America is a country of immigrants. In many of our immigrant communities — those of the Irish and the Jews come to mind — a traditional dictum was “buy land.” (Many old-world forefathers had

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At the turn of the New Year, the member nations of the European Union introduced the euro, a single currency that will replace the members’ individual currencies later this year. The euro’s debut in world markets on

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The markets lately have got people singing like the Beatles: “Dear Prudence … Won’t you come out to play?”

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Businesses fail. It’s lucky that this truth is so daunting — new businesses get founded every day, because enough people don’t want to think failure can happen to them. Not to be a bummer, but it can,

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As the market strives for record highs, the long arm of capitalism is stretching farther afield in search of new ways to grab money. While people will debate the merits of taking carbon-copies of the American

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If Dabney Coleman is your boss from nine to five, is there anything you can do (short of tying and abusing him) to extract fairness on the job? This can be a serious problem–sexual, racial and religious

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