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Postal Service offers $15,000 buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers
The U.S. Postal Service is offering buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers, part of the struggling agency's efforts to shed staff and cut costs.
Summer gas prices - as good as they'll get
As the summer driving season kicks off this holiday weekend, most Americans are enjoying lower gas prices than they might have expected when the spring began.
Dimon asked to testify before Senate panel on June 7
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been invited to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on June 7 regarding the $2 billion trading loss his bank announced earlier this month.
Spanish banking woes threaten Europe
The Spanish banking system has taken center stage in the ongoing European debt crisis drama.
Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR
Three television studios and Dish Network are suing one another over an ad-skipping digital video recorder technology that the satellite TV company debuted earlier this month.
'What's a realistic retirement age?'
"What's a realistic retirement age? How much longer will most of us have to work?" -- Charles Maimone, Wilmington, N.C.
Girl Scouts: Not just cookies. We want science!
Girl Scouts are now getting more of what they want...and it's not just cookies.
Facebook IPO: Wall Street's losses mount
Nasdaq's glitch on Facebook's opening day is costing Wall Street firms millions of dollars, and that tally will probably rise before the saga is over.
Facebook's stock slips again
Facebook's stock price slipped again on Friday, down more than 16% from the price of its initial public offering one week ago -- a market debut that infuriated investors and prompted a lawsuit.
Facebook must use Facebook to friend investors
Vinny Jindal is the Founder and CEO of Stockr. Before starting Stockr, Jindal was a Principal at Boston Millennia Partners, and a Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Equity Research at ThinkEquity Partners.
Stocks snap three week losing streak
U.S. stocks fell Friday, but ended higher for the week, as concerns about the debt crisis in Europe weighed on the market ahead of a long weekend.
Be prepared for any home emergency
Sometimes disaster strikes, despite your best efforts to prevent it. And that means you should always be ready for the unexpected.
Living off the grid in a mail-order home
House Arc may look like an egg-shaped antidote to McMansion mania, but this small mail-order home was really designed as a way to quickly provide housing to victims of disaster.
Stocks set to open mixed; Europe in focus
U.S. stocks were poised for a lackluster open Friday, as anxiety persists over Europe.
Farmers hit the jackpot in Kansas oil boom
Farmers in Kansas are hitting the jackpot.
Invest in India? Patience will pay off
My great-grandfather left his little village in India more than a hundred years ago. When I visited it recently as part of a two-week reporting trip, I found that, except for the ubiquity of mobile devices, little had seemingly changed.
Euro leaders fall short (again!) as crisis spirals
European politicians are facing renewed criticism for being slow to respond as the debt crisis in the eurozone has taken a turn for the worse.
Google kills 250,000 search links a week
It may surprise you that there is a rapidly growing number of websites Google intentionally hides from you. Google doesn't want that to be a surprise anymore.
Follow the money ... to Singapore
AlphaVN.com is an investing blog focusing on Vietnam and other markets in Southeast Asia. It is written by Peter Pham, a capital market specialist and entrepreneur with expertise in institutional sales and trading.
Facebook sees modest gains
Facebook's stock made modest gains on Thursday, but it's still down at least 15% from the price of its initial public offering.