Posts Tagged Personal finance

Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous

This May 15, 2013 file photo, Chris Yerga, engineering director of Android, speaks about Google play at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco. The new service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lover. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Google’s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.

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Pepper your wardrobe with ‘Gatsby’ glitz for less

This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, right, and Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in a scene from "The Great Gatsby." Baz Luhrmann's big screen adaption of “The Great Gatsby” is shining a spotlight on Roaring Twenties glam fashions, from drop-waist dresses and head scarves to crisp bow ties and spectator shoes. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

NEW YORK (AP) — Baz Luhrmann’s big screen adaption of “The Great Gatsby” is shining a spotlight on Roaring Twenties glam fashions, from drop-waist dresses and head scarves to crisp bow ties and spectator shoes. But you don’t need a wallet the size of Jay Gatsby’s to get the look.

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Muni bond investors on edge over tax proposal

BOSTON (AP) — Municipal bonds continue to provide a reliable refuge from stock market volatility and a steady source of tax-free income.

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Made in the USA back in style for small businesses

In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, Martin Rawls-Meehan, CEO of Reverie, poses at the company showroom next to a bed that reveals the manufacturing process, in Silver Creek, N.Y. The company is working to expand manufacturing in the United States. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Rawls-Meehan started making adjustable beds in 2004, it was a foregone conclusion that key parts would be made overseas. It was cheaper to manufacture in Taiwan than in the U.S. And from Taiwan it was easier to ship to customers in Asia.

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Did you just win $590M? Get a good team in place

A vehicle passes the front of the Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., Sunday, May 19, 2013. The highest Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $590.5 million was sold recently at this Publix supermarket. (AP Photo/Scott Iskowitz)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — So you have a lottery ticket worth $590.5 million. Now what?

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