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Despite its troubles in recent years, Toyota retained its crown in Consumer Reports' annual survey of auto-brand perception, but the survey also showed that Ford is rapidly closing the gap, and other brands aren't far behind.
Despite the din from the Occupy Wall Street crowd, not everybody dislikes financial institutions -- at least, not their own. A new poll shows a much higher approval rating for our banks than we give to the folks in Washington.
With all the varied estimations of the chances that the U.S. is headed into a new recession, someone must have gotten it right ... right? But whom?
Three separate surveys released this week show rising levels of anxiety among Americans over when -- or whether -- they'll be able to stop working. And even where confidence is rising, some of it may be misplaced.
The Retail Industry Leaders Association on Thursday reported a nationwide increase this year in shoplifting, calling the fight to stop store crime "an uphill battle." The group blamed an expanding black market for the rise in organized shoplifting crimes.
Your sweetheart may be keeping a big secret from you, and it's not that there's some other guy or gal. It's the truth about their money. According to new poll from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, 24% of respondents wouldn't tell their spouse if they were experiencing financial difficulties.
Younger voters are weighing in extremely positively on President Obama's proposal to tax millionaires another $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. According to a new survey, 80% of Americans under the age of 30 strongly support the move, while less than 9% oppose it.
These days, 20-somethings aren't just the young and the restless -- they're the young and the anxious. According to The PNC Financial Services Group's Financial Independence Survey, that demographic is full of financial fears.
As summer's end nears, many of this spring's college graduates are finding they still have no jobs, no apartments, and no obvious prospects. One potential Plan B is relocating, and the fourth annual Top 10 Best Cities for Recent College Graduates survey has some suggestions of where they might go.
Having a plan in case of a major life crisis is important and, according to State Farm's Financial Plan B survey, 81% of us know it. But only 45% of those surveyed said they've actually planned ahead for that crisis. If you have a plan, it may not be a solid as you think. And if you don't, here's how to begin creating one.

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BAC
Bank of America Corp
8.10-0.09
-1.04%
158.19M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.20+0.26
+13.14%
95.52M
GE
General Electric Company
18.90-0.24
-1.23%
26.45M
F
Ford
12.41-0.28
-2.21%
25.99M

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CIE
Cobalt International Energy
32.62 +8.72
+36.49%
14.25M
LNKD
LinkedIn Corp.
89.53 +13.14
+17.20%
9.05M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.20 +0.26
+13.14%
95.52M
WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (ADR)
10.52 +1.12
+11.91%
2.68M

% Losers

KV-A
K V Pharmaceutical Co. Class A
2.10-0.51
-19.54%
1.45M
KV-B
K-V Pharmaceutical Co. Class B
2.16-0.47
-17.87%
4,779
NBG-A
National Bank of Greece SA (ADR)
5.74-1.01
-14.96%
125,314
OSG
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
10.43-1.40
-11.83%
1.35M
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