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  • Occupy Wall Street from David Sauvage on Vimeo. The Occupy Wall Street protests celebrate their one-month anniversary today, with the news that …

  • There are thousands of happy children around the world today, and one happy toy company. Southern California based Mattel Inc. reported that wor…

  • Tan tax tanks. Feds fail to collect on salons

    One of the most widely-reported parts of "Obamacare" was the 10 percent tax on tanning salons that was added to the bill. The tax was intended to…

  • The Capitol Building in Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg.
    Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

    When I was a lad I decorated my room with a poster of a nuclear mushroom cloud, with "Harrisburg is Everywhere" written in big letters across the…

  • A discount store sells soda for one dollar a six-pack in Ontario, Calif.
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    Discount and dollar stores have become so popular with shoppers that big-time investors — who would have turned up their noses a few years ago -…

  • Scoop! Ben & Jerry’s supports Occupy Wall Street

    Ben and Jerry's lent its impeccable liberal credentials to the Occupy Wall Street protests today. Or its cows did, at least. The ice cream compan…

  • How China’s growth could help us

    If the jobs news today didn't inspire you, consider reading the latest report from the Boston Consulting Group….

  • A stack of the newly released biography of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs wait for people to pick their pre-ordered copies up at the Books & Books store in Coral Gables, Fla.
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    How much did people love Steve Jobs? Enough to push his biography to the top of the Amazon bestseller list — even though the book hasn't even b…

  • Hiring up for the holidays

    The department store Kohl's is hiring 40,000 seasonal workers for the holidays. That's up five percent from last year. Macy's, JC Penney and Meij…

  • A competitor takes chips during a poker tour.
    Mychele Daniau/AFP/Getty Images

    We know people are gambling more in this down economy – but cheating more too? The *Las Vegas Sun *quotes security officials at gaming firms sayi…

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