Archive for June, 2008

The next electric car

These five next-generation green vehicles will be faster, more powerful - and cheaper.

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Click your way to lower food bills

The Web is a treasure-trove of information for bringing down the skyrocketing cost of groceries -- even if you can't bring yourself to spend time clipping coupons.

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Investors, have another bite of corn

Even in a slowing economy, we'll keep eating, feeding livestock and driving. So corn growers (and the industries that support them) should continue to do well.

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3 dogs due to have their day

The Fed didn't act, but don't let that stop you. I've spotted three battered buys: a big financial name, a gambling play and a Chinese restaurant chain.

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How much oil is there really?

There's good reason to cast a cold eye on estimates of proven reserves. By indifference or design, there's simply no source for reliable information. 

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The high price of too much stuff

All the things we bought (and charged on our credit cards) have come home to roost -- and a lot of us don't have anywhere to put them. So we spend more to store them.

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From homeless drug user to millionaire

As a teen, Bob Williamson 'got all hung up in drugs and all that nonsense.' Decades of hard work later, his company has 173 employees and sales of $26 million a year.

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Budweiser, the great Belgian lager?

Giant brewer InBev wants to take over Anheuser-Busch, the company behind 'the Great American Lager,' picking a fight with the Busch family and a lot of U.S. beer drinkers.

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Hire Your Spouse and Save

Employing a spouse, or a child, can be a great way to save on health benefits and taxes. Here's what you need to know.

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Good Customer Service Alone Doesn’t Win Referrals

Don't wait around for your excellent service to pay off. Instead, build a network for word-of-mouth marketing.

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How Much Does Physical Inactivity Cost You?

Here's why working out is good for your waistline and your bottom line.

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Tall Order

Starbucks' chief caffeinista faces penny-pinching customers, a plunging stock price, and competition from Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's. Can Howard Schultz keep his company from getting creamed?

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Fed leaves key rates unchanged; rally fades

Stocks rise, then fall back as the central bank signals that fixing a slowing economy is Job 1. But inflation, the Fed says, is a growing problem. Oil falls on a supply boost. Goldman Sachs says 'Sell Boeing.' Research In Motion earnings disappoint.

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War demons haunt vet’s venture

These days, Will Payton avoids crowds. They petrify him. The entrepreneur and Iraq war veteran recently overheard his 9-year-old daughter telling her 14-year old sister how excited she was about visiting Disneyland.

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World now has 10 million millionaires

 North America is still home to the most millionaires, with a third of the world’s wealthiest, but their ranks are growing fastest in Brazil, China and India.

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Businesses for Sale