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Strike shuts Lisbon subway for 12th time this year 10/21/2014 12:28pm • LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- The Portuguese government's plan to privatize debt-heavy public transport companies is meeting tough opposition from trade unions as Lisbon subway workers walked off the job for the 12th time this year.Staff staged a 24-hour strike Tuesday, demanding the government keep the Health Care Costs Expected to Rise in 2015: Are You Ready? 10/21/2014 12:00am • While 2015 may seem like a long way off, decisions you make within the next few months could affect how much you pay for health care in the coming year. Health care costs are expected to grow 6.8 percent overall next year, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCooper's Health Research Institut Why You Should Move Your Savings to an Online Bank 10/21/2014 12:00am • The Internet bestowed many gifts upon humanity: instant communication, the ability to stay in touch with friends and family, access to details when news breaks, cat videos. But one of the best gifts in recent years has been the online-only bank. Online-only banks offer higher interest rates on sav What Ebola Can Teach You About Investing 10/21/2014 12:00am • You've probably heard a lot about the disease that kills approximately 600,000 people in the United States every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You've probably also heard more than a little about two other diseases that together kill more than 50,000 people annua Fire exposes illegal Chinese factories in Italy 10/20/2014 02:12pm • ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press PRATO, Italy (AP) -- The first thing the firefighters saw was the arm sticking out of the barred window on the second floor of the factory. Flames reached through the partially collapsed roof and a high column of smoke darkened the winter sky. This fire had been burning On the road to find the world's funniest person 10/20/2014 01:52pm • JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It was last summer and Israeli-Palestinian tensions were at the highest they'd been in some time when Jamie Masada hit on a formula for world peace: Forget about guns and bombs, and just tell jokes to each other.The onetime stand-up comic is, after al Investor group pays $3.4B for power company Cleco 10/20/2014 08:20am • PINEVILLE, La. (AP) -- An investment group led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets will buy the Louisiana power company Cleco for $3.4 billion.The group will pay $55.37 in cash for each share of Cleco, which owns the regulated electric utility Cleco Power. That amounts to a 15 percent premiu Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gas 10/20/2014 07:02am • KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- The Ukrainian president has said his country has reached an agreement with Russia on supplies of natural gas for the winter.When Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in June over unpaid bills, it raised the risk that Ukraine would be left without heating during the coldest mo LePage's style at center of Maine governor's race 10/20/2014 03:42am • ALANNA DURKIN Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- To some in Maine, Republican Gov. Paul LePage is hot-headed and divisive. Others say the hard-charging former mayor has found his own way to be effective in a state with a proud independent streak.In a tight three-way race for governor marked by 5 Career Checkpoints on the Road to Retirement 10/20/2014 12:00am • It's National Save for Retirement Week, so you'll likely see a lot of information, tools and resources about saving for retirement through your workplace plan, like a 401(k) or 403(b). Although there are basic tips that apply to everyone, considering steps relevant to different stages of your caree 4 Financial Factors in Making the Part-Time College Calculation 10/20/2014 12:00am • A student can transition from full- to part-time status for any number of reasons. Illness, family problems, stress, work -- all may necessitate a semester or two of pumping the brakes on college. But downshifting to part-time enrollment affects financial aid in myriad ways, from federal loan elig 3 strategies to pay off your credit cards 10/20/2014 12:00am • If your monthly to-do list includes dedicating a chunk of change to your credit card balance -- or multiple balances -- you're not alone. Approximately 4 in 10 Americans carry revolving debt on their credit cards, according to a 2012 survey by the National Foundation for Credit Card Counseling a Here's what's been happening in markets this month 10/19/2014 11:52pm • The Associated Press What a difference a month makes.On Sept. 18, the U.S. stock market reached a record high after a mostly uneventful summer. Long-term interest rates headed higher, a sign that investors expected steady U.S. growth. A widely watched measure of volatility in the U.S. stock market In Georgia Senate bid, Nunn talks economy to women 10/19/2014 02:44pm • CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press EVANS, Ga. (AP) -- You don't hear Michelle Nunn mention gender politics or try to rally female voters in Georgia around issues of abortion, birth control and gay marriage as she runs for the Senate.Yet there's no question that Nunn has tailored her message in th As debt mounts, Caesars in talks with lenders 10/19/2014 07:50am • KIMBERLY PIERCEALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Caesars Entertainment said Friday it is prepared to start formal discussions with some of its bank lenders as it works to reduce its debt and stave off what some see as near certain bankruptcy.In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission