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Retirement planning does not have to be a long, arduous event that happens once a year, nor should it be that way. There are a few simple things that you can do today to ensure your retirement goals are attainable. 1. Evaluate And Compare Evaluate your current lifestyle and compare that to...

Autumn officially arrived at 10:29 p.m. ET September 22. Just ahead of that, the 2014 holiday shopping season began. For those who missed the signs, here are six sure indicators, along with the retailers that introduced them, offering proof positive that the holidays have arrived. 1....

The Obama administration in August launched the Doing Business in Africa Campaign. Through the campaign, the U.S. government aims to strengthen its commercial relationship with Africa. Following the recent U.S.-Africa business forum, this initiative may be finally taking off. During the...

These are the apps that everyone should download before their next big vacation. 1. My Disney Experience Up until now, Disney World (NYSE: DIS) might have been the one place where consumers didn't need a smartphone. It is, after all, the happiest place on Earth. Why would anyone want to...

TweetDeck, Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) real-time tracking, organizing and engagement tool, might have been hacked. Users were originally told to log out of TweetDeck and log back in to "fully apply the fix" that Twitter believed it had implemented. Minutes later, TweetDeck published another tweet,...

Over 100 individuals were arrested on Wednesday during a protest at the McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) corporate headquarters in the run-up to the company's annual share holder meeting on Thursday. The protesters, who are said to have arrived on 32 buses, are seeking higher wages from the fast food...

PlayStation 3 users rejoiced earlier this month as they were finally able to watch their favorite HBO shows on the gaming console. Sony is the parent of the HBO Go app, which allows members to instantly stream shows and movies on certain devices, depending on their cable provider. But one big...

General Motors (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra is leading an internal review of whether the company delayed a recall of 1.6 million vehicles. In a letter to employees Tuesday, Barra said she would take an “unvarnished” look at how the process was handled. She said she is leading a group of senior...

Walt Disney World has raised ticket prices to $99 for a single-day pass to its Magic Kingdom, USA Today has reported. This comes only eight months after the theme park's last admission price increase. In June 2013, daily admission rose $6 to $95 for a single ticket. Admission for Disney's (...

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has made the news a lot this year, but this time the company made headlines for somewhat of an embarrassing reason. Preliminary reports emerged Wednesday night that a large aircraft had made an emergency landing at a small airport in the Midwest. Once all the facts were...