Wall Street bracing for volume surge

U.S. financial markets will reopen Wednesday, after being shuttered for two days to deal with the devastating impact of Superstorm Sandy. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Trading volume is expected to surge when U.S. financial markets reopen Wednesday, two...

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A new type of 401(k): No fund picking allowed

With a managed 401(k), you can leave investing decisions to the experts. (Money Magazine) -- The 401(k) is the best tool you have to save for retirement, but it can be an awfully clumsy one. In a typical plan, your employer essentially hands you...

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Disney to buy Lucasfilm for $4 billion

Lucasfilm founder George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, is selling his company to Disney for $4 billion. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Walt Disney Company agreed Tuesday to buy Lucasfilm in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $4 billion. The deal will make...

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Disney to buy Lucasfilm for $4 billion

Lucasfilm founder George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, is selling his company to Disney for $4 bilion. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Walt Disney Company agreed Tuesday to buy Lucasfilm in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $4 billion. The deal will make...

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Wall Street bracing for volume surge

U.S. financial markets will reopen Wednesday, after being shuttered for two days to deal with the devastating impact of Superstorm Sandy. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Trading volume is expected to surge when U.S. financial markets reopen Wednesday, two...

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A new type of 401(k): No fund picking allowed

With a managed 401(k), you can leave investing decisions to the experts. (Money Magazine) -- The 401(k) is the best tool you have to save for retirement, but it can be an awfully clumsy one. In a typical plan, your employer essentially hands you...

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Hurricane deductible could cost homeowners thousands

Some homeowners who sustain damage from Sandy will have to pay thousands of dollars upfront for a hurricane deductible before insurance payments kick in. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Thanks to a little-known hurricane deductible, homeowners with property...

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Bank of Japan announces more easing

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks before press at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo HONG KONG (CNNMoney) -- The Bank of Japan announced Tuesday that it would expand its asset purchase program by 11 trillion yen in an effort to stimulate...

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UBS to cut 10,000 jobs

Zurich-based UBS said Tuesday it was cutting 10,000 jobs. HONG KONG (CNNMoney) -- Swiss bank UBS said Tuesday it intends to slash 10,000 jobs as the firm pares back its investment banking arm. The restructuring will save the bank more than $3.6 billion...

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Apple shakeup: Mobile head and retail chief are out

Scott Forstall , one of Apple's most influential executives, is on his way out the door. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As Hurricane Sandy battered the Northeast on Monday, a different kind of storm was brewing in Cupertino, Calif. Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500)...

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Hurricane deductible could cost homeowners thousands

Some homeowners who sustain damage from Sandy will have to pay thousands of dollars upfront for a hurricane deductible before insurance payments kick in. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Thanks to a little-known hurricane deductible, homeowners with property...

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Bank of Japan announces more easing

Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks before press at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo HONG KONG (CNNMoney) -- The Bank of Japan announced Tuesday that it would expand its asset purchase program by 11 trillion yen in an effort to stimulate...

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Top U.S. supercomputer guns for fastest in world

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A new kind of global arms race is unfolding -- and this one is measured in petaflops. Titan, the U.S. Department of Energy's top open science computer, is going live on Monday with an upgrade that will likely make it the fastest...

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Protect against a commodities meltdown

A rural worker collects Arabica coffee beans at a farm in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. (Money Magazine) -- Booming growth in developing markets, coupled with inflationary money-printing in the U.S. and Europe, helped fuel a bull market in...

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Penguin and Random House in publishing merger

Bertelsmann, the Germany-based parent company of Random House, will own 53% of the new venture with Penguin. HONG KONG (CNNMoney) -- Penguin and Random House, two major publishers, said Monday they intend to combine operations. The merger announcement...

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Bubble trouble in junk bonds

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As yield-hungry investors continue to jump head first into junk bonds, experts are warning that a potential bubble may be forming. So far this year, investors have plowed a record $49 billion into U.S. high-yield bond mutual funds...

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10 questions for China's Huawei

Huawei, China's largest telecom, has been the subject of congressional scrutiny. HONG KONG (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. House Intelligence Committee released a stinging report in early October focused on the business practices of Huawei and ZTE, two Chinese...

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Top U.S. supercomputer guns for fastest in world

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A new kind of global arms race is unfolding -- and this one is measured in petaflops. Titan, the U.S. Department of Energy's top open science computer, is going live on Monday with an upgrade that will likely make it the fastest...

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9 more banks under scrutiny in Libor investigation

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A state investigation into whether some of the world's biggest banks manipulated key global interest rates has widened to 16 institutions, according to a source familiar with the matter. New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...

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Rajaratnam associate to pay SEC insider fine

Another associate of Raj Rajaratnam has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission says that a former chief financial officer of Xilinx Inc. has agreed...

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Do I need to invest in stocks for retirement?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Can I skip investing in stocks altogether during retirement if I have saved a lot? -- Andrew C., Florida After seeing stocks plummet almost 60% between late 2007 and early 2009, I understand why you may want to avoid them. And...

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