Trust the private sector, not Washington, to get job training right

(Fortune) Washington's job training is an expensive, bureaucratic, ineffective mess. Start with the more than $18 billion spent on 47 training programs across nine agencies. Job Corps alone spends as much as $76,000 per person, often to place young...

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New chapter begins in net neutrality fight

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has his work cut out for him. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) On one side, federal regulators and content providers are trying to preserve competition and keep all websites equally accessible. On the other, Internet service providers...

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Apple ends security updates for Snow Leopard

If you're running Snow Leopard, it's time to upgrade. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) has stopped issuing updates for Mac OS X 10.6, known as Snow Leopard. That means the company won't be sending out software fixes to protect you...

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Best travel tips ever

(Fortune) Avoid baggage blues If you're like me, you believe that there are two kinds of airline bags: carried on, and lost. And while the airlines are doing a better job with baggage these days, I still don't check bags on domestic flights. I FedEx...

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Top debt collection complaints

Thousands of consumers are complaining about obnoxious debt collectors. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began accepting debt collection complaints in July and has already received more than 11,000 -- the second highest...

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She's back! Yellen testifies before the Senate

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The head of the Federal Reserve is testifying before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday. Originally scheduled for two weeks ago, the hearing was postponed due to a snow storm in Washington. Yellen's prepared remarks are...

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Stocks: Yellen and retailers in focus

Click the chart for more markets data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq closed little changed Wednesday. But the S&P 500 is still close to its record high. Investors around the world are once again turning to the...

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J.C. Penney shares soar 20%

Click for more data on J.C. Penney stock. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Shares of the troubled retailer soared more than 20% Thursday after the company said that same-store sales grew 2% in the fourth quarter. That's the first quarterly sales gain since...

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Ukraine crisis spills onto world markets

LONDON (CNNMoney) Stock markets fell and the dollar, Swiss franc and gold gained as investors sought refuge in traditional "safe haven" assets. Financial fallout from last week's removal of a pro-Russian government in Ukraine had been largely limited...

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How young tech millionaires invest

Mike Zhang, 23, became a millionaire recently after he sold an online company he started at the age of 14. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Wealth managers from some of the largest Wall Street firms -- including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse...

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