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- 7 ways to lower your cable billCable bill increases can really hurt, especially considering that the average cable bill already tops $100 per month. But you can take control of your budget and your cable bill.Â
- How to increase your chances of getting approved for a small business loanAs most seasoned small business owners know, getting financing can be difficult. Here's what you should do to increase your chances of getting approved.
- How spending the day on Facebook can help you land your next jobFacebook's new features connect businesses with jobseekers, simplifying a tedious process and possibly changing the way people think about the job search.
- First LookCan new labels take a bite out of food waste?The current system of date-labeling emerged haphazardly and doesn't accurately reflect food safety, trade groups say.
- First LookBoeing workers overwhelmingly reject union, in another blow to laborWhile the outcome was expected in the nation's most staunchly anti-union state, it's a reminder of the ongoing decline of the organized labor across America.
- Why popular European grocer Lidl is entering the US marketGermany's Lidl says it will open 120 high-quality, low-price stores on the US East Coast by the end of 2018.Â
- 6 ways to keep a ticket off your driving recordThe best way to avoid paying a higher insurance premium over a speeding ticket is to keep the ticket off your driving record. You can do this by contesting it, or by taking several other measures in court to kill it.
- Promised delays of federal tax refunds have delayed filing, tooFebruary 15 was the first day those who claim either the EITC or the ACTC could have received their 2016 tax refunds. This is several weeks later than in past years.
- First LookRetails sales tick up in January, as consumer confidence growsUS retail sales reached $472.1 billion in January and beat estimates with a 0.4 percentage increase, the Commerce Department says.Â
- Automakers ask government to relax some rules for self-driving carsGeneral Motors, Toyota, and Volvo are among the carmakers who told a House committee that granting exemptions for self-driving cars to test on public roadways could help them and tech firms speed development.
- First LookPepsiCo finds life after soda with 'guilt-free' productsThe company’s fourth-quarter earnings beat estimates with a total of $19.5 billion in sales – a 5-percent increase in the period. But 45 percent of the net revenue came from its low-calorie beverages and low-salt snacks.
- Meet the man who sold the world on credit cardsMatty Simmons, one of the pioneers of the credit card, helped pave the way for the industry as we know it today.
- Don't get carried away by surging stock market, analysts warn. Here are 3 risks.Despite the exuberance that’s accompanying the stock market rally, investors shouldn’t be complacent about the current risks in the market.
- How should government spend carbon tax revenues?A high-powered group of Republicans and business executives proposed replacing regulations for reducing greenhouse gases with a carbon tax. The two most interesting things about this initiative are who proposed it and what they’d do with the money.
- New federal legislation could help speed development of self-driving carsSen. Jim Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, and Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan, announced Monday that they would consider bills that would streamline laws related to testing self-driving cars on US roadways.Â
- Quiz: Is your relationship ready for a joint bank account?Whether you’re in a new relationship or newly married, you might want to think twice about combining love and money. Before joining your finances, take this banking compatibility quiz.
- SpaceX reignites historic launch pad that sent NASA astronauts to moonA once-thriving hub of rocket launches at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is ready for its second life.
- First LookSears, Kmart join other retailers in dropping Trump brandsSears and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kmart, said that their stores are discontinuing online sales of 31 Trump Home items.
- For tax purposes, is it better to be single or married?Marriage gives most couples a tax cut but it can also boost a couple’s tax bill, sometimes by a lot.
- How the credit card was bornAbout 72 percent of Americans have a credit card, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. But where did the idea of the plastic money card come from?