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Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Thursday (last updated at 8:02 a.m. Eastern time): Mattel Accused Of Espionage: Toys are a profitable and competitive business, but do they involve espionage? MGA Entertainment reportedly believes so, alleging Barbie-doll...

Medicare paid $55 billion last year just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients' lives, and 20 to 30 percent of those medical expenses may have had no meaningful impact, according to a report by CBS's 60 Minutes. The amount spent is more than the budget for the...

There's an old saying about death being a recession-proof business. After all, come hell or high water (or maybe because of them), somebody's going to die. But the nation's cemeteries are facing a tough row to hoe as recession-weary consumers pare down burial plans and escalating real-estate prices...

As if playing host annually to Devil's Night each October weren't enough, Detroit has another ghoulish problem on its hands as bodies pile up in the county morgue. With so many families out of work and the city's coffers strapped, no one can afford to bury the 67 bodies that have accumulated at the...