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Can You Deduct Online-gambling Losses? Maybe...

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Can You Deduct Online-gambling Losses? Maybe

Dress Barn Shares on 1Q Earnings and Full...

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Shares of Dress Barn Inc. rose after the company boosted its full-year view and announced better-than-expected first-quarter results...

Cautious optimism as job losses slow

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit...

Pre-Paid Legal Services Addresses FTC Complaint...

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On Friday, Pre-Paid Legal Services (PPD) tried to diffuse some of the negativity brought on by a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission...

Wet Seal Shares Fall On Weak 4Q Outlook

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Shares of retailer Wet Seal saw shares fall after the company gave a weak fourth-quarter outlook.

Hershey mulls $17 billion solo bid for Cadbury...

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier...

Hershey mulls $17 billion solo bid for Cadbury...

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Reuters - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc...

Electronics For Imaging to Auction Common...

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Electronics For Imaging (EFII), the Foster City, California-based maker of digital imaging and printing products, announced on Friday...

Morgan Stanley Sells Crescent Real Estate...

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Morgan Stanley (MS) announced on Friday that it will turn over ownership of Cresent Real Estate Equities to lending giant Barclay’...

Shares of Dell Drop Nearly 10%

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Thanks to Friday’s analyst predictions that computer giant Dell (DELL) may miss the boat on the rebound in the personal computer...

New Hampshire AG seeks bankruptcy for mortgage...

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AP - The New Hampshire attorney general's office wants to force a mortgage company that closed suddenly into bankruptcy.

MarketWatch's Top Stories Of The Week, Nov...

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MarketWatch's Top Stories Of The Week, Nov. 16-20

JPMorgan Chase Halts Arbitration Activity...

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JPMorgan Chase has agreed to remove arbitration clauses from credit-card contracts.

Black Friday deals may not signal retail...

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions...

U.S. Q3 seen revised down on widening trade...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy's return to growth in the third quarter was less brisk than previously thought as the trade...

Rio's Cloud Peak down in debut, others fare...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors bet on growth in the IPOs of a Chinese hotel chain and an online education company on Friday, but were...

Paulson's golden investors have to commit...

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BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors tempted to put money into star hedge fund manager John Paulson's new gold portfolio will have to commit...

Paulson's golden investors have to commit...

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Reuters - Investors tempted to put money into star hedge fund manager John Paulson's new gold portfolio will have to commit at least...

Bids on Stanford Assets Top $1 Billion

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China's sovereign-wealth fund is among the firms to make an offer for a piece of the action. Some potential deals...

New Link in Galleon Case

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A defendant accused of exchanging a case of cash for inside information has ties to Galleon's former No. 2 executive...

J.P. Morgan buying Cazenove for $1.7 billion...

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J.P. Morgan said Thursday that it will buy Cazenove, its U.K. joint venture partner, for around 1 billion pounds...

BofA Merrill cuts '10 global semiconductor...

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(Reuters) - BofA Merrill Lynch lowered its 2010 growth forecast for global semiconductor industry and downgraded...

Tyson Appoints New Leadership

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Tyson Foods promoted Donnie Smith to CEO and Jim Lochner to chief operating officer as the meat processor moves...

Dutch give ABN Amro billions in new bailout...

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The Dutch government Thursday announced a new $6.5 billion (euro4.4 billion) bailout package for nationalized...

FTSE 100 slips on OECD warnings (AFP...

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AFP - The FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday amid renewed concern about the strength of recovery from...

AOL Grapples With Harsh Reality

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AOL plans to cut about 2,500 employees as the struggling Internet company attempts to resurrect its business after...

NJ Resorts casino gets OK to give keys to...

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AP - America's first casino to open outside Nevada got permission Thursday to hand itself over to its lenders...

Outside the Box: The dark side of the BRICs...

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Emerging market stocks have been the stars of the global market rally, and the BRICs...

General Growth, lenders agree on mall debt...

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AP - Mall operator General Growth Properties Inc., which filed the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy...

Smartphone growth to continue strong in...

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BARCELONA (Reuters) - The wireless chip industry expects smartphone market surge to continue, with British microchip...

Europe: Drop some financial system crutches...

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It is time to withdraw some of the policy measures that supported the financial system through the credit crunch...

Currencies: Dollar gains a second day as...

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The U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen gain Friday, finding continued support as investors’ appetite for risk...

New Hampshire AG seeks bankruptcy for mortgage...

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AP - The New Hampshire attorney general's office wants to force a mortgage company that closed suddenly into bankruptcy...

Hong Kong Shares Pulled Lower By Chinese...

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Hong Kong Shares Pulled Lower By Chinese Banks

New Link in Galleon Case

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A defendant accused of exchanging a case of cash for inside information has ties to Galleon's former No. 2 executive...

Asian markets end mixed, Nikkei drops 1....

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Asian stock markets ended mixed Thursday, with Japanese shares skidding as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s...

DynCorp Says It May Have Broken Law

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Defense contractor DynCorp has admitted that it may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when it tried to speed up the issuance...

Blackstone Unit to Buy Birds Eye

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Blackstone's Pinnacle Brands agreed to pay $1.3 billion to acquire Birds Eye, the largest frozen-vegetable company in the U.S.

Freddie Mac: 30-yr Mortgage Rate Lowest...

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Freddie Mac: 30-yr Mortgage Rate Lowest Since May

New Link in Galleon Case

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A defendant accused of exchanging a case of cash for inside information has ties to Galleon's former No. 2 executive—the first link...

Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook...

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Reuters - Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive...

California requires TVs to be more energy...

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California on Wednesday became the first state to pass energy-efficiency standards for new TV sets, positioning itself to start ...

China Orders Bank to Curb Lending

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China's banking regulator has ordered a midsize Chinese commercial bank to curb its lending for the final two months of this year.

Bond Yields Turn Against Life Insurers

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Cash-rich life insurers are having trouble putting their money to work as rising prices in the corporate-bond market are driving down...

Goldman Holders Miffed at Bonuses

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Some of Goldman Sachs's largest shareholders have urged the firm to reduce its bonus pool, arguing the company should pass along more...

BofA Merrill cuts '10 global semiconductor...

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(Reuters) - BofA Merrill Lynch lowered its 2010 growth forecast for global semiconductor industry and downgraded ten chipmakers, including...

New Link in Galleon Case

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A defendant accused of exchanging a case of cash for inside information has ties to Galleon's former No. 2 executive—the first link...

Deutsche Bank Ex-CEO Faces Fraud Case

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German prosecutors filed criminal fraud charges against former Deutsche Bank chief Breuer, alleging the executive gave false testimony...

Dell profit falls 54 percent amid PC slump...

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Dell Inc. said Thursday that its net income dropped 54 percent in the latest quarter and amid signs the company isn't fully benefiting...

Gold Extends Loss After Mortgage, Indicators...

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Gold Extends Loss After Mortgage, Indicators Data

Sony Bets on Online Push

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As Sony scrambles to reassert its technological relevance, CEO Howard Stringer is betting on a strategy for the electronics giant that...

Dell earnings disappoint as PC sales slide...

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Dell Inc. on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that fell 54% from a year ago as sales across all of its major business...

VW to buy Karmann Ghia-maker's assets

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Volkswagen says it will buy some assets of the maker of the iconic Karmann Ghia to create a new manufacturing subsidiary that will...

Galaxy Shares Fall On Fund Raising Plan...

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Galaxy Shares Fall On Fund Raising Plan Report

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