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Here are six steps consumers can use to protect themselves from scammers as the online buying season kicks into high gear:
Be leery. Don’t open attachments or click on links if they seem at all suspicious. Doing so could let spyware or viruses in. "If you have a shred of doubt about the legitimacy of […]
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Americans can help the recovery along by saving more than in the past, but also by spending responsibly in proportion to income, one of President Obama’s top economic advisers said Tuesday.
In a wide-ranging interview based on questions from CNNMoney.com readers, Council of Economic Advisers chairman Austan Goolsbee said the nation can’t simply spend its […]
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Education stocks were the biggest losers Thursday, led by Apollo Group, whose stock hit a four-year low after the company withdraw its business outlook for 2011.
Shares of Apollo (APOL), whose University of Phoenix is the largest for-profit educational institution, sank 23%, making it the biggest decliner on the S&P 500. The company cited mounting […]
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Two Central Ohio manufacturing operations have been tapped for a multimillion-dollar upgrade of DHL's sorting technologies at its Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport hub.
The shipping giant said it chose the Columbus office of Swiss manufacturer Mettler-Toledo to work with Hebron-based Datalogic Automation to outfit the operation with new hardware and software for airport auto-sort scan tunnels. […]
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Motorola Inc. announced Wednesday that it has filed three complaints against Apple over alleged patent infringements in its popular wireless and mobile devices.
The complaints were filed with the International Trade Commission as well as in the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of Florida.
The complaints allege that Apple’s (AAPL, Fortune 500) […]
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C&D Technologies Inc. said Tuesday the New York Stock Exchange has moved to suspend trading of its common stock because its market capitalization has been below $15 million for 30 consecutive trading days.
The Blue Bell, Pa., maker of backup power systems said it plans to appeal and is moving forward on a previously announced plan […]
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Bank of America said today it was freezing foreclosures in 23 states. A BofA spokeswoman was not sure Friday whether Arizona was on that list.
The move comes after an Associated Press story reported that BofA mortgage and foreclosure officials had proceeded with some actions without reading forms and documents provided by distressed homeowners.
BofA is one […]
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