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How To Land Freelance Work

MarketWatch's Marshall Loeb Offers 3 Tips For Finding Work With No Strings Attached



Big Oil Profits Go To Investors, Not R&D

More Than Half The Money Made By The Five Largest Oil Companies Goes To Stock Buybacks And Dividends



Fannie, Freddie Rescue Could Cost $25B

Analyst Says There's Less Than 50 Percent Chance That A Pricey Bailout Will Be Necessary

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Railroad To Pay $102M For Calif. Wildfire

Union Pacific Agrees To Settlement For Causing Wildfire In 2000



Yahoo, Icahn Reach Settlement

Agreement Averts Power Struggle; Places Investor And Two Of His Nominees On Board



Economists: 2nd Half Growth Likely Anemic

45 Percent Of Economists Surveyed Say Market Will Not See Growth Because Of Energy Pricing, Housing And Credit Problems



Taking Stock Of Our Economic Woes

Experts Say The Nation's Financial Straits Will Get Worse, And There Is No Consensus On What To Do About It



Paulson Warns Of More Tough Times

Treasury Chief Says Number Of Troubled Banks Will Increase As They Struggle To Cope With Losses

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Calculating Your Bank's Health

A Little Known Formula Known As The Texas Ratio Can Gauge How Distressed A Financial Institution Is

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Analysts Ponder If Oil Bubble's Burst

Oil Recorded Another Drop Friday, Placing It Almost $20 A Barrel Lower Than Its Peak



Citigroup Posts New Losses, Cuts Workforce

However, $2.5B Shortfall Less Than Expected For Largest U.S. Bank

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American To Cut 1,500 Maintenance Jobs

Nation's Largest Airline Has about 14,000 Employees In Its Maintenance Division



Yahoo: Microsoft's Actions "Stupefying"

Letter To Shareholders Knocks Microsoft, Investor Icahn For "Very Narrow Special Interests"



Merck To Fund $4.85B Vioxx Settlement

Drug Maker Will Start Cutting Checks In August For Former Users Of Withdrawn Painkiller



How To Be A Better Investor

MarketWatch's Marshall Loeb Offers 4 Tips For Success


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GM Moves

General Motors announces cuts to salaried jobs, production, dividend to raise turnaround cash.


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