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The White House on Monday announced it would give mid-sized employers more time to determine how to comply with the so-called “employer mandate” in the Affordable Care Act. Republicans immediately drew attention to the fact that, despite the fact employers are catching a break, individual...

In a move that could cost CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) $2 billion annually, the country’s second-largest drugstore chain said it would phase out cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco by October 1. The change affects the chain’s more than 7,600 drugstores nationwide and was part of an overall...

If you are wondering why more retailers are opening on Thanksgiving Day this year, the calendar might have a lot to do with it. Thanksgiving is on November 28, the latest it has been since 2002. That means six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas and that translates to about $1.5...

This year, by October 31, 158 million Americans will have spent close to $7 billion on scary stuff. This will include scary decorations, scary costumes, and if you believe most health experts, scary candy. All this according to the National Retail Federation Halloween Spending Survey conducted...

Conventional wisdom is sometimes neither conventional nor wise. Many people, for example, believe wealth and Judaism go hand in hand. As Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year unfolds, an examination of this bit of conventional wisdom might be in order. A study conducted by Pew Research in 2009...