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Dollars and Sense: One roller coaster week

by Warren Cole Smith

Dollars and Sense | An unexpected week. This week—with its quiet beginning and volatile middle and end—was not the kind of week most of us expected. On Monday, stocks traded in a fairly narrow range. The mood on Wall Street was…

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Evening rush hour commuters making their way past the food concessions on an underground concourse inside New York's Penn Station.

Dollars and Sense: Are markets headed toward a healthy correction or ‘irrational exuberance’?

by Warren Cole Smith

Dollars and Sense |  Big Apple ripe. I spent a couple of days in New York this week, and I can tell you that with the stock markets at all time highs, the Big Apple is…

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Stacey Otts, a senior at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., studies in one of the school's chemistry labs.

‘Brain drain’ sucks Indiana dry

by Thomas Hardesty

Economy |  While Indianapolis suburbs make the list of best places to live, the state has a hard time convincing college graduates to stay

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Private college ‘tuition discount’ hits record high

Private college ‘tuition discount’ hits record high

by Les Sillars

Education |  As worries about college costs rise, schools are forced to increase financial aid or face declining enrollment

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Specialist Matthew Cheslock works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Dollars and Sense: Bad news in Europe might be good news for U.S. investors

by Warren Cole Smith

Dollars and Sense |  Up, up, and away. The markets just keep climbing. The Dow closed above 15,000 for the first time ever on Tuesday, and it continued to set new records on…

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke

Signs and Wonders: Wall Street heavyweights insist Bernanke stop giving away ‘free money’

by Warren Cole Smith

Newsworthy |  Banker objections. Those of us opposed to Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing scheme could take solace from a new report issued this week. Bloomberg is…

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Trader John Liotti works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Dollars and Sense: Market movement continues to push toward record territory

by Warren Cole Smith

Dollars and Sense |  Earning notice. Even though it’s still earnings season, earnings reports didn’t seem to drive the business news this week, or this quarter, for that…

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Moral markets

by Marvin Olasky

Q&A |  Americans are about to relearn the lesson, says Steve Forbes, that it is big government and not capitalism that causes economic instability

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Paul Ryan

Midday Roundup: Paul Ryan now supports gay adoption

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy |  Flip flop? Rep. Paul Ryan appears to have softened his stance on gay adoption, according to reports from a town hall meeting he held earlier this week. Ryan,

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Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss.

Midday Roundup: FBI says second ricin letter arrest is the right one

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy |  Poison pen arrested. Over the weekend, federal investigators arrested the second man suspected of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, Sen.

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Gold bars in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Gold rush going bust?

by Leigh Jones

Money |  Gold prices rose slightly today after a precipitous plunge on Monday rattled precious metal investors around the world. The sell-off dropped prices 9.4…

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People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Midday Roundup: A ‘heinous and cowardly act’ of terrorism

by Leigh Jones

Newsworthy |  Boston update. President Barack Obama addressed the media shortly before noon today, giving a brief update on the investigation into yesterday’s bombings in…

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