Are investors joining rally too late?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Should that be a cause for concern? Perhaps. Investors have poured $277 billion into stock-based mutual funds and exchange traded funds through Oct. 25. In 2000, $324 billion went into these funds. And even with the Dow and...

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China's Craigslist soars in IPO

58.com, which is often referred to as China's Craiglist, is a winner on Wall Street. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) 58.com, the leading classifieds site for local merchants in China, made its U.S. stock market debut Thursday. And investors welcomed it with...

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One big happy brokerage

From left: CEO Rodger Riney and Lindsay Morrison conduct a live chat; employees celebrate Hawaiian shirt day; Scottrade's team at a charity event in St. Louis. (Fortune) Scottrade CEO and founder Rodger Riney expects his employees to have fun at...

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Pet med

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Fewer FBI agents, fighter jets from 2014 cuts

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) These are just some of the consequences of budget cuts that government agencies are predicting could happen next year. In mid-January, another round of bone-deep cuts are scheduled to be rolled out. They are part of the sequester,...

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Obamacare site outage resolved

The data hub behind the Obamacare website went down on Tuesday night and was fully restored on Thursday morning. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) A networking problem crashed the Obamacare website on Tuesday evening, blocking users of the site from logging...

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Stocks fall on Fed hangover

Click chart for more markets data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Stocks fell modestly Thursday morning, one day after the Federal Reserve said that it will do exactly what the market wanted. The Fed will keep buying $85 billion a month in bonds. The...

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Bill Gross to 1%: We must pay more in taxes

By implementing "more equitable tax reform," Gross argues the United States could improve its competitive position, and challenge more productive economies such as Germany and Canada. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) "Having gotten rich at the expense of labor,...

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How to survive a merger

Simon Berg, left, in the New York City offices of the newly created Ceros. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Undaunted by those odds, Simon Berg set out last year to merge his online-marketing firm Ceros (whose client list included Virgin Atlantic, Lego, Nestle...

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Don't freak out about Facebook's 'teen problem'

Investors sent shares Facebook lower after the company discussed teenagers' use of the site. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) "We did see a decrease in [teenage] daily users [during the quarter], especially younger teens," Facebook chief financial officer David...

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Solid earnings and China data lift stocks

Click the chart for more stock market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were modestly higher in afternoon trading. In a sign that manufacturing is improving in the world's second largest...

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Spain joins bumpy European recovery

LONDON (CNNMoney) Unemployment in the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy fell in the third quarter, according to figures published Thursday. That followed a report from the Bank of Spain Wednesday predicting a return to economic growth in the quarter...

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Americans lacking in basic skills

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) American adult proficiency in literacy, numeracy and problem solving ranks as some of the lowest among developed countries, despite a relatively high level of education, according to a recent survey. In literacy, the United...

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VW said to help union organize its plant

A worker at VW's sole U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) And some say Volkswagen management is encouraging, rather than discouraging, the UAW. The UAW says it has union cards signed by a majority of the plant's hourly workers,...

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Stocks poised for early gain on China data

Click on chart to track premarkets NEW YORK (CNNMoney) U.S. stock futures were modestly higher ahead of the opening bell. Chinese factory activity hit a 7-month high in October, helping European stocks advance in morning trade. Investors will...

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Pensions ask retirees to pay back tens of thousands

Carole Grant, 75, has been told she owes almost $61,000 for nearly 20 years of pension overpayments. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) For retirees, it can mean owing tens of thousands of dollars. And with little warning, their pension checks are being slashed...

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Mulally staying at Ford - for now

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) In a call with analysts to discuss Ford's strong third-quarter results, the very first question was about talk in the media that Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) wants Mulally to replace outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer. Mulally answered...

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Can you make money and feel good about it?

Healthcare clinics, along with education and housing projects, are commonly supported by impact investors. LONDON (CNNMoney) Funds that promise to put money to work for the good of society are growing fast, as investors look for alternatives to...

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Icahn ups stake in Apple, demands $150 billion buyback

Carl Icahn has written a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, asking the company to buy back $150 billion of its own stock. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) His idea: Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) shares are extremely undervalued, so now's the time for the company to...

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Tesla shares hit a speed bump

Click for more data on Tesla. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Shares of the electric car maker have tumbled 10% over the past three days, though it regained some ground early Thursday. But before you shed a tear for Elon Musk, consider this: Tesla (TSLA)...

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Goldman Sachs posts big revenue drop

Goldman Sachs' bond trading unit took a big hit in the third quarter, pushing down the bank's revenues. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Goldman's revenues were down 22% from the second quarter and 20% compared to a year ago. Revenues also missed Wall Street's...

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Windows 8.1's little changes are a huge improvement

The Windows 8.1 update doesn't run away from last year's drastic redesign. It's doing the opposite. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) On paper, the list of changes that Microsoft made to Windows 8.1 don't seem all that major. No, the app tiles aren't gone. Yes,...

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This just in: Congress votes to do its job

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) What those negotiations can accomplish was not at all clear on Thursday. Expectations for any large, long-range deal are low. And experts are not wildly optimistic lawmakers will successfully deal with shorter-term budget decisions...

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70,000 federal workers filed for unemployment

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) About 70,000 federal workers filed for unemployment benefits the first week of October, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The shutdown began Oct. 1 and lasted 16 days, putting thousands of federal employees temporarily out...

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What debt crisis? Rally could keep going

Both the S&P and Dow have been on a tear in 2013. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Answer: Probably nothing -- at least not for the next few months "The amazing part of this whole situation was that investors were not going to let this rally go away,"...

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Verizon: Apple has an iPhone supply problem

Verizon posts strong third quarter numbers, but it wasn't able to sell as many new iPhones as it could have. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo told analysts on a conference call that Apple couldn't provide Verizon (VZ, Fortune...

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China not impressed by U.S. debt deal

The Congressional vote to avoid a debt default did not win positive reviews from China. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) "[P]oliticians in Washington have done nothing substantial but postponing once again the final bankruptcy of global confidence in the U.S....

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Shutdown ends, but small businesses lost big

The 16-day shutdown cost an estimated $33 million in lost tourist money around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Rafting outfits, wedding photographers and firms with government contracts were examples of small businesses...

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Panda cam returns as government reopens

The pandas are back! Online, at least. They've been in the zoo the whole time. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The nation got its first glimpse in nearly three weeks of Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and the unnamed cub Thursday morning when the Smithsonian National...

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Wal-Mart moms vent on economy and 'disgusting' politics

On Wednesday night, ten moms sat down to discuss Washington and the economy in a Wal-Mart sponsored focus group. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The women had gathered as part of an annual focus group organized in different cities by the country's largest...

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