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When lightning strikes, proceed with cautionMost entrepreneurs dream of getting their big break, but make sure you're ready for it.
Stocks fall, but Nasdaq sees 3000The Nasdaq index briefly touched 3000 Wednesday for the first time in over a decade, but the stock market fell for the day. The Dow lost 53 points to close at 12952
Manufacturer needs and worker skills don't match upManufacturing jobs are growing slowly because laborers don't have the skills that factories need.
Obama and GOP: What's holding up corporate tax reform?Obama and GOP leaders are in agreement on many corporate tax reform policies. But on the question of how foreign earnings of U.S.-based multinationals should be taxed, the gap remains wide.
Apple hits $500 billion markerApple's market worth reached $500 billion on Wednesday – but will it last?
Investing 101: How to invest your retirement savingsDon’t put off investing because you’re not sure what to invest in. Instead, make a sensible choice and start saving now.
Mortgage rates: Where's the bottom?The average rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage dropped 2 basis points to 3.965 percent since last week, while the purchase application volume increased 0.9 percent and the refinance application declined 2.2 percent over the same period.
A democracy funded by the few (it's not the US)The South African Revenue Service announced a record number of tax returns filed this year. But the total is still from less than 10 percent of the population.
Clean energy: Another solar firm lays off workersClean energy woes continue as US solar-panel company retools in the face of Chinese competition, despite federal clean-energy subsidies.
In economic rebound, housing woes remainJob growth and spending are showing signs of life, but the biggest continuing problem for most Americans is their homes.
US stocks shrug off higher gas prices to push Dow above 13,000Better economic news from Europe helped lift US stocks past the symbolic plateau. The Dow last closed above 13,000 in May 2008, before the collapse of the housing market.
Argentina doesn't apply to GreeceArgentina's price inflation and devaluation from a decade ago has nothing to do with the current economic woes of Greece.
Home prices are trending downwardThe latest release of the S&P/Case-Shiller (CSI) home price indices for December reported that the Composite-10 price index declined 1.08 percent since November while the Composite-20 index declined 1.11 percent over the same period.
Trade creates wealth. Regulation destroys it.The auto industry is a perfect example of how regulation can hinder the market.
The cost of career stereotypesPassing along negative assumptions about certain career paths has a proven negative economic effect and could keep your children from doing something they truly love.
The underestimated brilliance of LinkedInLinkedIn is cornering the market not as a social network, like everyone expected, but as a search engine. Investors, take note.
The GOP slides right, and the rest of us should worryEven if they don't win on Election Day, the fringe right-wingers who have taken over the Repuplican party, will have a deep, negative impact on our government.
IHOP Free Pancake Day: Free flapjacks for a causeNational Free Pancake Day 2012 has IHOP giving away free pancakes to all customers. IHOP free pancakes are unlikely to run out on National Pancake Day 2012.
- Could you stump Aunt Jemima? Take our pancake quiz.
Sure you can pack away a short stack with the best of them, but how much do you really know about that most indulgent of breakfast entrees, the pancake? In honor of National Pancake Day 2012, test your knowledge of one of the world's oldest foods. Which Biblical prophet performed a pancake miracle? What state produces the most maple syrup? What are pancakes called in Greece? Take our 20-question quiz to see how you stack up with the pancake experts of the world.
Ford: Future of the auto? Gridlock.Ford great grandson says congestion will be major concern by 2040. Bill Ford Jr. calls for automakers and governments to find technology to solve huge looming traffic jams in the world's cities.
