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McDonald's opens near Vatican, upsetting some purists
Reuters
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The champions of the 401(k) lament the revolution they started
The Wall Street Journal.
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You can get these cards even with bad credit
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Stocks rise in the year's first day of trading
CNBC
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Oil retreats from 18-month highs as dollar strengthens
Reuters
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Wall Street, America's new landlord, kicks tenants to the curb
Bloomberg
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Here's what Obamacare repeal will do
MarketWatch
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Companies
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Ford cancels plan to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico
Reuters
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McDonald's opens near Vatican, upsetting some purists
Reuters
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US probes complaints of Hyundai Sonata seat belt failure
Associated Press
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Icahn sweetens offer for Federal-Mogul for third time
Reuters
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United investigates after worker spends flight in cargo hold
Associated Press
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Jain joins Cantor as president in post-Deutsche Bank restart
Bloomberg
![FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2016 file photo, the logo of Hyundai Motor Co. is displayed at the automaker's showroom in Seoul, South Korea. U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that the front passenger seat belts can fail in about 313,000 Hyundai midsize cars. The investigation posted Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers the Hyundai Sonata from the 2013 model year. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBxQPh9.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=1110&y=592"} "FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2016 file photo, the logo of Hyundai Motor Co. is displayed at the automaker... - The Associated Press")
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Markets
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Stocks rise in the year's first day of trading
CNBC
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Construction spending is at its highest in more than 10 years
Reuters
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China begins to ease its 2,000-year-old monopoly on salt
Associated Press
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Oil retreats from 18-month highs as dollar strengthens
Reuters
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US factory activity hit 2-year high in December
Associated Press
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Why did Indonesia penalize JPMorgan?
Reuters
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![A worker climbs on the roof of a home under construction at the Pulte Homes Fireside at Norterra-Skyline housing development on March 5, 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2008, Phoenix, Arizona was at the forefront of the U.S. housing crisis with home prices falling 55 percent between 2005 and 2011 leaving many developers to abandon development projects. In 2012, Phoenix is undergoing a housing boom as sale prices have surged 22.9 percent, the highest price increase in the nation, and homebuilders are scrambling to buy up land.]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBdnUzR.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=1140&y=456"} "A worker climbs on the roof of a home under construction at the Pulte Homes Fireside at Norterra-Sky... - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images")
![In this Aug. 13, 2011 photo, migrant workers shovel raw salt at the Qijiaojing Salt Field in Hami in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China has started an overhaul of its salt industry, easing a monopoly that has existed in some form for more than 2,000 years and predates the Great Wall. (Chinatopix via AP)]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBxQnh7.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=872&y=643"} "In this Aug. 13, 2011 photo, migrant workers shovel raw salt at the Qijiaojing Salt Field in Hami in... - The Associated Press")
![Field operator Greg Buckley inspects the pipelines September 21, 2000 at the Federal Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility known as Big Hill near Beaumont, Texas. With America growing concerned over the threat of high heating costs, vice president Al Gore proposed tapping the government's strategic petroleum reserve to force down oil prices before winter arrives. The facility, one of four crude oil storage sites run by the U.S. government is prepared to release oil if the order is issued. The Big Hill facility has 14 underground solution-mined storage caverns that have a combined storage capacity of 160 million barrels. The site has demonstrated the capability to deliver crude at 930,000 barrels per day. The Big Hill site is connected via a 25-mile, 36-inch pipeline to the Sun Marine Terminal and the Unocal Marine Terminal at Nederland, Texas. The pipeline also interconnects with the Texaco 20-inch pipeline system in Port Arthur, Texas. The reserve, created in 1975 after the Arab oil embargo, is intended to provide a stopgap in case of disruptions in oil imports. It has been used only once, during the Gulf War in 1991.]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB80dH3.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=1136&y=919"} "New Pipelines Adding Supply Threaten U.S. Gulf Crude Oil Premium - Joe Raedle/Getty Images")
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Technology
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CES 2017: all the latest gadgets from this year's key tech show
T3
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Meet Kuri, one of many robots debuting at CES 2017
USA TODAY
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It’s aye, robot, as driverless cars finally steer near showrooms
Bloomberg
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Cars, robots expected to star at CES 2017
USA TODAY
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Alexa, start the washer: Whirlpool makes it possible at CES
CNET
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LG's new Super UHD TVs packed with Nano Cell tech
Relaxnews (AFP)
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Small Business
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Mom-and-pop bookstores see surprising retail plot twist
CBS News
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10 ways to appeal to the next wave of workers
Entrepreneur
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Small businesses upbeat about 2017
Associated Press
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Why one man saved $120,000 and planned to lose it all
CNBC
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Customers loved this Tupperware superstar, until she changed her gender
The Washington Post
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What Cuban would do if he lost everything and had to start over
CNBC
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![FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump and Andy Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants, shake hands as Puzder leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump has tapped Puzder as his pick to head the Labor Department. Trump’s election as president has made many small business owners more upbeat about 2017. Many owners are more confident because their revenue looks to increase in 2017 due to the overall improving economy. They’re also optimistic because they expect Trump to deliver on promises to lower taxes and roll back regulations including parts of the health care law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBxENeV.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg"} "FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump and Andy Puzder, ch... - The Associated Press")
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![FILE - In this March 28, 2013, file photo, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban smiles during an NBA game in Dallas on March 28, 2013. Opening arguments in the government's insider-trading case against Cuban begin on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in federal court in Dallas. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB5KKvN.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=955&y=906"} "Mark Cuban - Mike Fuentes/AP")
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Apple to cut iPhone production by 10 percent
Wochit Tech
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After nearly a century, NYC's new subway line is finally open
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The next generation of roads that talk to cars
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Coal country afraid Trump will repeal black lung benefits with Obamacare
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How to make a smartphone pay for itself
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19 states will get minimum wage increases in 2017
CNBC
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Why farming needs more young people
Newsy
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2017 outlook for North America industrials
Bloomberg
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Cubans plug in as internet access spreads
Reuters
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Tech innovation vs. privacy in 2017
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Here's why half of all households have Amazon Prime
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Ad agency head resigns over 'death by overwork'
Reuters
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![<p>The sporting goods giant once owned and operated 540 stores across America, according to RetailResearch.org, but it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2016 and things continued to go south from there. In the end, more than 14,500 employees found themselves out of work. Although Sports Authority announced at the time of the filing that it would only shut down 140 of its stores, as well as two distribution centers.</p><p>A leveraged buyout is one of several reasons cited for this Colorado company’s demise. The retailer was king of the hill, holding assets of about $1 billion, according to Fortune, when a hedge fund purchased it in 2006. But that buyout brought a significant amount of debt that the company found itself struggling to satisfy.</p><p>Ultimately, Sports Authority failed to reach an agreement with its creditors as <a href="https://www.gobankingrates.com/personal-finance/bankruptcy-longer-out-jail-card/">part of the bankruptcy process</a>. Competition from online retailers like the NFL, NBA and Amazon has also been blamed.</p>]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAlD9hC.img?h=100&w=138&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=931&y=449","size1rowsize2column":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAlD9hC.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=931&y=449","size1rowsize3column":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAlD9hC.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=931&y=449","size1rowsize4column":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAlD9hC.img?h=64&w=85&m=6&q=60&u=t&o=t&l=f&f=jpg&x=931&y=449"} "The sporting goods giant once owned and operated 540 stores across America, according to RetailResea... - Sergey Yechikov / Shutterstock.com")
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