Cars 2 Could Lap the Field in the Movie Toy Race

By Ron Dicker

Cars 2 doesn't open until June 24, but its toy line is already revving up the summer movie-toy season. Sales of Cars 2 merchandise will surpass Disney's entire Toy Story franchise within 12 months, predicted Jim Silver, editor in chief of TimetoPlaymag.com.

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Property Crimes Rise In Places You Wouldn't Expect

By Catherine New

Overall property crime was down in 2010 according to the FBI, despite the rough economy. But in rural and suburban areas, the larceny and burglary rates actually rose. Here's why crime is shifting away from the big cities -- and what you should do to avoid being a victim.

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Foreclosure Prices Dip Again: A State-By-State Look

By Dawn Kawamoto

Bargain hunters looking to snap up foreclosed homes found prices dipped again in the first quarter, with Ohio and Illinois offering the steepest discounts, according to figures released this week. But if you're getting ready to you whip out your checkbook, you may want to wait a bit longer.

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Walmart's How Big? What the Numbers Really Mean

By Loren Berlin

This year, for the seventh time in the past decade, Walmart is No. 1 on the Fortune 500. But how big is it? The numbers listed for largest American company are too immense to grasp in the abstract, so we've found some comparisons to put them on a more comprehensible human scale.

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Six Reasons the Economy Needs Memorial Day

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The origins of Memorial Day date to the aftermath of the Civil War, when people would decorate the graves of fallen soldiers to honor their service. The holiday still retains its reverential and patriotic spirit, but its economic consequences, though smaller than those of other holidays, cannot be overlooked.

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How to Time These Five Big-Ticket Purchases

By Barbara Thau

Before you shell out big bucks for a big-ticket item -- be it a mattress, a flat-screen TV or a new car -- remember that being a savvy shopper isn't just about finding the best sale you can right now: It's also about timing your purchase.

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Gold-Backed U.S. Currency? Yes, But 'U' Stands for Utah

By Eamon Murphy

Earlier this year, the Utah state legislature passed a law making gold and silver coins legal tender. Now, a Salt Lake City-area numismatist hopes to set up a depository system that will allow Utahans to use gold and silver to pay for anything they want.

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Buyers Beware: Business Credit Cards Are a Bad Deal

By Sheryl Nance-Nash

When the Credit CARD Act of 2009 was enacted, the goal was to make credit cards safer for people, but banks have found a loophole. Those consumer protections weren't extended to cards designated for business or commercial use, and as a result, millions of American households are at risk from the same unfair bank practices as before.

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall St.: Is Copycat Investing Smart?

By Sheryl Nance-Nash

Mirror investing lets you link your investment account to someone else's: When they make a trade, you automatically trade too. It guarantees that the person guiding you has skin in the game, but is it really wise to put your investment decisions in the hands of a stranger?

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Reading the Tea Leaves of the Shanghai Composite

By Douglas McIntyre

The Shanghai Composite is as close to a proxy for public firms in China as investors can get, and indexes are believed to reflect where markets think a nation's economy is headed. So what does it mean that, despite China's white-hot growth, the Shanghai Composite has been seriously lagging the S&P; 500?

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Cannes Notebook: Talking Money With the Stars

By Ron Dicker

The Price of Fame's Cannes Film Festival notebook overflowed with monetary morsels about movers and shakers in the movies. Here are a few choice leftovers from Restless stars Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper, and The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius.

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AT&T;'s 4G Battle Plan: 15 Major U.S. Cities in 2011

By Douglas McIntyre

AT&T; will spread its 4G LTE network into a large number of U.S. cities this year, a move that puts it into direct competition with Sprint-Nextel's Wimax 4G product and LTE technology deployed by Verizon Wireless. But will its investment in faster wireless pay off?

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