No, you can't fly drones over the White House

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Before dawn Monday morning, the U.S. Secret Service said a drone apparently found its way onto the White House property. Agents merely described it as a "device" and said they'd pick it up at daybreak. The Federal Aviation Administration...

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Syriza won, so what's next for Greece?

LONDON (CNNMoney) The result sets the stage for a mighty battle between Greece and its international lenders. Leader Alexis Tsipras will be sworn in as prime minister on Monday, after moving quickly to form a coalition with the Independent Greeks...

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U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange set to open

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Coinbase has raised $106 million to fund its operation, with investors including the New York Stock Exchange, bank BBVA, venture capital firms Andreesen Howrowitz, DFJ Growth and USV, as well as financial services firm USAA. ...

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Disney launches 'Frozen' cruise

Disney Cruise Line is going to offer a "Frozen" themed cruise this summer. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Disney Cruise Line will start running its new "Frozen" themed cruises this summer, the company said. Naturally, they're not headed to the Caribbean,...

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Hashtag #money. The business of the pound sign

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) And even Twitter, at first, rejected the idea, which came from Chris Messina, an early user of the service. He proposed the symbol -- and its functionality -- as a way to allow Twitter users to sift through the daunting, constantly...

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Europe plays it tough with new Greek leaders

LONDON (CNNMoney) Alexis Tsipras will be sworn in as prime minister on Monday after securing a landslide victory in Sunday's election. He leads a coalition of parties that wants to roll back austerity measures and negotiate new terms for Greece's...

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Barbie-maker Mattel CEO out as sales falter

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) After reporting declining sales and profits, Barbie-maker Mattel's CEO Bryan Stockton is stepping down. Stockton will be replaced by Christopher Sinclair, a long-time board member and former Pepsi (PEP) executive, the company...

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Best dividend stocks to buy now

NEW YORK But a quick look beyond the tempting yield reveals that Philip Morris' dividend growth rate slowed significantly last year, growing just 6% compared to a 10% rise the two previous years and 20% growth in 2011. Investors know that the...

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This money manager hates Carl Icahn

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Ebay (EBAY, Tech30) and Gannett (GCI) are the two largest holdings of Seattle-based Smead Capital Management. "We are not happy. We have a much longer time horizon than Icahn has," said Tony Scherrer, director of research for...

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Blizzard of 2015: Winners and losers

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) A major snowstorm can be a big disruption to the economy, leaving some buried in losses while creating opportunities for others. "From a retailer perspective, it's devastating," said Britt Beemer, CEO at America's Research Group....

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This is America's SUV-buying tipping point

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) According to research from TrueCar.com, the magic number when SUV sales begin to rise is $3.00 gas. And the magic number when hybrid sales begin to fall is $2.77. With fuel prices steadily dropping, SUV and crossover sales climbed...

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Facebook has more than 1,100 jobs to fill

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The company's staffing level jumped by 44% in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, according to a company filing, growing Facebook's headcount to 8,348 jobs as of that date. Facebook's year-end employment level is not yet available....

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Mark Zuckerberg wants to make us all smarter

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The new selection for his online book club is an 800-page thesis from a Harvard psychologist about violence in society. His first choice was no common beach read either: a modestly-selling 300-page argument about how the "antiestablishment...

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China stocks plummet after margin trade crackdown

HONG KONG (CNNMoney) The Shanghai Composite dropped nearly 8% as investors reacted to the ruling, which will prevent the brokers from opening new margin trading accounts for three months. Shares of two affected brokerages -- Citic Securities and...

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Oil producers caught in a perfect storm

DAVOS, Switzerland (CNNMoney) Only this time, instead of debating how to find enough energy to power the global economy, executives and policymakers will grapple with a supply glut that is hurting producers and could fuel global deflation. It's...

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Winners and losers in oil's plunge

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Oxford Economics looked at the impact of cheap oil on the world's 45 largest economies, and found that the U.S. economy would grow a full percentage point faster if oil drops to $40 a barrel. Oil is currently trading at about $48....

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How the 1% fly to Davos

LONDON (CNNMoney) Billionaires and world leaders from across the globe are flying en masse to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -- and they insist on traveling in style. Roughly 1,700 private flights are expected over the course...

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Amazon is going to make movies

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The company announced Monday that its Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) Studios division -- the same one that is behind TV shows like "Transparent" -- will "begin to produce and acquire original movies." The first movies will enter production...

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Liam Neeson's gun control rant sparks calls for movie boycott

Firearms maker PARA USA has called for an industry boycott of films starring Liam Neeson. LONDON (CNNMoney) Gunmaker PARA USA has called for an industry boycott of movies starring the actor after he criticized U.S. gun policy during a press tour...

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5 things Steve Jobs said Apple would never do - and Apple is doing

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Sticking to his guns typically paid off dividends for Jobs and Apple, even when vocal critics mocked the company's decisions. But since Jobs' death in 2011, Apple (AAPL, Tech30) has been slowly pushing back against some of its...

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'Totally Muslim' U.K. city gaffe sparks #foxnewsfacts storm

Fox News expert called Birmingham, pictured here during Christmas, a "totally Muslim" city. LONDON (CNNMoney) Steven Emerson, who describes himself as a leading authority on Islamic extremist networks, was speaking on Fox News' "Justice" show...

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Rupert Murdoch and Fox News draw massive online backlash for Muslim comments

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The billionaire media mogul ran into an online buzz saw after he offered his thoughts on radical Islam. "Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible,"...

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Volvo to be first to export Chinese cars to U.S.

Volvo expects to start shipping cars from this plant plant in Chengdu, China to the United States. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Volvo, which was bought by the Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group in 2010 from Ford Motor (F), said it expects to sell about...

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Mood Map: How the results are calculated

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) You can compare your results with those from other countries, and see how the economic climate in your country compares to the rest of the world.Related: Want to live in the world's happiest place? The four questions you...

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Obama proposal: Hacked companies have 30 days to fess up

In the days ahead, President Obama plans plans to focus on privacy in the digital age. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) One proposed law would give a company 30 days to let you know if your personal information -- such as your address or Social Security number...

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Ford F-150 wins truck of the year

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Volkswagen Golf won car of the year, after having earlier won that distinction from Motor Trend. The win by Ford is some measure of revenge - the F-150 had lost the Motor Trend Truck of the Year to the Colorado. Another...

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Russia faces wave of bankruptcies if interest rates don't fall

Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing a deepening financial crisis. LONDON (CNNMoney) Anatoly Aksakov, president of Russia's regional banking association and deputy chairman of parliament's financial markets committee, said firms were running...

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Jaguar announces a new SUV

Jaguar Land Rover will hire 1,300 workers to build its new SUV. LONDON (CNNMoney) Luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover is adding 1,300 jobs there to build the new Jaguar F-PACE. The auto manufacturer, which is owned by India's Tata Motors (TTM),...

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Big banks aren't looking so pretty

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Shares of Wells Fargo (WFC), the largest holding of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB), surged more than 20% in 2014. It is on tap to report its fourth quarter earnings later this week. What Wells has going for it is that it...

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Ford unveils 600-horsepower GT supercar

Ford's new GT is its "most extreme offering." NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The "ultra-high-performance supercar" will go into production later this year and will be available in certain markets in 2016, the automaker announced Monday at the Detroit Auto...

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Marriott: We won't block Wi-Fi in your hotel room

Marriott says that it asked the FCC to let it block Wi-Fi in conference spaces -- not in hotel rooms. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) In fact, Marriott says it never planned to block guests' access. The hotel chain says its plans had been misunderstood....

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'Miserable' tax season could be worst in years

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The reason: The IRS budget keeps getting smaller, and the tax code keeps getting more complicated. Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate, said at a conference recently that she worries it could rank as the worst since...

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Good economic sign: Obama's rising poll numbers

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) After being stuck in the basement for much of the past two years, a recent CNN/ORC poll reveals Obama's approval rating climbed to the highest level since May 2013. Yes, it's still at a paltry 48%. That's hardly anything to...

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Meet the world's cheapest smartphone

Behold the $29 Nokia 215, the cheapest smartphone in the world. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) is launching the Nokia 215 for just $29. The technology company calls the 215 the "most affordable Internet-ready phone." This follows...

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3 reasons the euro is plunging

LONDON (CNNMoney) The currency briefly hit its lowest level against the U.S. dollar in nine years Monday, before steadying to trade around $1.19. That leaves the euro down 20 cents, or about 14%, since May 2014. So why has it fallen out of favor...

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Car sales best since at least 2006

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Sales are being lifted by a variety of factors, including cheap gas prices, steady gains in the jobs market and the stock market near record highs, all of which can encourage buyers who had been putting off purchases to return...

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