In California, we’re used to forest fires. Not so much an inferno arising from exploding gas pipes under the streets of sleepy surburbia.
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With so many jurors talking about cases they’re on via social networks, judges are now updating their warnings to jurors about the sanctity of jury deliberations to include social media. Some are even confiscating smartphones i…
Some of Thursday’s top online stories for investors, including seven ways you can improve your performance in the stock market, why silver may be a better investment than gold, and which stocks do well in deflationary periods.
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The stock is trading at $60 a share — about where it was during the March 2009 market low. Even as oil has rebounded to $74 from $40 at that time, ExxonMobil languishes. That could soon change.
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Employers who used job cuts to save money during the economic crisis knew that layoffs would put strains on the workers who remained. But now, those cost-cutting measures are impairing their ability to attract the top talent th…