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One big happy brokerage

From left: CEO Rodger Riney and Lindsay Morrison conduct a live chat; employees celebrate Hawaiian shirt day; Scottrade's team at a charity event in St. Louis. (Fortune) Scottrade CEO and founder Rodger Riney expects his employees to have fun at...

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Fewer FBI agents, fighter jets from 2014 cuts

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) These are just some of the consequences of budget cuts that government agencies are predicting could happen next year. In mid-January, another round of bone-deep cuts are scheduled to be rolled out. They are part of the sequester,...

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The hottest job skill is...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) What is it? Fluency in a foreign language. Translators and interpreters are expected to be one of the 15 fastest growing occupations in the nation, according to the Department of Labor. Roughly 25,000 jobs are expected to open...

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Obamacare site flaws due to government's innovation problem

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) "It's embracing 1960's era technology," former U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra told CNNMoney. "A core issue there is a same set of problems we've seen in the past." As the first CIO of the United States, Kundra's...

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Stocks: Perky ahead of Fed decision

Click on chart to track premarkets NEW YORK (CNNMoney) U.S. stock futures rose, as European markets climbed to their highest levels in five years. The Fed is due to release a statement at 2 p.m. ET, following a two-day policy meeting. Investors...

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Are you paying more than your parents?

The price of manufactured goods - think toys, clothes and electronics - has plummeted over the last 30 years, while the cost of services like health care and education has soared. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) It's true that sticker prices usually rise....

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Bad credit can almost double your car insurance premiums

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Based on data from six large insurers from across the United States, InsuranceQuotes.com found that drivers with poor credit pay as much as 91% more than people with top credit scores. And drivers with median credit scores were...

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Superstorm Sandy victims still struggling to rebuild

Josette Lata and Ed O'Kinsky NEW YORK (CNNMoney) One major issue Sandy victims have: Their dealings with FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. One year after the storm, Josette Lata and her husband Ed O'Kinsky have spent about $70,000...

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'I was overpaid by Social Security'

Rebecca Rivetto had received disability payments for four years for her autistic son. Now the Social Security Administration is asking for it all back. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) One 33-year-old veteran began receiving Social Security disability payments...

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Stocks: Set for another all-time high?

Click on chart to track premarkets NEW YORK (CNNMoney) U.S. stock futures advanced, with the S&P 500 index up 0.2%. The gains come after the S&P 500 hit a record high on Friday. The S&P, Dow and Nasdaq all rose by roughly 1% last...

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Obamacare and deficits: Reality check

The fight du jour over Obamacare is the troubled rollout of healthcare.gov. But the more enduring fight will be about the law's potential effect on federal coffers. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Democrats promise trillions in savings. Republicans swear the...

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United fined $1.1 million over Chicago delays

Passengers were stuck on planes for stretches ranging from just over three hours to nearly four-and-a-half hours. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The DOT said the penalty is the largest for such a violation since a rule limiting long tarmac delays took effect...

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JPMorgan paying $5.1 billion to Fannie, Freddie over mortgages

It's been a rough year for JPMorgan. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The bank has also been in talks with the Justice Department and other government officials over another potential settlement based on similar claims. That settlement will likely be even more...

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Feds seize $28 million in bitcoins from alleged Silk Road operator

There are currently about 11.9 million bitcoins in circulation, according to the website Blockchain. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Bitcoin, which allows users to conduct online transactions while obscuring their identities, was the only currency accepted...

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JPMorgan paying $5.1 billion to Fannie, Freddie over mortgages

It's been a rough year for JPMorgan. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The bank has also been in talks with the Justice Department and other government officials over another potential settlement based on similar claims. That settlement will likely be even more...

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Feds seize $28 million in bitcoins from alleged Silk Road operator

There are currently about 11.9 million bitcoins in circulation, according to the website Blockchain. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Bitcoin, which allows users to conduct online transactions while obscuring their identities, was the only currency accepted...

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MacBook Air is the best Apple laptop

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) It says a lot that the 2010 revamp of Apple's ultra-thin laptop was the lynchpin that single-handedly forced Intel (INTC, Fortune 500) to create the specifications for rival PC ultrabooks in 2011. Three years later, it's still...

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Could teaching employees to code be key to success?

Modernizing Medicine has 16 physicians, in 8 different specialties, who have been trained to write code. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Launched in 2010, his Boca Raton, Fla.-based firm designs electronic record-keeping systems for hospitals and doctors'...

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Four-star makeover for the TSA line

The Dallas-Fort Worth checkpoint used to offer stainless steel benches and tables (left). Now, like in Charlotte, travelers will find couches (right). NEW YORK (CNNMoney) But one company is trying to change that, bringing couches, mood lighting...

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VW said to help union organize its plant

A worker at VW's sole U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) And some say Volkswagen management is encouraging, rather than discouraging, the UAW. The UAW says it has union cards signed by a majority of the plant's hourly workers,...

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Americans lacking in basic skills

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) American adult proficiency in literacy, numeracy and problem solving ranks as some of the lowest among developed countries, despite a relatively high level of education, according to a recent survey. In literacy, the United...

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Pensions ask retirees to pay back tens of thousands

Carole Grant, 75, has been told she owes almost $61,000 for nearly 20 years of pension overpayments. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) For retirees, it can mean owing tens of thousands of dollars. And with little warning, their pension checks are being slashed...

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How sick are Europe's banks? Wait and see

Eurozone bankers will be flying into Frankfurt shortly to meet with the ECB as part of a year-long health check announced Wednesday. LONDON (CNNMoney) An ambitious health check announced Wednesday by the European Central Bank is the first serious...

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To fix Obamacare website, blow it up, start over

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) After assessing the website, Dave Kennedy, the CEO of information-security company Trusted Sec, estimates that about 20% of Healthcare.gov needs to be rewritten. With a whopping 500 million lines of code, according to a recent...

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Stocks: Momentum fades with earnings eyed

Click on chart to track premarkets NEW YORK (CNNMoney) U.S. stock futures were lower, matching a weak performance across most global markets. The pullback comes as major U.S. indexes hover near historically high levels. The S&P 500 hit...

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Why young people are saying 'no' to the workforce

More time in college and longer life spans are partly why young people are staying out of the workforce longer. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Less than 78% of people aged 20 to 34 either have jobs or are looking for work, according to the Bureau of Labor...

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2 numbers that could cause another shutdown

Republicans Jeff Sessions and Paul Ryan and Democrats Patty Murray and Chris Van Hollen are leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are trying to forge a budget agreement to fund the government for 2014. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Lawmakers have until...

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Facebook lifts ban on beheading videos

LONDON (CNNMoney) A temporary ban on graphic content was imposed in May following complaints about videos which depicted people being decapitated. Facebook (FB, Fortune 500) removed the reported videos and said it was reviewing its policy on this...

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Stocks enter uncertain times

Click on chart to track premarkets NEW YORK (CNNMoney) U.S. stock futures were little changed. The wave of third-quarter earnings results continues Monday with results due in the morning from McDonald's (MCD, Fortune 500) and Halliburton (HAL,...

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