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8 Retirement Milestones That Affect Your Investment Decisions 10/09/2014 12:00am • Maximize your benefits.Change your investment philosophy to "winning by not losing." You will never be hurt by having a positive return, but you can be significantly affected by a negative return, especially after you retire. Many people focus on their portfolio's rate of return, but age is also an A Financial Planning Guide for Singles 10/09/2014 12:00am • No single person is an island when it comes to financial planning. Those who have been single lifelong, as well as those who find themselves single in the middle of their lives due to divorce or the death of a spouse, have a unique array of financial complications and considerations, financial advi Colorado resort sues over Salt Lake ski marketing 10/08/2014 07:40pm • LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Colorado ski resort says Salt Lake City can't market itself as Ski City USA because the winter sports slogan is too similar to their decades-old nickname for Steamboat Springs.Steamboat Ski Resort is suing Utah tourism officials, claiming Report: Federal budget deficit falls to $486B 10/08/2014 07:20pm • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government's budget deficit has fallen to $486 billion, the smallest pool of red ink of President Barack Obama's six-year span in office, a new report said Wednesday.The Congressional Budget Office's latest estimate shows better results t Union blocks traffic to protest casino givebacks 10/08/2014 06:51pm • WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Casino workers blocked traffic on a highway Wednesday night to protest demands for contract givebacks being made to keep the Trump Taj Mahal casino open.Members of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union swarmed an intersection at the foot of the Atl Conservative states balk at gay marriage action 10/08/2014 06:16pm • ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Following Monday's unexpected Supreme Court decision not to hear appeals over gay marriage, Julia and Regina Johnson went to the Reno County Clerk's office to apply for a marriage license.After 16 years and six kids, it was time. They watched as Senate opponents in several races argue over Obama 10/08/2014 06:02pm • The Associated Press President Barack Obama's policies, national and local economic issues and women's rights sparked clashes Tuesday night as Senate candidates debated in five states with just a month left before Election Day.The debates were part of races both parties are counting on for victorie SolarCity loan deal could propel rooftop market 10/08/2014 02:40pm • JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- SolarCity will begin offering loans to homeowners for solar systems, a move that industry analysts say could reshape the market for rooftop solar and propel its rapid adoption.Most current rooftop solar deals involve a lease or an agreement to buy pow UK cleared to heavily subsidize $39B nuclear plant 10/08/2014 12:23pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union has approved Britain's bid to heavily subsidize a new nuclear power plant, overriding opposition from environmentalists and questions over the project's 24.5 billion pound ($39 billion) price tag.The EU's executive Commission said We EU broadens corporate tax crackdown to Amazon 10/08/2014 12:22pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union is broadening its crackdown on multinationals' tax avoidance schemes, opening Tuesday an investigation into Amazon's practices on suspicion the online retailer is not paying its dues on profits made across the 28-nation bloc.The prob Health law waivers: Too complicated to claim? 10/08/2014 12:04pm • RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of Americans may qualify for waivers from the most unpopular part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. But getting that exemption could be an ordeal.Community groups are concerned about a convoluted process for waivers Swiss museum to decide next month on art trove 10/08/2014 12:00pm • BERLIN (AP) -- A Swiss museum said Wednesday that it expects to decide late next month whether to accept a priceless collection of long-hidden artworks bequeathed by German collector Cornelius Gurlitt.Gurlitt, who died in May, designated the Kunstmuseum Bern as the sole heir to his collection. A dec Kenyan president appeals for case to be dropped 10/08/2014 11:28am • MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Lawyers for Kenya's president on Wednesday asked judges at the International Criminal Court to drop the crimes-against-humanity case against him -- and acquit him -- saying the prosecution has collapsed and cannot be resurrected.Prosecutors 14-day pilot strike cost Air France $631 million 10/08/2014 10:30am • PARIS (AP) -- Air France-KLM says a 14-day pilots' strike that grounded about half the airline's flights cost the company 500 million euros ($631 million).The company gave the estimate in a statement Wednesday, and said it hoped to accelerate development of Transavia, a low-cost affiliate that was a Morning Notes 10/08/2014 09:05am • NIH Releases Patient Exposed To Ebola – The NIH Clinical Center on Tuesday released a man who was flown to the U.S. from Sierra Leone with a high-risk exposure to Ebola. The man suffered a needle stick injury and was put in isolation at NIH’s Bethesda campus because of a brief peri