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How to save for retirement in a recession
In 2009, there could be more bad news about your retirement fund. FedEx Corporation, GM, Ford, Motorola, and Eastman Kodak have cut matching contributions to employee's 401Ks. More companies are expected to do the same. So what can you do? Rutgers...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, FedEx Corporation, Career and Workplace, 401K
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Circuit City seeks Chapt. 11 protection amid pressure from vendors ahead of the holidays
NEW YORK (AP) - Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second-biggest electronics retailer, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday but plans to stay open for business as the busy holiday shopping season approaches. It filed under Chapter 11 of the...Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronics, Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Deere moving forward in several areas
Tribune Media Services columnistQ: I've been amazed by my shares of Deere & Co. and wonder if good things will continue. --A.R., via the Internet A: The bright green tractor is plowing ahead. The world's largest agricultural equipment manufacturer is also an innovator in computers and...Tags: Personal Finance, Morningstar Incorporated, Finance, Periodicals, Companies and Corporations
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Firms ignore advice, then comb for answers
Tribune Media Services columnistDuring my childhood, Uncle Davy was the designated barber for the extended family, an honor based on his experience cutting hair during a two-year stint in the Army. That distinction is ominous, as anyone who has studied military-issue haircuts or...Tags: Personal Service, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Hair and Nails, Periodicals, Daimler AG
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Kodak moment: Click, no smiles here
The Swampby Mark Silva Here's a Kodak moment: Eastman Kodak said today that it is cutting 3,500 to 4,500 jobs -- 14 to 18 percent of its already pared work force, following the posting of a $137 million fourth-quarter loss. The......Tags: National Government, White House, Career and Workplace, Business Enterprises, IBM
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Obama's Consumer Safety chairman
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama plans today to name a new chairman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an agency ridiculed for coziness with the industries whose products it monitors, in addition to expanding the commission and boosting...Tags: Consumers, National Government, George W. Bush, Services and Shopping, Barack Obama
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Obama: 'Revitalizing' consumer safety
The Swampby Mark Silva In naming a new chairman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission today, expanding the size of the commission and boosting its budget, President Barack Obama said protecting consumers will be "a top priority'' of his administration. The......Tags: George W. Bush, Parliament, Dick Durbin, Education, Henry Waxman
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Large-scale layoffs could damage economy
Chicago Tribune staff reportersLarge-scale layoffs in the wake of last week's terrorist attack could damage an already fragile economy, putting another dent in consumer confidence and curtailing retail spending, experts say. Just this week, Boeing Co. said it will lay off up to 30,000...Tags: Public Finance, Unions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Disasters, United Air Lines
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Late rally limits slide's damage
Tribune staff reporterInvestors endured a stomach-wrenching swoon on Wednesday, with a late buying flurry pulling markets back from the brink of a second damaging plunge in three days. The Dow Jones industrial average underwent a rough ride in the afternoon, with an...Tags: Air Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Stock Broking, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Economy, Business and Finance
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Key players in the Microsoft trial
++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || Bill Gates || || Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Bill Gates, 42, is the nation's richest man with a net worth of about $50 billion. Gates, who grew up in Seattle with a penchant for computer programming, entered Harvard...Tags: Georgetown, Computer Science, Bill Clinton, U.S. Department of Justice, Laws
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Businesses rush to tighten security around the world
Special to the TribuneAs visitors pull up to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, they encounter three uniformed guards with rifles slung over their shoulders. Each vehicle is searched before it can proceed onto the hotel grounds. Guests must pass through a metal...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, General Motors Corp., Security Measures, Wars and Interventions, Companies and Corporations
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