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Get Paid By These Dividend Darlings

A fat dividend yield can help smooth out what may be a rocky time in 2010. Here are some places to find nice ones.

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Clean Opportunities

For investors, natural gas has suffered from a Rodney Dangerfield syndrome.

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Jackson’s doctor pleads not guilty

The doctor hired to care for Michael Jackson was charged with killing the pop star after a lengthy investigation that found a lethal cocktail of drugs in the singer’s system when he died last year

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JAL to stay with American Airlines

Japan Airlines has decided to maintain its business partnership with American Airlines, spurning an offer by American rival Delta to defect to the latter’s SkyTeam alliance

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Bad News Buyer

In 2009 financial stocks recovered with a vengeance. Mike Koza has a knack for finding financial treasure among the trash.

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Tan Zuoren, a Chinese activist who sought to document shoddy construction that contributed to deaths in the country’s devastating 2008 earthquake, has been sentenced to five years in prison

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Toyota was set on Tuesday to announce a recall of its latest-model Prius petrol-electric hybrid in Japan to fix a problem with the software that controls its brakes

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DE Shaw has set up an in-house team to look at buying portfolios of distressed assets and is targeting rival hedge fund firms’ holdings

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The gigantic deficits the Administration is projecting are appalling, and they provide a chilling look at our future: America is hurtling towards a fiscal trap that is forcing us into the only option we’ll have to restore budgetary sanity: A Value-Added Tax.

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America’s Worst Winter Weather Cities

These areas get the most snowfall and rain, and experience the coldest annual temperatures, of the 50 measured.

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Xstrata fuelled renewed talk of a merger with Glencore, the privately held commodities trader, with the chief executive of the miner suggesting that a union could create value

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Global Markets Overview: Fears over the possible fall-out from the Greek debt crisis weigh, as worries over eurozone periphery curtail appetite for risk

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Toyota to announce Prius recall

Toyota will announce a global recall of its 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles, a source with knowledge of the plans told CNN.

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SolarWinds Keeps On Growing

Software company books strong fourth-quarter profits and offers an optimistic outlook for 2010.

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The 401(k) match is back!

Employees who took a hit on their savings last year might finally be in for some welcome news: Companies are stepping up efforts to help them save more for retirement.

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Traders make $8bn bet against euro

Data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange show net short positions against the single currency rising from 39,500 contracts to 43,700 contracts, equivalent to $7.6bn

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Speculators make $8bn bet against euro

Data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange show net short positions against the single currency rising from 39,500 contracts to 43,700 contracts, equivalent to $7.6bn

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Trillion-Dollar Tab Awaits Debtors

Rating agencies warn that companies may struggle to cover an avalanche of debts coming due over the next few years.

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The automaker’s woes hurt the whole country. Things have to change.

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Dow down on debt concerns

The Dow slipped Monday afternoon, with financials leading the retreat, as concerns about the economic recovery and Europe’s debt problems kept investors on edge.

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Democratic lawmakers and officials express scepticism that President Obama’s latest attempt to revive healthcare reform will have better chances of succeeding than earlier attempts

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Courts at odds over whether hospital mishaps are accidents.

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Analyst upgrade leads retail chain’s rally in a down session for the broader market.

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Home Depot Heats Up On Down Day

Retail chain rallies after Morgan Stanley boosts rating. Rival Lowe’s keeps pace after opening first stores in Mexico.

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Yes, it is possible to consistently beat the stock market.

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