Finance
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Behind the Great Stock Rally of 2009
There may not be much to the rally beyond herd-like momentum, but that could keep the stock market going even into next year
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How Big Pharma Profits from Swine Flu
Once spurned by drugmakers as low-margin and risky, vaccines to fight diseases such as H1N1 are now a growing business for Novartis and others
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Experts Talk About FOMC Minutes, GDP, and Home Prices
What Wall street economists and strategists had to say about key developments on Nov. 24
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Chris Farrell
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Earnings
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Global Banks: A Securities Blanket for Q3 Earnings
Big institutions' trading, investment banking, asset management, and wealth management activities helped offset persistent asset-quality declines
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Economy
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Holiday Sales: A Touch Merrier in '09
Spending should beat last year's figures, says Action Economics, but 2009 should still be one of the worst holiday seasons of the past several decades
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Investing News & Analysis
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The Rush to Refinance Corporate Debt
Companies with obligations that mature by 2012 are issuing a flood of new bonds. Does this betoken pessimism about recovery or wise management?
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Investing with Gene Marcial
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Marcial: America's Car-Mart, a Lot to Like
This used-car retailer has done well through the recession and has a habit of beating analyst forecasts
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Personal Finance
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Investing: Should You Test-Drive a Hybrid CD?
Equity-linked certificates of deposit are designed to boost yields by tying a portion of the deposits to a stock index. Here's what investors need to know
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Philanthropy
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Private Foundations Should Consider PR
Philanthropic outfits increasingly are adopting PR programs to achieve their goals. Here's why some old PR objections are no longer valid
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Real Estate
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Checking the Health of the Housing Recovery
Waiting for the pain in residential real estate to end? BusinessWeek asked experts what to watch now
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Retirement
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How to Move Beyond the DIY Transition to Encore Careers
Among the changes needed to help older workers transition to their next phase of life: adapting educational programs, new financing, and public policy innovations
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Stocks & Markets
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Central Bank Buying Spurs a Gold Rush
India's and Russia's central banks helped push gold to nearly $1,200 an ounce, although their buys amount to minor diversification. Is this a gold bubble?
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