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You've got to set your goals!
Where there are no goals, there will be no significant accomplishments. There will only be another traffic jam.
Korean conflict, EU worries weigh on stocks
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks fell Tuesday as a flare-up of tensions between North and South Korea combined with downbeat news on the economy gave investors plenty of reasons to sell ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The…
Insider-trading probe wades into legal gray area
NEW YORK - The aggressive push federal prosecutors are making against potential insider trading is sending investigators into a legal gray area that may redefine insider trading itself.
Chilly conditions good for business
Whether it was snow tires, ice melt, snow blowers, or fender-bender repair, sales heated up for some businesses as deep cold and snow froze North Idaho Monday …
Stocks pare losses, end mixed
NEW YORK - Stocks pared their losses and ended narrowly mixed Monday amid anxiety over Europe's financial crisis and a widening probe into insider trading on Wall Street.
String of businesses burgled
COEUR d'ALENE - So what do businesses Figpickels Toy Emporium, Performance R/C Hobbies, Norm's Downtown Auto Body, Moon Time pub and restaurant, Salon Bella Dona and Louie's Insurance have in common?
Movers & Shakers November 23, 2010
Hagadone Marine Group announces new employees
Harrah's folds hand on planned stock offering
LAS VEGAS - Harrah's Entertainment Inc. canceled its planned initial public offering Friday, folding its hand for now on what was already a money-losing bet on…
Most 9/11 responders settle suits over WTC dust
NEW YORK - More than 10,000 workers exposed to the tons of toxic dust that blanketed ground zero after the World Trade Center fell have ended their bruising le…
Bernanke on perilous ground
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is taking some highly unusual steps to counter widespread opposition to his $600 billion plan to jump-start the economy. He's pressing China to let its currency ri…
GM stock rises on second day
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors' stock rose the second day it traded as it rebounded from an early swoon.
Don't sleep on your dreams
One of the summer's biggest box office draws was the movie "Inception," which explored the idea of controlling one's dreams. Collapsing cities, zero gravity, imaginary buildings and intermingled layers of the dream…
Mecca development promises pilgrims better hajj this year
MECCA, Saudi Arabia - A dozen glittering skyscrapers tower over Islam's holiest shrine, the Kaaba, boasting hotel rooms with 24-hour butler service and luxury …
Irish, EU, IMF face marathon talks
DUBLIN - As EU experts dug through the books of Ireland's debt-crippled banks, the question moved from whether Ireland will take an international bailout to un…
Gillett sued over Liverpool soccer loan
NEW YORK - A U.S. hedge fund is suing former Liverpool co-owner George Gillett Jr. over what the firm says is more than $117 million in debt he racked up inves…
IAAF says financial situation is improving
MONACO (AP) - Track and field's governing body said Friday it has stabilized its financial situation and promised strict financial control in the coming years.