Wen says external pressure on yuan not helpful

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday that external calls for yuan appreciation were unhelpful, vowing that Beijing would stick to its own course for currency reform while also warning of global economic risks.   comments (0)  | report problem



How Men’s Overconfidence Hurts Them as Investors

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During the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, men were much more likely than women to sell their stock at market lows, a new study has found.   comments (0)  | report problem


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France's Lagarde does not expect decision on Greece

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that she does not expect any decision to be made by Euro zone finance ministers next week on financial help for Greece.   comments (0)  | report problem



Report: Probe questions driver's account of Prius

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A newspaper is reporting that investigators probing a runaway Toyota Prius found its brakes didn't show the wear expected when a driver exerts sustained pressure like the driver said he did during a dramatic incident on a San Diego highway....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Cut costs by haggling with merchants

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A survey of 1,000 shoppers last year by Consumer Reports indicated that, in the previous six months, more than two-thirds of Americans tried to bargain for a better deal and that, in most of those cases, the hagglers got retailers to lower prices.   comments (0)  | report problem



Economic View: Managed Care: Get Used to It

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Like it or not, more cost control looks likely to flourish in any health plan, Tyler Cowen says.   comments (0)  | report problem



Everybody’s Business: Shopping the Mortgage Rate Before the Home Price

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One real estate broker has this advice for prospective homebuyers: “Predicting interest rates is a whole lot easier than predicting home prices.”   comments (0)  | report problem



Laid-off S.F. workers may get jobless benefits

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Readers of this column can't seem to get enough information on unemployment benefits and Roth IRAs so I'll answers questions on both. Q: San Francisco's decision to lay off 17,000 city workers and hire most of them back 60 days later in the same or a......(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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