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10 things: 10 things estate sales won’t tell you

MarketWatch.com - Personal Finance News  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:57 PM EST   [*New!*]

What to watch out for, and whom to trust, when it’s time to clear out a home.

Recessions and Bull Markets: Why Small Businesses Should Hedge Retirement Bets

Forbes  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:32 PM EST   [*New!*]

Over the past 50 years, Small Business Week (June 17-21) has been a time to recognize and support the millions of small businesses in this country.  It’s also a time to assess the current challenges small business owners face and discuss viable solutions to those challenges.

Obama warns EU over high youth unemployment

AP Top Business News  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:30 PM EST   [*New!*]

BERLIN (AP) -- President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment and make sure that some countries don't 'lose a generation.'...

Ousted Men's Wearhouse Founder Says He Was 'Silenced'

ABC News: Money  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:30 PM EST   [*New!*]

Retailer Men's Wearhouse announced that it 'terminated' founder and executive chairman George Zimmer.        

Bond Report: Treasurys edge lower ahead of Fed meeting

MarketWatch.com - Top Stories  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:30 PM EST   [*New!*]

Treasurys take a weaker tone on Wednesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve’s policy statement and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s news conference.

After the Obama-Xi Summit: Pressure on Japan to Concede on Senkaku/Diaoyu

Forbes  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:29 PM EST   [*New!*]

When Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo traveled to Washington, D.C. in February to meet President Obama, he was given only one hour forty-five minutes of Obama’s time.

Switzerland Buries U.S. Tax Law, Banks Seen at Risk

NYT World Business  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:23 PM EST

The lower house of parliament dealt a death blow to a draft law aimed at protecting the country’s banks from criminal charges in the United States for helping Americans evade taxes.        

Why Well-Thought-Out Career Choices Still Sometimes Don't Work

Forbes  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:23 PM EST

I recently spoke to a prospective career coaching client who told me she did everything right when she decided to change careers a few years ago.

Oil little changed before Fed's Bernanke speaks

AP Top Business News  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:17 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) -- The price of oil was down slightly Wednesday as traders waited to hear the latest on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy from chairman Ben Bernanke....

Gen. Wesley Clark Joins Blackstone

WSJ.com: Private Equity Beat  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:16 PM EST

Bloomberg News Gen. Wesley Clark, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe who made an unsuccessful U.S. presidential bid, has joined Blackstone Group as a senior adviser to one of the private-equity giant’s funds, with an eye toward helping it pursue energy investments overseas

How Institutional Theorists Can Help Solve Big Business Problems

Forbes  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:16 PM EST

The academic study of institutions provides important insights into complex problems, but is often criticized for lacking practical relevance. Institutional theorists gathered at Harvard Business School to discuss how to make their work more broadly understood and useful.  Their insights are highlighted in this article, which first appeared on the HBS Working Knowledge website.

London Markets: Oil firms, banks bruise FTSE 100

MarketWatch.com - Top Stories  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:15 PM EST

Banks drop in London on Wednesday after a commission calls for sanctions for bad bankers, while oil firms on the decline put further pressure on the U.K. benchmark.

Thinking about money leads to bad behavior

MarketWatch.com - Personal Finance News  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:12 PM EST

The word dollar is enough to quiet the conscience, research shows.

BT Group Chief Resigns to Join British Government

NYT World Business  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:12 PM EST

Ian Livingston plans to become minister for trade and investment after five years of leading the British telecommunications giant.        

Queens Of The Stone Age, Matador Records Hit #1

Forbes  | Links  | Related | Jun 19, 2013 12:12 PM EST

Palm Desert, CALIFORNIA-based rock band Queens of the Stone Age’s latest album, ...Like Clockwork, was released on Matador Records on June 4. Within a week, the record sold 91,000 copies, shooting to number one on the Billboard 200. It was the first time both the band and indie label Matador have produced a number one record, and the first release on an indie label since the band’s first album. The surprise, despite not being put out on a major label, is that it is the poppiest record the band has made yet.