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Own a rental property? Here’s what you need to know before filing taxes this year.

The National Federation of Independent Businesses reported Tuesday that its Index of Small Business Optimism hit a two year low. Here's why.

Will the Fed step in once again, as it has done in the past, to help Europe deal with its debt crisis?

Moody's Investors Service has ranked the top 10 defense programs -- and defense contractors -- that could get hurt by an estimated $1.2 trillion in automatic budget cuts over the next decade, an estimated half of which could come from the defense industry.

The Securities and Exchange Commission may try to claw back executive pay given by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to six former executives during the housing bubble years at issue in the agency’s securities fraud lawsuits.

Many boomers have life insurance plans that we purchased 20 or more years ago, but now that we are close or in retirement, our lives and financial situations are different, and our life insurance needs have evolved.  

The calendar has flipped to December, and the next presidential election is less than a year away. What better time to take a peek back at some of President Obama's more memorable quotes about the economy and the country.

There is plenty of blue sky ahead for the blue chips next year.

The markets delivered a holiday rally this week, but all it did was knock us back to the trading range established in late October.

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For now, it’s probably better to look at individual stocks rather than rely on the market to send all boats higher.

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Worldwide debt crises overshadowed this alarming fact: 2011 ranks as the worst ever for catastrophic economic losses from disasters.

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After closing out a volatile trading week ending with a big rally, Wall Street is poised to continue climbing.

I have been married for 22 years, and in that time I have adopted these words as my words to live by – “You can be Right or you can be Happy.”

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