MSN Money: 5 signs of the recession's end "It took the government a year to tell us the economy was in
a recession; here's how to tell when we're out of it..." 090328
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MSN Money: Beating a bad economy -- from home "While corporate America suffers, the best
home-built businesses thrive. StartupNation's Home-Based 100 winners demonstrate the keys to success:
Ingenuity and passion..." 081223
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BusinessWeek: Bank Rescue: Making Wall Street Pay? "Secretary Paulson talked tough about
holding executive pay in check under Treasury's rescue plan. But don't expect execs to give up much..."
081108
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MSN Real Estate: Do you owe more than your house is worth? "If so, you're not alone. But don't
despair -- a number of workout options are available to struggling homeowners who are willing to pick up
the phone and contact their lender..." 080227
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MSN Money: Why you might never own a home "Cathy Mano, 44, works at a nonprofit in San
Francisco. Her husband is an acupuncturist. The two pull in a little less than $100,000 a year together.
Mano knows she's nowhere near the poverty level, but she's not sure home ownership is in the cards...."
080128
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businessknowhow.com: IRS Offers New Retirement Plan Resource Guide "Small business owners
can now learn virtually everything they need to know about setting up and maintaining IRA-based retirement
plans for their employees, thanks to a new, free compact disc from the Internal Revenue Service..." 080106
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Yahoo! Finance: Ten Rising-in-Value Real Estate Markets "Home prices nationwide posted their
biggest drop in 16 years last month, according to the National Association of Realtors. But someone forgot
to tell the folks in Salt Lake City. There, the median home sale price jumped 21% in the second quarter this
year, versus the same period last year..." 071205
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wsj.com: Some Cry Foul Over Relief Plan For Borrowers "The Bush administration's plan to give
subprime borrowers a break on their mortgages is already catching flak from an unexpected source: other
homeowners..." 071204
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Yahoo Finance: Mortgage Failures Could Create Nightmare "When Domenico Colombo saw that his
monthly mortgage payment was about to balloon by 30 percent, he had a clear picture of how bad it could
get. His payment was scheduled to surge by an extra $1,500 in December. With his daughter headed to
college next fall and tuition to be paid, he feared ending up like so many neighbors in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,
who defaulted on their mortgages and whose homes are now in foreclosure and sporting "For Sale"
signs..." 071124
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Wall Street Journal: Housing, Credit Concerns Combine to Punish Stocks "Stocks took a beating
Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling below 13000, as two old culprits -- financials and
housing -- contributed to the market's widespread distaste for equities..." 071119
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New York Times: Foreclosures Hit a Snag for Lenders "A federal judge in Ohio has ruled against a
longstanding foreclosure practice, potentially creating an obstacle for lenders trying to reclaim properties
from troubled borrowers and raising questions about the legal standing of investors in mortgage securities
pools..." 071115
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wsj.com: Levitt Unit Seeks Chapter 11 Haven "The downturn in the housing market has claimed the
home builder behind one of the nation's first suburbs. Levitt Corp.'s home-building unit, Levitt & Sons LLC,
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday citing "unprecedented conditions in the home-building
industry" that has been "particularly sudden and steep" in Florida and Southeast..." 071110
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WetFeet.com: Psychological Testing in the Hiring Process "Pre-employment psychological testing is
making a comeback. The practice had fallen into disfavor after legislative responses to unfair and
discriminatory testing practices, but studies now reveal pre-employment psychological testing to be an
excellent indicator of prospective employees' future performance and longevity. Psychological profiling can
supplement interview and resume information to give an employer a more complete picture of an applicant’
s ability to succeed on the job..." 071028
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washingtonpost.com: Vultures Are Circling Over Distressed Properties "Call them grave dancers,
vulture funds, turnaround specialists or the more euphemistic "opportunity investors." However you identify
them, the deal is the same: When hyperactive real estate markets lose their sizzle, or property owners no
longer can afford to hang on to their houses, well-capitalized investors smell blood and move in..." 071021
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Career Key: High-Powered Jobs Don't Come Without Consequences "CBS News is the dawn of a
new era at the network and for television news as a whole. The move also shines the spotlight on the issue
of women and their role in high-powered jobs..." 071018
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wsj.com: Disney's $1 Billion Adventure "Since its 2001 debut, the Walt Disney Co. theme park
Disney's California Adventure has floundered in the shadow of its legendary neighbor, Disneyland. To fix it,
Disney is now planning a $1.1 billion overhaul -- the most extensive makeover the company has ever given
to a theme park..." 071016
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careerbuilder.com: Not Working at Work is Common "Some people need their daily YouTube fix even
more than they need their 10 a.m. coffee break. If you’re browsing the Web on company time looking for
the latest in viral videos, you’re not alone..." 080106
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CNN Money: Market meltdown aftermath "U.S. stock futures point to more selling after one of roughest
weeks for Wall Street in years; earnings, employment report in focus..." 080106
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About.com: Illegal Interview Questions "How to answer or otherwise handle illegal interview questions
in the U.S. Illegal interview question samples and examples are included..." 080106
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The Wall Street Journal:
How Economy Could Survive Oil At $100 a Barrel "The world economy has managed, with some
indigestion, to swallow the rise of oil prices past $80 a barrel. How well could it survive $100 a barrel?..."
070930
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National Labor Relations Board: How Do I File A Petition or Remove A Union? "he National Labor
Relations Act provides the legal framework for private-sector employees to organize into bargaining units in
their workplace, or to dissolve their labor unions through a decertification petition..." 080106
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Windows Live Blog: Freelance Work Exchange: The New Part Time Job "Instead of getting a
second job at your local retail store or pizza place, maybe you should try using freelance work to add to your
income while acquiring customers and providing services in your spare time..." 080106
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Forbes: Nowhere To Hide "f you give a company your name and address, how many copies of this data
do you think will exist in databases around the world a mere 12 months later?..." 070926
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msn money: Why Home Depot is getting hammered "ou can't accuse Home Depot CEO Frank Blake
of not trying. Since assuming the top spot from the imperious and unpopular Robert Nardelli back in
January, he has unloaded undesirable assets, increased hiring to improve customer service and launched
a huge stock-buyback plan. Normally, investors would cheer such steps. So why is the company's stock
down 11% this year..." 071010
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The Wall Street Journal: What Makes a Company A Great Place to Work Today "From Working
Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies" to Business Week's "Best Places to Launch a Career," judges
are sizing up employers' flexible scheduling and other perks as criteria for coveted top-employer rankings.
And family-friendly companies are looking very different today than they did a few years ago..." 071003
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LA Times: Buy a home, but lock out 'mortgage protection' pitches "The meltdown among sub-prime
mortgage lenders shows a particularly ugly side of the housing market -- the business of selling high-risk
financial products to people who may not be that financially savvy..." 070902
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business know-how: Flexible Work Arrangements: Employer Solutions to Common Problems
"Since 1973 when Hewlett-Packard became the first U.S. company to institute flex time, flexible work
arrangements have grown in popularity and use. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in July of
2005 show that in 2004, 27.5 percent of all full-time workers in the U.S. had flexible work schedules..."
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