Sales of newly constructed homes fell 10% in January, sinking to the lowest level on record, according to a government report released Thursday.
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Bank lending to small businesses has dried up in recent months. One reason credit has grown scarce: They’re risky loans. A new analysis of Small Business Administration-backed loans found that the failure rate has hit the double digits, with 11.9% of the SBA’s loans last year going into default.
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Question: I’m 25 and currently contribute 8% of my salary to my 401(k) since that percentage assures I get the full employer match. But since stocks are so cheap right now, I’m considering bumping up my contribution for a few months. I won’t miss the additional amount coming out of my paycheck, so do you […]

Sometime last fall, my wife and I began having urgent conversations about putting more money away. It wasn’t fun. A typical day went like that: Work. Feed children. Get children to bed. Clean up after children. Look at bank statements and bills. Stress out. Blame each other (occasionally). Sleep. Repeat.
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If Tom Boyd gets his way, pet owners may soon feel like actors in an episode of CSI: Pooch.
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During the past 20 years, Bob Cook’s half-dozen employees have twice considered forming a union. Cook, who owns Cook Paper Recycling in Kansas City, Mo., says union organizers invited his workers to a tavern both times. by free beers, the employees enthusiastically signed union cards, but when it came day for the secret ballot - […]

What a turnaround for the American Dream!
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Sales of existing homes fell in January to their lowest levels in nearly 12 years, with a real estate group saying buyers delayed purchases in anticipation of government programs to boost the housing market.
Original post by Technology news - Business 2.0 Magazine

Bank lending to small businesses has dried up in recent months. One reason credit has grown scarce: They’re risky loans. A new analysis of Small Business Administration-backed loans found that the failure rate has hit the double digits, with 11.9% of the SBA’s loans last year going into default.
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