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Is an Amazon Store in the Real World a Good Idea?

By Barbara Thau

Soon, you might be able to buy a new Kindle at an actual, brick-and-mortar Amazon Store. The e-commerce giant is reportedly opening its first pilot store in Seattle. It's an intriguing idea, but the real question is: Why would Amazon want to?

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Fee Backlash Cost Big Banks Over 2 Million Customers

By Bruce Watson

Switching banks is a hassle, but outrage over the big financial institutions' efforts to pile on new steep fees pushed more than 2 million people to close their accounts over the past 3 months. Is Bank Transfer Day becoming Bank Transfer Year?

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Wrecks to Riches: Hunting Billions in Sunken Treasure

By Eamon Murphy

In the Mediterranean waters near Giglio, treasure hunters are preparing to dive after the lost loot of the Costa Concordia. But the riches that went down with that cruise ship pale next to what one wreck hunter thinks he's found off the coast of Massachusetts: $3 billion in platinum.

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Why Your 2012 Tax Bill May Jump By $8,000

By Dan Caplinger

Thanks to yet another lapse by Congress, more than 20 million taxpayers may pay a tax in 2012 that was originally designed to hit only the ultra-rich. It may not happen -- but you should plan ahead for it in case it does.

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Tax Doomsday Is Coming for Amazon

By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool

It sometimes seems like every new idea Amazon has dreamed up lately has been designed to help it lose money more efficiently. But the truth is more subtle: If it doesn't take these short-term hits now, it's destined to get crushed in a few years when the tax men come a-calling.

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Mark Zuckerberg's 6 Secrets for Success Revealed

By Barbara Thau

Facebook's IPO has focused yet another spotlight on its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. But beyond the hoopla, there's another, quieter story to be found in the wunderkind CEO -- the lessons that can be gleaned from his life.

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The Super Bowl of Fakes: Big Game's a Win for Scammers

By Eamon Murphy

The quantity of counterfeit goods entering the U.S. is increasing, and it gets worse around an event like the Super Bowl. Federal agents recently seized more than $6 million of counterfeits and shut down more than 300 illegal websites. But consumers are at risk for more than just getting a shoddy NFL jersey.

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Pot-Based Prescription Drug Looks for FDA OK

By The Associated Press

A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.

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Get Fit or Get Fined: Site Charges You If You Skip the Gym

By Eamon Murphy

It's a fundamental principle of human nature: The pain of loss is stronger than the pleasure of gain. So can the pain of potentially losing some cash motivate Americans to keep their commitments to exercise?

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7 Money-Saving Moves That Will Cost You More Later

By DailyFinance Staff

When it comes to saving money, too many of us try to cut expenses in the short term in ways that are almost guaranteed to cost us much more down the road. On NBC's Today Show, personal finance expert Jean Chatzky talks about how to avoid seven big mistakes that fall into the category of penny wise, but dollar foolish.

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Unlimited Data Plan Isn't as Unlimited as You Think

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

Active smartphone users better get used to an ugly buzzword: throttling. AT&T has begun slowing down the most voracious 5% of its data users. And while cell carriers may feel they have to push back against the bandwidth hogs, the customer response may be more than they bargained for.

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7 Startling Numbers We Now Know About Facebook

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

Now that Facebook has filed its IPO paperwork, we've gotten our first real glimpse at the inner workings of the world's largest social networking website. No shock, the company's fundamentals are impressive, but here are a few of the numbers that may surprise you -- and what they mean.

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BlackBerry Loses to Apple Again

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

You know things are going from bad to worse for BlackBerry farmer Research In Motion when some of the stodgiest companies on the planet start trading in their BlackBerry smartphones for shiny new iPhones. The most recent defector from RIM: Halliburton, the fuddy-duddy oil-field services giant that critics associate with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, Dick Cheney, and no-bid contracts in Iraq.

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Is This Company Prepared for the Worst? (Probably Not)

By Dawn Kawamoto, The Motley Fool

Every investor should be asking their portfolio companies what succession plans they have to replace their CEOs in the event of a tragedy like that which befell Micron Technology CEO Steve Appleton last week. Because unfortunately, many companies don't have any plan at all.

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Top 4 Staffing Stocks for an Improving Economy

By TheStreet.com

The U.S. economy has suddenly shifted into a higher gear, and "help wanted" signs are popping up at many more companies. That's great news for the whole staffing industry, but these four firms could benefit more than most.

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Savings Insecurity Is Growing: Share Your Stories

By Eamon Murphy

Far too many Americans haven't got enough liquid assets set aside to get them through a temporary job loss or other fiscal crisis. If you're among them, we'd like to hear from you: How has an underfunded emergency savings cushion affected you and your family.

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The Tricks to Maximizing the Cash-Back Card Payoff

By Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool

Savers love cash-back cards, which return a fraction of what you spend in good old U.S. currency. Disciplined consumers can bank hundreds of dollars yearly: The key is knowing how to maximize your payback.

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A 'Devil Wears Prada' Take on the Wall Street Boy's Club

By Catherine Baab-Muguira

When Erin Duffy got her pink slip from Merrill Lynch back in August 2008, there was one silver lining. Unemployment gave her time to write a novel. The result was Bond Girl, a fun and highly autobiographical recounting of one young woman's adventures in love and bond sales on Wall Street.

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8 Brands That Blew the Most Money on Super Bowl Ads

By 24/7 Wall St.

Between 2002 and 2011, companies spent a whopping $2.5 billion on Super Bowl advertising; this year, a 30-second commercial cost an average of $3.5 million. But what do you get for all that cash. In the case of these eight major advertisers, not as much as they'd hoped.

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Don't Forget Fido or Tiger on Valentine's Day

By Dawn Kawamoto, The Motley Fool

With Valentine's Day around the corner, pet owners aren't forgetting about the animals that supply them with unconditional love -- but they aren't going overboard, either.

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'Made in China' Is Starting to Get Too Expensive

By The Motley Fool

U.S. workers are far, far more productive than their Chinese counterparts -- mostly because we have a big head start on automation. And when you combine lower productivity with the rising wages that Chinese laborers now demand, you get what may be the recipe for the rebirth of American manufacturing.

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7 Ways Inflation Will Hit Americans in 2012

By InvestorPlace

With the economy still trying to muster a recovery, and unemployment still around 8.5%, any price increases are painful. And just a month into 2012, a spate of headlines points to more hurt ahead. Here are seven ways inflation will be digging into your wallet this year:

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C Citigroup Inc	33.66	-0.57 -1.67%	54.64M
F Ford	12.69	-0.15 -1.17%	52.28M
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