Features By Ashley Milne-Tyte
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A frugal holiday season approaching
Between the number of people unemployed, in debt or afraid of losing their jobs, this coming holiday season might actually be worse for retail than last year. Ashley Milne-Tyte checks one tell-tale barometer.
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Prime time prepares for Jay Leno
NBC rolls out The Jay Leno Show tonight and faces the challenge of engaging a new prime time audience. If all goes well, other networks may follow suit with their own charismatic entertainers. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Is EU offer to poor countries enough?
The European Union may offer nearly $22 billion a year by 2020 to developing nations to fight global warming and sing on to a climate change treaty. Is it an offer too good to refuse? Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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High price of oil better for long-term
Gas prices may be lower than they were this time last year, but they're still relatively high. But if oil producers increased production, and caused oil prices to fall, it would have bad longer-term consequences. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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The rich hurt too when portfolios crash
How people think of themselves is often shaped by how much they have. But do big losses make a difference for those who still have a lot? Ashley Milne-Tyte reports on how even the identities of the very wealthy take a beating when their portfolios tank.
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N.J. schools bag funds with free lunch
New Jersey's public schools have a new funding formula, and it comes with a nutritional twist.
Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Ikea: A cheap alternative to childcare
Ikea's childcare center is seeing an almost 15% increase in drop-offs this year at some of its stores. The retailer is a cheap place to leave the kids for a short while and visitors don't need to shop to use it. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Recession slows retirement-home sales
Many seniors sell their homes to afford the high cost of moving to a full-service retirement community. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports that people are delaying this move because their houses aren't selling.
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Ohio may gamble to fill budget shortfall
Ohio is facing a $3 billion budget gap, and it may turn to gambling to bring in some much-needed revenue. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Private-equity firms' rules to buy banks
The FDIC is set to announce new rules on how bank buyouts by private-equity firms should go. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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