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Associated Press President Barack Obama signs the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act on April 5 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The JOBS Act is expected to spur more funding for small businesses through rules that include a provision allowing companies to sell stock to a larger number of investors without going through the hassle and cost of registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
New law lets small businesses use crowdfunding
Finding investors is probably the biggest challenge that business startups and small companies face. But small businesses are looking forward to a new way of attracting investors now that President...
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Metro Creative Services February saw consumers spending more on automobiles, but they used their credit cards less.
Consumers swiped less in February
WASHINGTON  — Americans took out more loans to buy cars and attend school in February but used their credit cards less frequently for the second straight month The Federal Reserve said Friday th...
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Paducah Board of Realtors quarterly sales reports, by bedrooms and overall
January — March 2011 Bedrooms No. sold Avg. days on market Avg. list price Avg. sell price 2 or less 15 130 $68,780 $62,706 3 63 171 $138,744 $131,871 4 17 217 $203,952 $192,447 5 or...
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Apple’s ‘iPad’ is the only tablet people know
NEW YORK — Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language. When you have a boo-boo, you reach for a Band-Aid not a bandage. When you need to blow your nose, you...
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New York auction offers Titanic-related artifacts
NEW YORK — An admission ticket to the launch of the Titanic and a first-class dinner menu for the ocean liner’s first night at sea are among dozens of Titanic-related artifacts being auctioned this...
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Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt
WASHINGTON — The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job. But many borrowers these days are close t...
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Associated Press Relatives stand next to the coffin containing the body of 77-year-old retired pharmacist Dimitris Christoulas in Athens on Saturday. He committed suicide at a central Athens square Wednesday. In a suicide note, he claimed the financial crisis in Greece had 'destroyed' him. Hundreds attended the ceremony at an Athens cemetery.
Clash follows service for man who shot self
ATHENS, Greece — Greek protesters marching in memory of a man who killed himself over financial woes that he blamed on the government attacked a policeman in Athens on Saturday, leaving him bloodie...
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun A For Sale sign graces the front yard of Gregg and Margaret Roberts' home Wednesday on Wesley Circle west of Paducah. The couple put the house on the market that same day.
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Gregg and Margaret Roberts put their 3,000-square-foot, three-bedroom home at 6915 Wesley Circle on the market Wednesday, and felt confident about their chances of finding a buyer. “We’re downsi...
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Associated Press An early prototype of Google's futuristic Internet-connected glasses are shown. The specs are said to give you directions, let you video chat, shop and do everything else you now need a handheld gadget to accomplish.
Google creates spectacle with project
NEW YORK — If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google’s futuristic, Internet-connected glasses. Directions to your destination appear literal...
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