This holiday season, a leaner budget might clarify which people truly make a difference in your life. The challenge will be figuring out how much to tip them.Determining what to give during the holid

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Today, with Halloween behind us, I imagine that over-sugared families across America are putting away their costumes and decorations and are now looking ahead to Thanksgiving.It seems an appropriate

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Insider trading is back, big time. On Friday, federal prosecutors and the SEC charged Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of New York hedge fund the Galleon Group, with insider trading in the stocks of sever

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