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More than 30,000 people are petitioning for stay-at-home parents to get the same access to credit cards as their spouses.

After neighbors denied the 'Star Wars' creator the right to build a film studio on his Marin, California property, George Lucas is proposing to build low-income housing there instead.

Bank of America is offering some struggling homeowners payments of up to $30,000 if they sell their homes in a short sale and avoid ending up in foreclosure.

California could reap $2 billion from Facebook's IPO, which cash-strapped state sorely needs to plug $16 billion budget hole.
As Facebook became the number one social network, other sites like MySpace and Friendster fell by the wayside.

SUVs take a higher proportion of new car sales today than during the so-called "SUV craze" in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

President Barack Obama and the first family hold assets valued at between $2.6 million and $8.3 million.
Republican Speaker of the House says Americans are sick of Washington 'kicking the can down the road' when it comes to solving our debt crisis.

President Clinton on Tuesday said balancing the budget and getting a debt deal should dominate fall elections.

What if every person who wanted a job, like actuary student Bette Wiebke, had one?

Almost half of potential entrepreneurs ages 44 to 70 expect to use their personal savings to launch their ventures.

Performance cars with Carroll Shelby's name attached command -- in most cases -- top dollar.

Same-sex couples, like Daire and Tara Roebuck, face financial hurdles under federal law.
The massively successful musical artist and businessman says free enterprise is vital in America but unjust practices aren't 'cool'

Billionaire investor Howard Marks and his wife purchased a Park Ave. apartment for $52.5 million, marking the highest price ever paid for a co-op in Manhattan's history.
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