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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: Auto Shows, Buick, Mercedes-Benz, Passenger Cars, Manufacturing and Engineering
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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: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Elections, Health Net Inc., Lobbying
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The trouble with parking at state parks
The California state parks system is pretty clueless about parking -- which, strange to say, is kind of an important issue for it these days because it's how we pay to get in and how it gets a lot of its money. Much of the time, at many of the parks,...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Travel, State Parks, Forestry and Timber
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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: Anaheim Ducks, Pacific Division (NHL), Los Angeles Kings, National Hockey League, Stanley Cup Playoffs
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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: Medicare, Social Security, Economy, Business and Finance, Inflation and Deflation, U.S. Congress
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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: House Building, Homes
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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: Prescription Drugs, Politics, Lobbying, Drugs and Medicines
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J.C. Penney: 'There is no assurance' turnaround will succeed
Beleaguered retailer J.C. Penney, struggling to boost slumping sales and tanking traffic through an intense revamp, said in its annual report that the turnaround “may take longer than expected” and that the results “may be materially...
Tags: Job Layoffs, JC Penney Company Inc., Labor Markets, Martha Stewart, Consumer Confidence
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate backs off to average 3.54%
Fixed mortgage rates reversed course this week and headed back down, according to Freddie Mac’s latest survey, with the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate loan dropping to 3.54% from 3.63% last week. The 15-year fixed home loan averaged 2.72%,...
Tags: Financial and Business Services, Freddie Mac, Federal Reserve, Consumer Confidence, Economic Indicator
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At the Counter chain, burgers get the personal touch
Jeffrey Weinstein once swept through 19 Denver restaurants in six hours, a feat that most people would characterize as gluttony. Weinstein calls it research. Eating out is more than a hobby for the founder and co-chief executive of the Counter, a...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Colleges and Universities, Cheddar Cheese, Corporate Officers, Music Industry
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National home sales slip in March
Sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. slipped from the prior month as prices continued to rise -- a sign that demand for housing continues to outstrip supply. Home sales fell 0.6% in March from the prior month, to hit a seasonally adjusted...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Real Estate, House Building, Homes, Rentals
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Selling stuff online just got a little easier with Sold
I value money, but when it comes to the hassle of selling “stuff” online, all that comes to my mind is “Ain't nobody got time for that,” as intoned by YouTube viral sensation Sweet Brown. While you are reading this, my iPhone 4...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Amazon.com Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amazon Kindle, eBay Inc.
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