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Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Wednesday (last updated at 7:56 a.m. Eastern time): Wal-Mart Quietly Raises Prices: Consumers who think prices at their local Walmart have been on the rise lately may not be imagining things. A JPMorgan Chase (JPM) study...

Irving Fields has got to be one in a million. Consider the statistics. Of the 5.7 million Americans over the age of 85, only 33% are men, totaling 3.8 million. Of those, roughly 5% of them still work. That's 190,000 guys over 85 still in the labor force. But how many of them play the piano...

Even if I wasn't engaged, I would still be a fanatic of the TLC show "Say Yes to the Dress." It's one of the most soothing reality shows out there -- it doesn't make you feel depressed about humanity, like "Jersey Shore." And the setting -- a 69-year old bridal boutique in downtown New York -- is a...

Thomson Reuters, which has been under fire from the New York City Department of Health for running the dirtiest corporate cafeteria in the media, has reached out to employees with a memo saying it's cleaned up its act.

Having moved into a new neighborhood offering Verizon's (VZ) FiOS television service, I was eager to shed my cable company and try FiOS, which boasts a better picture at a cheaper price. After trying it for about a month, I find the picture quality to be superior to cable television. However, a...

Here's the scoop for all of my fellow foodies out there. NYC and Co. partners with Coca-Cola, AMEX and JetBlue to launch the summer 2009 NYC Restaurant Week, complete with extended dates and greater value. The official "Great Taste of Summer" kickoff event was on July 9 at the Shops at Columbus...

After two days at the 140 Characters Conference in Manhattan, it was clear that NBC's Today Show news anchor Ann Curry won the respect of the crowd with her message of "truth" and "credibility" in journalism. People at the Twitter conference are hungry for more coverage of hard news, such as the...

Salt is evil. At least, that's the between-the-lines theory behind the New York City Health Department's new experiment, backed by mayor Michael Bloomberg and health commissioner Thomas R. Frieden, in which chefs and food manufacturers are being asked to "voluntarily" cut sodium levels. "Mayor...

It may sound ridiculous to some, but Southwest Airlines is finally entering the big time. The carrier just announced that on June 30, it will start flying from LaGuardia Airport in New York City.Shockingly, Southwest managed to achieve its airborne ubiquity without properly serving, oh, the biggest...

While I wouldn't exactly describe myself as a problem child, I have to admit that elementary school wasn't an easy thing for me. It wasn't that it was particularly hard, but rather that I had a difficult time understanding why I had to take math, science, art, and all the other classes that weren't...