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S&P 500 closes in on record -- with no help from individual investors
The Standard & Poor’s 500 is pushing ever closer to record territory -- but with little help from small investors. The index is within five points of an all-time record after rising Thursday morning. As of 9 a.m. PDT, the S&P was up 5.99 points,...
Tags: Mutual Funds, Finance, S&P 500, Economy, Business and Finance, Stock Market
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Baby's shooting death leaves city stricken
Tribune reportersLittle more than a month after the slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton drew international attention to Chicago's gun violence, city officials grappled Tuesday to address the shooting death of an even younger victim — 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins....Tags: Shootings, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Politics
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Five New Cars Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick+
KickingTiresWell, that was a quick turnaround. Just seven months after eight of 11 luxury cars blew the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's new small-overlap frontal test, all five cars in the latest IIHS small-overlap test scored Acceptable or Good ???...... -
Entry-level luxury sedan competition heats up
Tribune NewspapersDETROIT — Fancy nameplates in the auto business are prepping for a bruising battle for buyers of entry-level luxury sport sedans. At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, the Germans and Japanese showed a flurry of new...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Lexus, Cadillac, Automotive Equipment
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Chicago Auto Show takes carmakers' pulse
Special to the Chicago TribuneOnly a few years removed from closing plants, eliminating jobs, and, in some cases, a federal bailout to avoid bankruptcy, the auto industry is healthy again after posting sales of 14.5 million units in 2012 and forecasting a bump up to about 15.5 million...Tags: Consumers, Automotive Equipment, Consumer Confidence, Joseph Phillippi, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Despite bigger fourth-quarter profit, GM earnings fell last year
General Motors Co. profits grew substantially in the fourth quarter, but for all of 2012, the company made less money than it did the year before. GM said its fourth-quarter profit grew 89% to $892 million from the same period a year earlier. For the...
Tags: GMC, Lexus, Bankruptcy, North American International Auto Show, Automotive Equipment
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Two-fifths of elderly spend more than they earn, study finds
Two-fifths of the elderly spend more than they earn, often forcing them to dip into savings to pay bills, according to a new study. Among those 65 and older, 40% shell out more on housing, medical care and other costs than they take in from Social...
Tags: Social Security, Media Industry
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Beefed-Up Chevy Corvette V-8 Could Power Next Caddy CTS-V
KickingTiresWhen the 2014 Cadillac CTS debuts at the New York International Auto Show in March, Motor Trend reports the high-powered CTS-V will have a supercharged or turbocharged version of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette's 6.2-liter V-8. Cadillac parent GM is still.......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Auto Shows, Luxury Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Fashion Week wraps up in New York City
A winter storm left piles of snow and Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco stopped by Tommy Hilfiger's show, but the most dramatic thing about New York City this past week were Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week's first looks at fall 2013. Inside the walls of Lincoln...
Tags: Lincoln Center, Michelle Obama, New York City, Custo Barcelona, Russia
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Oh the drama! Super Ads go epic
NEW YORK (AP) -- Super Bowl ads this year morphed into mini soap operas. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shrugged off aliens so he could get more milk for his kids in a Super Bowl spot for the Milk Processor Education Program. Anheuser-Busch's commercial...
Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Online Advertising, Seth Rogen, Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv program), Football
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BMW gets out of the dirt, sells Husqvarna brand
German car and motorcycle maker BMW announced Thursday morning that it has sold the famed Husqvarna brand, abandoning the 110-year-old Swedish dirt-bike manufacturer in order to focus more energy on building up its share of the fast-growing scooter...
Tags: Motorcycling, Enduro Motorcycling, Sports, Motocross
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Officers issue fewer parking tickets, revenues decline
Parking ticket revenues for the city took a dive last year — dropping roughly $500,000 to just under $2 million — as police are issuing fewer citations. It’s a trend officials attribute to increased vigilance among drivers to dodge...
Tags: Google Inc., Punishment, Fines
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Jan 15, 2013
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Feb 14, 2013
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Feb 21, 2013
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Feb 19, 2013
|Blog| Cars.com
Feb 14, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 4, 2013
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Jan 31, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
|Story| Burbank Leader
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