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Can Pinterest turn its popularity into profits?

Even though it has never been in the black, the popular scrapbooking site secures $100 million in new financing

 

A day in the life of a warehouse wage slave

Working in the online shipping business, says Mac McClelland, is nasty, brutish, and poorly paid

 

Glenn Beck after Fox: More powerful than ever?

For many people, the incendiary talk show host seems to have fallen off the planet. On the contrary: He's reaching his fans — and raking in a lot of money

 

Is JC Penney imploding?

As the department store energetically reinvents itself, customers reject its new pricing model, and the company's plunging stock price reflects their sour mood

 
President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington last year: During the weekend's G-8 meeting, Obama will likely encourage Germany to rethink its harsh austerity demands.

The European debt crisis: Can Obama do anything to stop it?

The president is hosting European leaders at Camp David, where he is expected to lobby for action on a far-off crisis that threatens to spill onto America's shores

 
A busy ATM in Athens: Fear over Greece's precarious position in the eurozone prompted Greeks to withdraw 800 million euros in a single day this week.

Bank panic in Greece: What happens if Greeks quit the euro?

As Greece veers toward a eurozone exit, depositors are draining their bank accounts, and European leaders are beginning to plan for a post-Greece future

 
Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras seems to want no part in a Greek unity government, all but ensuring new parliamentary elections that his leftist party is poised to clean up in.

Can a new election save Greece?

Efforts to form a unity government seem to fail, setting up yet another showdown between Alexis Tsipras' anti-austerity forces and the old Greek guard

 

The massive security breach at Visa and MasterCard: Are you at risk?

Hackers attack a pipeline that services credit card transactions, exposing more than one million customers to fraud

 

The foreclosure victim who scored an $18 million settlement

There have been few winners in the housing crisis, but Florida's Lynn Szymoniak is one of them

 

Could a 14-year-old girl become a real-estate mogul?

South Florida teen Willow Tufano rents out the house she owns — and she's saving to buy another one

 

The 'epic' bull market: Why are investors shunning stocks?

Stocks have been on a tear for the past three years, but average investors are hesitant to get back on the roller-coaster

 

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