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  • We had an interesting discussion at our morning meeting about unpaid internships. I don't know about you, but I've had the experience of working an…

  • U.S. mortgage rates rose last week while applications for refinancing slumped, with home buyers running up close against the deadline for an $8,000…

  • Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou met with inspectors from the International Monetary Fund today at the start of a two-week inspection…

  • Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is mulling a plan that would shut down all city departments — except for police, public safety and those…

  • Since President Obama signed health care legislation, scam artists have been trying to push phony insurance policies to take advantage of confused…

  • A vast majority of the 300,000 iPads sold on Saturday were broken in traditionally. But Pittsburgh high school student Justin Kocott had something…

  • Yelp.com will be making two big changes to address concerns raised by small business owners claiming a link between advertising budgets and…

  • The euro weakened to its lowest level since March 26 and Greek government yields on 10-year bonds soared to 7.1% on worries over Greece's debt. The…

  • Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced he would be delaying his report on exchange rate policies due April 15. The biannual report, first…

  • Tech giant Apple has announced it sold over 300,000 of its new tablet computer in the U.S. on Saturday. In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said…