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What Abandoned Ships Say About the Global Economy 07/11/2016 08:00pm • HONG KONG -- On a scorching June day, Jason Lam waited at the Tsim Sha Tsui harbor front of this territory belonging to China. He was there to attend to the crew of New Imperial Star, a casino ship that has sat in Victoria Harbour for eight long months, abandoned by its owner. For more than 280 days How to Make Good Financial Decisions 07/11/2016 08:00pm • In many ways, the health of your bank account is based on whether you're a good decision-maker. After all, whether we're rich, poor or somewhere in between often depends on the choices we make. Sure, some people are born with far more advantages than others, but still, whether you rise or fall in l The most-loved restaurants on social media 07/11/2016 01:00pm • There are plenty of reasons to pay attention to social media when it comes to your restaurant stocks. In August, a 20-second video appeared on YouTube and Facebook (ticker: FB) of a person in a fast food uniform wiping a burger bun on a dirty kitchen floor and preparing it to be served to custome Dividend Growth Is Slowing Down 07/10/2016 08:00pm • Investors who favor dividend-paying stocks have been getting some bad news recently: dividend growth is slowing down. And that could force some investors to change their plans. "If dividend growth is lower than expected, this will impact millions of retirement plans and more and more people will ha How to Save for Retirement on Less Than $40,000 Per Year 07/10/2016 08:00pm • Saving for retirement is especially difficult when you are earning a small salary. But tucking away even a small amount might qualify you for tax breaks, an employer match and will get compound interest working on your behalf. Here's how to begin building wealth for retirement when you have a low i Va. budget defict is $266 million, McAuliffe says 07/10/2016 03:17pm • WASHINGTON — Virginia is reporting record tax revenues, but there’s a problem: The amount collected still isn’t high enough to pay the bills tallied in the most recent fiscal year’s budget. Governor Terry McAuliffe said the state is in the hole by $266.3 million, after the $18 billion co Fewer families use retirement accounts to pay for college 07/07/2016 08:00pm • Parents of college students are now less likely to withdraw money from their retirement accounts to pay for college. Only 5 percent of families took a retirement account distribution for college costs in 2016, down from 7 percent in 2014, according to a Sallie Mae and Ipsos survey of 799 parents of 7 Global Goats That Could Bring Market Mayhem 07/07/2016 08:00pm • Meet the goat.For as long as the bulls and bears have see-sawed back and forth in the zoo that is Wall Street, one stubborn animal sat on the fulcrum, ready to tip the balance in the bear's favor: the goat. When global forces show ornery, goat-like tendencies, markets in the U.S. get the willies. Ho Help, My Company Is Being Sold! 07/07/2016 08:00pm • Whether you're working for a large public company or a newly established startup, there's a good chance you're receiving some form of equity-based compensation. In recent years, restricted stock units have become an increasingly common form of equity compensation, as companies search for a simplifie How 'smart moms' can save over $1,000 a year 07/07/2016 07:00am • The world doesn't need another coupon book. That was part of the thinking behind author Kimberly Palmer's decision to write "Smart Mom, Rich Mom: How to Build Wealth While Raising a Family." Palmer, who also is the author of "Generation Earn" and "The Economy of You," couldn't help but notice that a Stock Market Showdown: Lenovo vs. AsusTek 07/06/2016 08:00pm • So far as anyone knows, the late Steve Jobs, high-tech guru that he was, never wrote a coulda-been bestseller called "The Apple Way." Nor Bill Gates "The Microsoft Way." Nor Michael Dell "The Dell Way." But Lenovo, the Beijing-based company known for its PC laptops and smartphones, may just have en How to Invest in Emerging Markets With Large-Cap Stocks 07/06/2016 08:00pm • If Brexit has you spooked about investing internationally, you can still gain global exposure from many U.S.-listed multinationals. That's a strategy Ron Weiner, managing director and partner with RDM Financial Group at Chicago-based HighTower Advisors, has been pursuing for his clients since 2009, Alphabet May Be Turning Into the Next Berkshire Hathaway 07/06/2016 08:00pm • Alphabet (ticker: GOOG, GOOGL) subsidiary Google Capital is doing something it has never done before: It's taken a large stake in a publicly traded company. It's the very strategy that's helped Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) morph into a $350 billion powerhouse. Are we seeing a Should You Try IV Therapy? 07/06/2016 08:00pm • Dave Dickens woke up one morning last October in Key West wishing he hadn't. "It feels like somebody is hitting me with a baseball bat in the head," recalls Dickens, a 60-year-old "play hard, live hard" kind of guy who had knocked back more than a few drinks the night before. So when he passed an I The 7 Smartest Acquisitions of All Time 07/05/2016 08:00pm • The Hershey Co. (ticker: HSY) made headlines recently when it rejected a merger proposal from another food company in a high profile example of a corporation seeking to use a takeover to grow its business. Even when buyouts come together, they don't always go to plan. The AOL-Time Warner merger in 2