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Simple metal car keys are going the way of the landline.Over the past couple of decades, you may have graduated from a standard metal key to a key fob or car remote and onto a transponder, which has a chip that needs to be programmed before you start your car. If you own a luxury car equipped with high-tech features, you may have gone to the next level of door openers: a smart key, which is essentially not a key at all but a remote control device that you plug into your dashboard or even just leave in your pocket to start the car.Replacement costs for smart keysWhile high-tech devices may bring convenience, they are also costly."Generally, it costs $200 to $400 to replace a smart key on a luxury car, plus you have to factor in labor costs to program it, which can be $100 an hour," says Ronald Montoya, consumer advice editor for Edmunds.com, a supplier of car information, in Santa Monica, Calif.Montoya says newer models of cars have laser-cut keys with built-in transponder chips that mu...
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Earnings season continues next week with a focus on Internet companies, insurers and media firms. The most notable names include Facebook, AIG, Visa and MasterCard.O...
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA, BBVA.MC), the Spanish banking giant, is exiting the Peruvian pension fund business as part of its efforts to focus on its c...
MetLife Inc. (MET) on Tuesday raised its dividend nearly 50% to 27.5 cents per share, its first increase since 2007, carrying through on a long-delayed plans to retu...
MetLife Inc. (MET) has raised its quarterly dividend by 49%, marking the insurer's first dividend increase since 2007.The second quarter dividend of 27.5 cents a sha...
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, resigned from the board of life insurer MetLife Inc. (MET), the co...
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Bill Schulz reports from MetLife Stadium
Layfield Energy Founder John Layfield on Justin Bieber’s prepaid debit card and the success of Wrestlemania at MetLife Stadium.
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What a quarter! Nothing like what any of the pundits predicted. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) was up about 10%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) was up over 8%, an...
American International Group Inc. (AIG), Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK) and U.S. Bancorp (USB) will disclose racial and gender information about their U.S. workf...
John LeBoutillier, Doug Schoen, and Pat Caddell on what political impact the Benghazi investigation will have on Capitol Hill and the future of campaigning
Seniors on the cusp of entering the "real world" might be focused on their last final exams, getting resumes sent out and finding a place to live, but they shouldn't...
A group of activist hackers kicked off an ambitious cyber operation on Tuesday that targeteted a slew of high-profile American targets, however the Group Anonymous a...
MetLife Inc. (MET) is "waiting for more clarity" from regulators before it considers restarting its long-suspended share-buyback program, Chief Executive Steven Kand...
MetLife Inc. (MET) swung to a first-quarter profit as the company recorded business growth across geographic regions, including emerging markets.The biggest U.S. lif...
MetLife Inc. (MET) swung to a first-quarter profit as the company recorded business growth across geographic regions, including emerging markets.The biggest U.S. lif...
A deal-making frenzy in Asia's insurance industry is turning up the heat on buyers to fork out huge sums or miss out on a prime chance to tap into the sector's faste...