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TOP NEWS
- Report: Facebook due to file for IPO next week
The initial public offering may suggest the company is worth $75 billion to $100 billion, The Wall Street Journal says, and could raise up to $10 billion.
Plus: Perfect timing. Video: Will strategy change?
- Dow dips 74 on GDP report; first weekly loss of 2012
- McDonald's to stop using 'pink slime' in burgers
- 5 EU nations downgraded | 1 in 4 Spanish jobless
- US to expand foreclosure-prevention program
- Ford stumbles as GM, Chrysler gain | F
- Mirhaydari: Economy is weaker than you think
- Thousands of federal workers owe back taxes
- Does the US Postal Service have a future?
- Costa offers $14,460 per person for ruined cruise
- Ask Jim Jubak: Investing for the next decade
- 12 white-collar fugitives on FBI's most-wanted list
FEATURED STORIES
Jim Jubak: For all the talk of energy independence and with oil prices ready to spike higher, natural gas production is being cut. Here's why.
LATEST NEWS
- Exclusive: Greek PM Papademos expects debt swap deal in days2:46 PM ET | Reuters
- Analysis: Banks expect to spend less on bad mortgages3:22 PM ET | Reuters
- Exclusive: Germany wants Greece to relinquish budget controls3:28 PM ET | Reuters
- Growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead4:48 PM ET | Reuters
- Chevron profit falls as refineries, output suffer1:50 PM ET | Reuters
COLUMNS AND BLOGS
Click the link above to find columns by Liz Weston, the Web's most-read personal-finance writer. She is the author of several books, most recently 'The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy.'
TAXES
The president has proposed raising taxes on the wealthy and rewarding firms that bring jobs home before, but he got nowhere then.
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Calculator: How much car can you afford?You shouldn't allocate more than 20% of your take-home pay toward monthly auto payments, experts say. Use this calculator to decide what's right for you.
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AUTOS
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- The car guy's wish list
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- Nissan Leaf named Japan's car of the year
- Inexpensive cars for winter
- Road Raves: Top ski cars
CAREERS
Feeling the pressure? You've got plenty of company. Many employees today feel maxed out, on edge and ticked off, and it's eroding workplace civility.
REAL ESTATE
Lowball appraisals can kill deals. Here are the top ways to keep your home's look, feel and condition as updated and cared-for as possible.
The hidden costs of refinancingMortgage rates are at record lows. But are you ready for the fees that come with a refi?
- Find the cheapest mortgage rates near you
- 12 mortgage tips for 2012 homebuyers
- Not much hope for Obama's refinancing plan
- Find new homes for sale
YOUR SPENDING
Yes, of course couples with children spend more than those without. The surprise is that they don't spend a whole lot more, this Bundle study finds.
BUSINESS ON MAIN
Get hip to some of the latest 4G innovations from Sprint and find out how they can help your small business get bigger faster.
TOP STOCKS
The company may seek to raise as much as $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal says, with a market cap of $75 billion to $100 billion. That would make the company more valuable than Amazon.com.
SMART TAXES
Two percent of the president's staff, 3% of the Senate staff and 4.2% of the House staff are among the 279,000 U.S. government employees who owe the IRS a cumulative $3.4 billion.
SMART SPENDING
- 10 misleading financial rules of thumb
If you have total faith in some of these oft-repeated statements, you may also believe that it's bad luck to take an old broom with you when moving to a new house.
- Get cable TV on the cheap
- TV loves pawnshops, but should you?
- Russell Simmons slashes card fees
- Attack of the zombie mortgages
- The right way to use prepaid cards
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