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Sales of new homes notched some gains in March
Sales of newly built homes notched gains last month. Builders in March sold single-family homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 417,000, according to the Commerce Department. That was 1.5% over the prior month and 18.5% above the same month a...
Tags: Homes, House Building
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Jobs report spurs Dow beyond 15,000 for the first time
NEW YORK -- It’s only a few days into May, but already investors have seen one surprise after another, as the Dow Jones industrial average passed 15,000 for the first time Friday on the strength of a better-than-expected jobs report. The S&P 500,...
Tags: Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, American International Group, Federal Reserve, Stock Market
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Business travel spending to grow in 2013
Business travel spending is expected to rise 5.1% in 2013, a sign of a stronger economy and high consumer confidence, according to a trade group for business travel managers. The Global Business Travel Assn.'s latest prediction is an increase from its...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Energy, Business Trips, Stock Market, Trips and Vacations
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Spanish-style living in the Hollywood Hills
This 1920s Spanish-style house had its beginnings in old Hollywood. The villa, which features a rotunda entry, stenciled ceilings and a tower room, was built for early film producer William Sistrom and designed by art director Harry McAfee. Location:...
Tags: Lauren Beale
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Bank of Japan unveils bold plan to lift economy, combat deflation
Japan's central bank took a massive bet to reset its economy and pull out of nearly two decades of deflation. The Bank of Japan announced an aggressive and ambitious plan Thursday to expand its purchase of long-term bonds and double the amount of...
Tags: Sony Corp., Economy, Business and Finance, Japan, Manufacturing and Engineering, Ford Motor Co.
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Social Security cutters distort 'accuracy' of chained CPI, again!
Ed Lorenzen, a representative of a clutch of Washington groups aiming to cut Social Security benefits for you and me, takes issue with my recent blog post calling out one of their "reforms" as a stealthy, and deceitful, benefit cut. Lorenzen even...
Tags: Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumer Confidence, Market and Exchange, Social Security
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2013 New York Auto Show: Mercedes concentrates on the small stuff
Mercedes-Benz used Wednesday’s New York International Auto Show to think small. Sure, the automaker brought with it a trio of hyper-fast AMG cars (the E63 wagon, CLS63 four-door-coupe, and the C63 Edition 507) for their debut on U.S. soil. But...
Tags: Passenger Cars, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Buick, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hybrid Vehicles
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Health Care Reform (2009), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Voting
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Ducks raise ticket prices for next season
A month after the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings raised their ticket prices next season by an average of 5.8%, the Pacific Division-leading Ducks announced Monday their season tickets will rise by a 4.1% average. The Ducks worked to soften their...
Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Sports, Pacific Division (NHL), Stanley Cup Playoffs, Ice Hockey
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The truth about the 'chained CPI' and Social Security
It's a benefit cut. It's not merely a "technical" change. It's not a "more accurate" measure of inflation. The "chained CPI" has become one of the linchpins of the debate in Washington over what to do about the cost of Social Security. The idea is to...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Consumer Confidence, Market and Exchange, Social Security, U.S. Congress
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Rebates motivate shoppers to buy produce, whole grains, study says
In discussions of getting people to eat more produce and whole grains, price often comes up as a barrier. Rand Corp. research released Tuesday shows that offering discounts on healthful foods increases the amounts people eat – and it appears also to...
Tags: Health Insurance, Private Health Care, Science and Technology
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Letters: Transparency for drug prices
Re "Rx needed to shed light on drug prices," Column, March 19 David Lazarus' recent columns on wildly varying prescription drug prices highlight the real problem with our healthcare system: lack of transparency. It's ludicrous to think that a Medicare...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines
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