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2016 Mazda MX-5 begins US production. How much will it cost?Th 2016 Mazda MX-5 will 聽have three different price 聽points, depending on trim level.聽The 2016 Mazda MX-5 just began production and will hit US dealers鈥攁nd the first lucky buyers鈥攍ater this summer.- Pregnant? Start saving for college now.Experienced moms have a message for pregnant women: Wake up and start saving for college today. According to a recent survey, nearly 44 percent of mothers with teenagers聽now wish they鈥檇 been advised to start saving for college immediately after their children were born.
- Deutsche Bank will pay record $2.5 billion fine for rate-riggingDeutsche聽Bank聽will pay a $2.5 billion settlement involving the manipulation of the benchmark interest rates, New York financial regulators announced Thursday.聽Deutsche聽will fire employees who were involved in the misconduct and install an independent monitor for New York state聽banking聽law violations.
- Fitbit profit? Seven ways to earn money with your fitness tracker.There's a whole host of websites and apps out there that connect to fitness trackers like Fitbit and Jawbone, along with other tracking services you may use like RunKeeper or your Withings scale, and the more data you feed them, the more points you earn to cash in for things like gift cards.
- Celebrate Earth Day all year with 'green investing'Green investing is a growing trend, and there are plenty of ways do do good with your money.聽Here are five classes of green investments that will help your portfolio, and the earth, beyond Earth Day.聽
- Tax cuts for the rich don't boost the economy. Tax cuts for the poor might.Tax cuts for the bottom 90 percent of US earners tend to result in more output, employment, consumption, and investment growth than equivalently sized tax cuts for the top 10 percent, according to a new paper.聽
- Existing home sales surge 6.1 percent in March as market heats upExisting home sales in the US surged a surprising 6.1 percent in March to a 5.19 million annualized pace, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). It was the best monthly performance for existing home sales in a year and a half.聽
- How early (or late) should you book a cruise for the best price?Book your cruise too early and you risk paying through the nose. But book too late and you're limited in your cabin selection or may miss the lower-priced cabins altogether. So is there a perfect time? Experts from the cruise industry weigh in.聽
- McDonald's sales fall again, but stock soars on turnaround planMcDonald's sales fell 2.3 percent in the first quarter of 2015, but the burger giant聽is developing a new turnaround plan to improve sales and profits. McDonald's shares were up 4.1 percent in early trading Wednesday on the news.聽
- Earth Day 2015: 10 easy ways save money while saving the worldEarth Day is a great day for penny-pinchers 鈥 it just so happens that going green often saves you green, too.聽
- Jeremy Clarkson to 'start again' with new car showJeremy Clarkson will return to television with a new car show, he wrote in his Sunday newspaper column. Whether Clarkson will enlist Richard Hammond and James May is unknown, but聽the idea of 'the lads' sharing a stage again is hardly inconceivable.
- Earth Day 2015: 20 innovators helping protect the planetEarth Day, on April 22, is an聽important opportunity to highlight solutions to some of the world鈥檚 most pressing environmental and social challenges. In celebration, we're highlighting organizations and individuals聽producing creative and innovative solutions in the food world.
- How 'flexible scheduling' is keeping workers in povertyFlexible scheduling is designed to make retail outlets, restaurants, hotels, and other customer-driven businesses more nimble and keep costs to a minimum, at the cost of regular hours and financial stability for workers.聽We need a federal law requiring employers to pay for scheduled work.聽
Retirement planning: How to make the most of Target Date FundsTarget Date Funds (TDF) invest your money for you in a broad spectrum of investments that are adjusted over time to be more conservative as you approach retirement age.聽But how well do you know what really happens to your money after it gets into that TDF?聽- Toyota Supra driven by Paul Walker in 'The Fast and the Furious' heads to auctionA 1993 Toyota聽Supra that starred in the original 'The Fast and the Furious'聽from 2001 will go up for auction in Indianapolis next month.聽The car belonged to the character Brian O鈥機onnor, played by the late Paul Walker.
- Specials like Lilly Pulitzer for Target can be trouble for retailersTarget shoppers found out this weekend that when stores make deals to carry merchandise from high-end designers like Lilly Pulitzer for a limited time, it can be, well, really limiting.
- Vacation deals: Trips to Europe, Florida Keys hotels, and moreThe week's best vacation deals include steals on flights to Europe, vacation packages to Mexico, and a can't miss 2-night stay in the Florida keys.聽
- Blue Bell Ice Cream recalls all products amid listeria outbreakBlue Bell Ice Cream is expanding an earlier recall to include all of its products due to a listeria outbreak that has been linked to several sicknesses and at least five deaths. The recall affects Blue Bell products sold in 23 states and some international markets.
- Six ways to save while visiting US national parksEven if you can't make it to a park to celebrate Earth Day this week, any time is a great time to visit our national parks 鈥 and there are always plenty of ways to save.
- Wall Street rallies on China stimulusTech stocks rallied on Monday as China's central bank's efforts to stimulate its economy prompted cautious optimism聽on Wall Street.聽
