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Have Weak Sales Hurt Wal-Mart's Value?

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The Digital Skeptic: Eerie How Web's Future Looks Like Useless Erie Canal
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This Is How Much Women Love Smartphones and Not You
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5 Reasons the Housing Market Will Keep On Rising
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What You Wear to the Office Still Matters
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10 Family Vehicles You Can Still Look Cool In
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Your Career

What You Wear to the Office Still Matters
A study shows 80% of U.S executives still say clothing choices are a big factor in hiring and promotions
14 Good Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree
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The Deal: Airline Unions Sign Pact To Ward Off Teamsters
Unions representing US Air and American ground workers agreed to work together to head off a Teamster takeover.
Top 7 Things You Should Never Ask Your Intern to Do
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Highest-Paid Public Employee in Your State Is Probably a Coach
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Jim Cramer's Investing Ideas

'Mad Money' Lightning Round: I Like CVS Over Rite Aid
Cramer wants you to wait on Corning and AT&T and he's watching Oracle.
Cramer's Top Stock Picks: CLH SIX WFM
Investors can clean up with Clean Harbors, have fun with Six Flags and dine out on Whole Foods, Cramer said.
Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Ignore the Fed
What Ben Bernanke says may have some effect on the market, but not much, Cramer said.
Cramer: They Were Wrong About Whole Foods
Thanks to health-conscious millennials, this company is in fine shape.
'Mad Money' Lightning Round: Buy Tractor Supply
Buy Toll Brothers but avoid iShares MSCI Mexico, Cramer said.

National Top Stories

Stocks Drop in Choppy Session
Major U.S. stock averages on Thursday are holding lower in a choppy trading session.
Taubman's Tasty Preferred Shares
The common shares of the shopping-mall owner are expensive, but its preferred shares are worth a look.
Tesla's Elon Musk: A Financial Wizard
Tesla's DOE loan repayment speaks volumes about CEO Elon Musk's financial savvy.
J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index Fund (CAD-Hedged) Becomes Oversold (XEB)
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Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3x Shares (GASL) Shares Cross Below 200 DMA
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Daily Videos

Mobile & Gadgets

Windows Ad Turns The Table On Apple
Microsoft's new operating system TV ad compares "Apples" to Windows.
Apple: Keep Tim Cook's Feet to the Fire
Don't associate Tim Cook's performance on Capitol Hill with his ability to innovate at Apple.
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Most women in a survey would give up sex before their smartphone -- which they'll use to break up with you.
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TheDeal: Sony Slips as Loeb Turns Up Pressure
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Taxes & Regulations

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Apple Would Do Better Spending that Cash
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Workers Know It: In Retirement Planning, They're On Their Own
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Why the End of 'Craft' Beer Is Just a Tax Break Away
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Sports Business

4 Stocks Moving The Consumer Non-Durables Industry Upward
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OI, RL, NKE And COH, 4 Consumer Non-Durables Stocks Pushing The Industry Lower
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Top Insider Trades: RH, AMBI, LULU, CYCC
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Under Armour Reaches New 52-Week High (UA)
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Lululemon Reaches New 52-Week High (LULU)
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Automotive

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Chrysler to Tesla: Not So Fast on Payback Claim
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Morning Briefing: 10 Things You Should Know
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Electric Cars: The Right and Wrong Reasons for Buying
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Stocks to Watch: HP, Ford, Sears, Gap
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Real Estate

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Starwood Upgraded as Capital Return Eyed
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Should You Give Your Realtor a Second Chance?
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5 Reasons the Housing Market Will Keep On Rising
Home Depot's strong showing is just a bellwether of a good housing market to come, a Realtors group says.

Luxury & Leisure

5 Delightful Strawberry Cocktails for Warmer Weather

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How Dale Katechis Made Oskar Blues Beer a Can-Do Beer
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Food Trends At Their Freshest in San Diego
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10 Reasons to Stop Being a Jerk and Drink a Fruit Beer
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Media, Not Maple Leafs, Should Be Ashamed
Media outlets on both sides of the border failed to provide meaningful or necessary context alongside their coverage of Monday's Game Seven collapse in Boston.
Is The NHL Really Still the No. 4 Sport?
The question must be asked: Is the NHL in any financial or cultural position to call itself a 'major' U.S. sport?

Markets

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages were holding lower in a choppy trading session, despite upbeat earnings from Hewlett-Packard and firm new-home sales and home price reports.

Stocks were trying to climb back into positive territory after selling off after the initial enthusiasm over a better-than-expected jobless claims report gave way to worries that the labor market was indeed improving and would encourage the Federal Reserve to taper its bond-buying program. Furthermore, manufacturing data in China indicated an unexpected contraction in manufacturing activity in the country, culminating into the steepest decline for the Nikkei 225 in Japan since the aftermath of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in March 2011. The index closed down 7.3%.

Hewlett-Packard was surging 15.1% to $24.44 after the PC and printer maker posted earnings on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations.

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