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Crowdfunding: Meet the Koch brothers

Activists are trying to raise money to keep the Tribune Company out of the industrialists' hands. The tab? A mere $660 million

Education in America

Degrees of Cost

Next week: A CBS MoneyWatch special series looks at why college tuition has gone through the roof and what you can do to keep the damage to a minimum

Wedding Season

Helpful hints to cut your wedding bill

The average cost of a wedding now tops $28,000 -- but there are some things you can do to save cash

Unusual Pads

15 homes that will help you survive a disaster

If you're convinced that the future is bleak and awful days lie ahead, pricey residences like these may calm your fears

Is Your Business Boring?

How to stop the mediocrity pandemic

There is potential for mediocrity even in well-run companies, but the best of them know how to stamp it out

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Understanding Your Credit Record

What hurts your credit? Many have no clue

A new consumer survey shows that many people don't know what helps or hurts their credit score

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Facebook's rocky year as a public company

The social network's first post-IPO year was punctuated by extreme highs and lows, but in the end Facebook stayed Facebook

Pew: Gen Xers, boomers not saving enough

New report warns that millions of middle-aged Americans are struggling to save enough money for retirement

Stocks surge to new records

Another day, another sharp rally as the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq leave yesterday's losses in the dust

GM stock above $33 IPO price first time in 2 years

Good news for U.S. Treasury, which is selling shares to help pay cost of carmaker's $49.5 billion bailout in 2008 and 2009

Gauge of U.S. economy's future health up in April

Conference Board says index of leading indicators up 0.6 percent, to 95, after 0.2 percent decline in March

IMF says Cyprus at risk of even deeper recession

Agency counsels strict enforcement of bailout, warning 2013 economy will shrink 7 percent, 17 percent unemployment in 2014

Diamonds dazzle among gold-weary investors

With gold prices plummeting, international collectors see jewels as a safe place to store their wealth over the long term

EU Commission sees Greek recovery but few jobs

Forecasts that Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014

Fired for violating an unwritten policy

Was it violating company policy or age discrimination that got this employee fired?

World stocks mostly higher

Key event Friday is the release of the Conference Board's U.S. index of leading indicators for April

Flight delayed? Get cash instead of a voucher

You don't have to settle for a voucher for future air travel when you get bumped from a flight

China: Cadillac recalling SUVs to fix wheel nuts

Government says 2,653 imported Cadillac SRXs will be recalled; unclear if the problem was limited only to such models in China

Crowdfunding: Meet the Koch brothers

Activists have started a campaign to raise a mere $660 million to keep the Tribune Co. out of conservatives' hands

Oil gains as investors eye U.S. economy

Investors watch Conference Board's index of leading indicators for clues about the strength of the recovery in the world's largest economy

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