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  • Beware the Slide in Small-Cap Company Stocks

    By Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    There are many reasons for the sharp underperformance of small- cap stocks in the past six weeks, but the recent correction may be winding down, which means investors worried about a broader selloff...

  • Company healthcare

    A Million Americans Get Wrong Obamacare Subsidies

    By AMY GOLDSTEIN and Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post

    The government may be paying incorrect subsidies to more than 1 million Americans for their health plans in the new federal insurance marketplace and has been unable so far to fix the errors,...

  • How to Make Money Off Airline Delays

    By Mitch Lipka, Reuters

    Last summer, Mark Wilson waited in a Rome airline terminal for a connecting flight to London on his way home to New York. And waited. And waited. By the time he arrived in London four hours late, the...

  • General Motors

    GM Recalls Nearly 3 Million More Cars

    By BEN KLAYMAN, Reuters

    General Motors Co said on Thursday it has issued five more recalls, covering almost 3 million vehicles globally, and is expected to take a charge of up to $200 million. Still dealing with fallout...

  • SuperValu, which uses 1.5 billion bags a year at its grocery stores, is retraining its cashiers and baggers to eliminate double-bagging, put more items in each bag and eliminate bags entirely for gallon jugs of milk and other things with handles. Customer

    Cautious Consumers Battle Rising Food Prices

    By LEWIS KRAUSKOPF and Lisa Baertlein, Reuters

    Rebecca Sumrow is one of the customers food and restaurant company executives have in mind when they consider raising prices to offset higher costs as meat and milk soar to record highs. The 30-year-...