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Sweetening the Deal May Help Sell Your House

When you put your house on the market, you might receive some unexpected last-minute requests to sweeten the deal by including certain furnishings. Plan ahead for dealing with these requests so you don't lose…

Paul Ausick · 9 years ago

New Carlyle CEOs Get Only $275,000 Base Salaries

The new Carlyle Group co-CEOs will have base salaries of only $275,000 each when they begin their jobs early next year. But each of the two stands to make much more. 

Douglas A. McIntyre · 9 years ago

Companies Paying Americans the Least

Leroy Harvey / Shutterstock.comThe federal government increased the national minimum hourly wage from $6.55 to $7.25 in 2009. Washington has not made any changes since. While many states have implemented their own minimum wage…

Sam Stebbins · 9 years ago

Friday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

Friday was an incredible day for the markets, specifically the tech sector. The Nasdaq notched an all-time high and huge gain on the day following the earnings results of Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft. Crude…

Chris Lange · 9 years ago

Retailers Hiring the Most for the Holidays

monkeybusinessimages / ThinkstockThe holiday season is the period from late November until early January. The season is a boon for retailers, with total holiday spending in the United States topping $626 billion last year.…

Sam Stebbins · 9 years ago

US Oil Rig Count Drops by 1,Total Rigs Down by 4

The Baker Hughes rig count for this week showed a gain of one oil rig and the loss of five natural gas rigs. Crude prices have pulled back a little from their intra-day highs.

Paul Ausick · 9 years ago

2017 Data Breaches Continue Rising

Nearly 172 million user records have been compromised so far in 2017 as a result of some 1,120 data breaches according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

Paul Ausick · 9 years ago