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Stocks advance after lower inflation reading

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street advanced Wednesday after a better-than-expected report on consumer prices tempered some of the market's concerns about inflation....

Macy's, Freddie Mac among big market movers

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that are moving substantially or trading heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq:...

Wall Street looks to US consumers for direction

NEW YORK (AP) -- With millions of stimulus checks going out to taxpayers, Wall Street wants to know where that money will be spent - and this week's data could help investors gauge the mind-set of the average consumer....

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Joking Around at the Office

Chances are, at some point you've probably been the butt of a workplace practical joke, an instigator of one or at least a willing accomplice....

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Recession-Proof Your Finance Job

by Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

What started as a credit crunch is looking a lot like a looming recession. As the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and falling home prices ripple through the corporate world in the form of write-downs on company pension funds, layoffs at finance...

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Fortune 100 Finance Internship Raises the Value of Your Personal Stock

by Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

Most internships will improve your post-graduation marketability, but a finance internship with a Fortune 100 company will give you special cachet in the marketplace. In the Minneapolis area, headquarters to some of the world's largest firms including...

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