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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 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.

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,...

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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...

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...