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Facebook tests new “Want” button

Facebook is testing a “Want” button for online retailers, reports Financial Times. Read: Facebook faces privacy concerns, again Perhaps competing with popular photo-sharing site, Pintrest, the new Facebook feature allows consumers to add product images to an online wish list. Read: Google to top Facebook? The launch is part of a test series called Collections. […]

By Wire services |October 9, 2012

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4 tips for boomer entrepreneurs

Whether doing freelance consulting work, buying a franchise or opening a specialty business, more than half of boomers (54%) have started or considered starting a small business before retirement, finds a TD survey. Boomers with the entrepreneur bug want to be their own boss (58%); make more money (53%); or have a sense of personal […]

By Staff |October 9, 2012

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IMF downgrades growth forecasts, and more . . .

Fast growing economies, including China, India, and Brazil, are slowing in the face of weak demand from western goods market countries.

October 9, 2012

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Don’t be fooled by the next Madoff

How to not get sucked into investment fraud—even by someone as artful as Bernie Madoff

By Scot Blythe |October 9, 2012

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