Everything is on sale. And that's not a good thing. Consumer prices in October fell at the fastest pace in more than 60 years, sucked down by the rapidly deteriorating economy.
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Running into your ex can be awkward and stressful. David Snyder and Nancy Partridge deal with it nearly every day. The Denver couple divorced after six years of marriage but have been forced to live together for months because they can't sell their place or afford to set up separate households in this slumping economy.
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Gift cards traditionally have been a ticket to splurge. Not so this year, when shoppers are worrying about employment and keeping their gas tanks full. This season, the No. 1 holiday gift will pay for gas or purchases at discount stores.
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As an elementary school student, Shawn Frayne can remember watching film of Galloping Gertie, the famed Tacoma Narrows Bridge that twisted and seemingly shook itself to pieces because of a stiff wind.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bargain-basement prices on high-end electronics will be the norm during the holiday shopping season. Sale prices on consumer electronics gear should be 35 percent or more under 2007 levels, according to industry projections. Nowhere will those deals be more evident than in the big-screen TV aisles.
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Overdraft fees are boosting banks' profits at the expense of consumers, especially young and low-income people, finds a new Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. study.
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With the economy sinking, corporate and individual owners of private jets are rushing to sell them, park them or fly less to cut costs and deflect public criticism.
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Gov. Linda Lingle is focused on promoting energy deals. On Nov. 18, during her Asia trade mission, she brokered a letter of intent between the Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute and Lockheed Martin, the largest U.S. defense contractor, to build a 10-megawatt Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant in Hawai'i. The state is not a party, and not one Hawai'i renewable energy company was included in the agreement.
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Percentage of respondents who think travelers are ruder during the holidays, according to a survey by TripAdvisor: 24
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The Chinese currency's steady ascent against the dollar appears to have ended, dealing a blow to already cloudy prospects for U.S. exporters and complicating ties between Washington and Beijing.
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CHICAGO — A clean, well-lighted menu board. Speakers that clearly coo "may I take your order?" And the biggie: speed without screw-ups.
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CHICAGO — Step into one of Chicago's tonier dining rooms at noon, and you'll likely see plenty of empty tables sheathed in white linen.
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