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The American consumer's financial health is showing signs of improvement, but the weak job market continues to derail the nation's economic recovery -- particularly for people in the lower income brackets, according to September's Consumer Reports Index, released on Tuesday.

Intuit, the makers of Quicken, announced it is purchasing Mint.com, a rival personal finance Web site, for $170 million.According to the announcement on The Quicken Blog, by joining the two companies will be able to better achieve their common goal to "help consumers do more with their money with...