The highest dividend stocks in the Dow

While you will find some investors who've made their riches with high-growth technology or biotechnology stocks, the tried and true method to wealth appreciation via the stock market is through dividend-paying stocks. If you don't believe me, go talk...

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Pandora pops on Spotify fundraising report. Here's why.

Shares of Pandora (P), which is often compared to the rival streaming music service Spotify, rose as much as 4% Monday morning following a report in Friday's Wall Street Journal about Spotify's latest cash injection. The move is a bit curious. Even...

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Nearly 90 percent of Americans have health coverage

A poll by Gallup found that the uninsured rate among U.S adults declined to 11.9% in the first quarter, down one percentage point from the end of last year and an improvement from the 18% without insurance in the fall of 2013, when the Americans were...

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Saudi Arabia boosts military spending to record level

Saudi Arabia increased its military spending by 17% in 2014. That was the biggest increase among the world's top defense spenders, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The dramatic increase reflects the volatile...

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'You are all influencers': How lesbians in tech are gaining ground

"You are all influencers," she says. "You know what's going on here." LGBT women are advancing in the tech world, but they need help finding support in such a male-dominated field. Pittsford, founder of the group Lesbians Who Tech, will be hosting...

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Gap and Target among 13 stores probed for hourly wage practices

The office of attorney general Eric Schneiderman sent letters last week to 13 retail chains asking for information about their so-called "on call shifts," where employees are given very little advance notice on what hours they will be working. Workers...

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Canada's economy is a disaster from low oil prices

The fall in oil prices is forcing billions of dollars in spending reductions for Canada's oil and gas industry. In February, Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) shelved plans for a tar sands project in Alberta that would have produced 200,000 barrels per day....

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What happens when you can't pay what you owe the IRS

But what if you can't come up with the money, at least not all at once? The good news: There are options other than pawning everything you own or having the IRS go after your wages and bank account. Your first step should be to file all your...

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You're right - flying got worse in 2014

U.S. airline quality declined in 2014 according to the latest ranking from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which looks at on time performance, lost bags, customer complaints and bumped passengers. The ratings for most airlines fell, but Virgin...

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Pepsi to replace Coke as NBA's official sponsor

Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi is expected to make the announcement later Monday. Coke was the NBA's exclusive food and beverage partner for 28 years. Pepsi (PEP)CEO Indra Nooyi is expected to officially unveil the partnership with the NBA later Monday....

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Kansas City Royals raise ticket prices 20%

Kansas City fans at last year's World Series. The team made it to baseball's playoffs and World Series for the first time since 1985 last season. And now? The Royals had by far the biggest jump in ticket prices this season, according to Team...

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How Ellen Pao hires for diversity at Reddit

As interim-CEO of Reddit, Pao is taking steps to make sure women are treated equally to men at the social media website. Pao was back at work after a San Francisco jury late last month found that her former employer, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins...

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Stocks: 4 things to know before the open

Click chart for in-depth premarket data. Here are the four things you need to know before the opening bell rings in New York: 1. Stocks set to slide: U.S. stock futures are firmly in negative territory as investors get ready to react to the...

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'Furious 7' races through records at the international box office

Universal's "Furious 7" had a big US debut at the box office, but also broke records around the world. The Universal picture starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Paul Walker, who died during production, pulled in an estimated $240.4...

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Get the balloons ready for Party City's $428 million IPO

There wasn't much to celebrate about the first three months of 2015 in the IPO market. It was worst quarter for bringing companies public in more than three years, according to Renaissance Capital. What better company to change that vibe than...

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Tesla stock up sharply on strong sales report

Tesla (TSLA) has seen its high-priced stock fall this year after CEO Elon Musk said in January that sales in China have been weak. But Friday's strong sales figures sent shares up 8% in Monday trading, wiping out about half of this year's sell-off in...

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John Oliver lands Edward Snowden interview from Russia

The comedian surprised viewers on Sunday night by revealing that he visited Russia last week and met with Snowden, who leaked a trove of documents about the American government's mass surveillance programs to journalists in 2013. The result was a...

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No one fired at Rolling Stone. Really?

Rolling Stone wants the damning report by Columbia Journalism School to be a moment when the magazine begins to restore its battered reputation. But observers are asking if it can really do that without any punishment for staff members. The report...

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6 top stocks to buy in April

We asked six of Motley Fool contributors specializing in technology and consumer goods stocks to weigh in with their top picks for April. Read on to see what they had to say about Priceline (PCLN, Tech30), Under Armour (UA), Zillow (Z), Google (GOOGL,...

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Somaliland to Harvard: How this student beat the odds

Abdisamad Adan is starting at Harvard University later this year. He credits the dramatic change in his fortunes to Somaliland's Abaarso School, a very small boarding school he attended, which was founded in 2009 by an American hedge fund manager....

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Now might be the time to buy Russia. Yes, really.

The oil-dependent economy is on track for a deep recession this year, and there's a risk that the West may impose more sanctions over Ukraine. Yet Russia's stock market, currency and bonds are all bouncing higher. After a horror year that saw...

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Land Rover's new $200,000 SUV is most expensive ever

Land Rover unveiled the new high end version of the Range Rover, the SVAutobiography at the New York auto show Monday, which has a $199,495 price tag. That's up about $12,000 from the suggested price on the Autobiography Black model, which it replaces....

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Carly Fiorina: Now a 90% chance I'll run for president in 2016

Carly Fiorina told CNN in February the chances she would run were "way over 50%." Now she says they are "higher than 90%." In an interview with "Fox News Sunday," Fiorina said the chances of her joining an already crowded field of presidential...

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5 travel spots that just got cheaper for Americans

Much of the world is on sale for Americans right now since the U.S. dollar is enjoying one of the strongest moments in modern history. Just about everything from hotels to luxury handbags to McDonald's hamburgers is cheaper abroad than in the United...

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George Soros: I'll invest $1 billion in Ukraine

George Soros' philanthropic work has focused on promoting democracy in eastern Europe. The veteran hedge fund investor told an Austrian newspaper he was prepared to invest $1 billion in the collapsing war-ravaged economy under certain circumstances....

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GNC boosts quality control of herbal supplements

The announcement comes after New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman accused GNC and other major retailers of selling herbal supplements that contained fillers and contaminants that could be harmful to consumers. In February, Schneiderman sent...

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Boom! The Dow is surging 250+ points

Yup, investors have forgotten all that. The market is back in rally mode. The Dow is up more than 260 points Monday, or 1.5%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both rose about 1% as well. Here are three reasons why it's shaping up to be something that Susanna...

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Trevor Noah to replace Jon Stewart as new host of 'The Daily Show'

Trevor Noah, 31, the South African comedian who is an on-air contributor on the show, will take the seat of Stewart, the longtime host who is signing off later this year. "It's an honor to follow Jon Stewart," Noah said in a statement. "In my brief...

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This man bet $100K that there's a startup bubble

Will these "unicorns" tech firms be valued at a combined $200 billion by 2020? Many in the industry have been sounding warning bells about a possible bubble, citing early-stage startups attracting millions in investment at sky-high valuations,...

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