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With a close over 10,270 on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average had its best showing of 2009. But the market's achievement was greeted by introspection among economists and investors. Can this rally be trusted?
By Martha C. White
Most people put a lot of faith in their broker, and that often works out well. But in the age of Bernie Madoff, wary investors may be looking for some reassurance.
By Jonathan Starkey
The Color of Money
| By next summer, financial institutions will be prohibited from charging customers overdraft fees unless the customer consents to such overdraft protection.
By Michelle Singletary
No matter how casual the culture is where you're interviewing, the safest bet is to dress more formally than the rest.
By Susan Kreimer
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• Obama to Asia: Don't rely on debt-laden U.S. consumers
• On Obama trip to seal economic ties with Asia, trade policy threatens a rift
• Google relents with revised digital books settlement
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ECONOMIC CRISIS HEADLINES
• Europe emerges from recession
• Retailers tighten belts to bring numbers up
• Banks to prepay FDIC for failures
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Fed's airheaded
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PEARLSTEIN
| Central bank is going through its "lessons-learned" exercise.
Overdraft fees: Finally, fair warning
COLOR OF MONEY
| The need to protect consumers is outweighing the almighty concern for business to make a buck.
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