The Ultimate Insider Black Friday Guide: Where to Go for the Best Deals

With a slowly recovering economy, retailers are looking for ways to lure wary customers into their stores on Black Friday. Some retailers are attracting shoppers by staying open on Thanksgiving Day, in addition to extending their hours on Black Friday.

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This Is What Happens When Free Markets Fail

Many folks who fancy themselves free marketeers are aghast as they watch the Obama administration taking the wheel at failed automakers, drafting a sweeping overhaul of healthcare, dictating salaries at bailed-out banks, and preparing stringent new rules for the whole financial sector.

Attractive and Functional Design Solutions for Aging Homeowners

Growing numbers of seniors want to remain in their homes as they age, and attractive design solutions for aging in place projects have evolved. Making such modifications not only helps current occupants but may broaden the market for future buyers when the home is placed on the market.

9 Insider Secrets to Getting Hired

While searching for work alongside 16 million people who are angling for the same openings, getting a hiring manager to tell you why you didn't get hired is about as easy as actually getting the job. But one of the best things you can do is examine your job search with a critical eye: Is your résumé really a good advertisement for your skills? Does your nail-gnawing habit turn off prospective employers?

10 Tips for Selling Your Home in the Sluggish Winter Months

Since many home buyers with children plan their purchases around the scholastic calendar—starting their search in the spring, signing a contract in the summer, and moving in by late August—sales activity tends to erode as the days grow colder before bottoming out in January or February.

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Schumer Criticizes Outsourcing of NBA Uniforms to Thailand

New York senator tries to tell Adidas what to do.

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Although property values improved a bit in September, they may have an additional 10 percent to fall.

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See Where the Jobs Are for Older Workers

Taking a look at occupational employment, by age, can help identify the best job opportunities.

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Since I'm not invited to the upcoming jobs summit, I thought I would mail in a few of my suggestions.

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