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Why Are Rich Companies Laying Off Poor Workers?
5:00PM 7/25/2011
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Company News, Earnings, Nokia, Research In Motion, Campbell Soup Company, Cisco Systems, Careers, Market News
Several major corporations have been announcing layoffs in recent weeks, despite their fattening coffers. What accounts for all the pink slips? Consumers don't like them, nor do investors -- at least, not the farsighted ones. Here are the real reasons behind these puzzling, and troubling, terminations.
Stocks Keep Rolling for Another Weekly Gain
4:20PM 2/18/2011
Economy, Investing, Campbell Soup Company, Stocks in the News, Market News, Caterpillar
Stocks closed broadly if modestly higher Friday on light volume as traders avoided making any big bets ahead of a long holiday weekend. The equity markets closed up for the third straight day and extended their winning ways to a third consecutive week.
Sure it warms you up on a cold winter's day. It's also been the subject of many a Seinfeld joke. And it's even been credited with curing the common cold (I'm sure my grandmother's had that power). But soup's ability to generate revenue is the most likely reason it's earned a month all to itself.
Frugal consumers push companies to embrace new age of thrift
2:00PM 11/11/2009
Bargains, Economy, Recession Diaries, Credit, Careers, Retail, Economizer, Personal Finance, Food, Family Money, Saving Money
Consumers are notoriously fickle in their allegiances and interests -- remember those food-assembly kitchens that were all the rage a few years ago? But the recession has sobered buying habits, and increasingly, more companies are viewing Americans' recent conversion to thrift as a long-term trend,...
Five Super Savings: Dry Idea, Pepsi, Snuggle, Gevalia and more!
5:00PM 3/25/2009
Welcome to Five Super Savings brought to you by Deal Seeking Mom. Each week I bring you the best grocery and health and beauty bargains around town. Of course you shouldn't feel like you have to drive from store to store to get big savings, but if something appeals to you, you might want to make a...
Five Super Savings: Kellogg's, Campbell's, Johnson's and more!
8:00AM 2/26/2009
Welome to Five Super Savings brought to you by Deal Seeking Mom. Learn how to stock your pantry and linen closet for pennies on the dollar with these fabulous grocery and drugstore finds! So pull out your Sunday coupon inserts, warm up your printers, and and start learning how to save big on the...
Searching for a safe place to put your money? Take a look at staples
12:00PM 10/29/2008
Home, Simplification, Relationships, Economy, Investing, Retail, Personal Finance, Food, Family Money
When one imagines the Great Depression, the first things to come to mind are probably images of hobos and soup lines, government infrastructure projects and FDR. However, another, even more important legacy of that time is the idea of thrift. When I was a kid, many of my friends' grandparents were...
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