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PayPal gives banks a run for their money

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If digital wallets are so popular, why don't banks develop their own versions?

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6 things you may have missed in Apple's announcements

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The little stuff always matters

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Video: Should Starbucks shareholders be worried?

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Starbucks is diversifying away from its core-competence -- selling absurdly high-margin coffee

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Greece votes: 3 ways to protect yourself from a European disaster

| Mike King

The ASX is rallying as the Greeks vote for the euro. But shares will remain volatile.

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Greece votes for stability — for now

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Greece gives the market reason to cheer, but will it last?

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Manchester United explores U.S. IPO

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Manchester United, the world's richest football club for eight years in succession, is considering listing in the U.S.

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The 10 habits of a good financial advisor

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As of Sept. 30, 2010, roughly 11,000 investment advisors registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission managed more than US$38 trillion in assets for some 14…

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Video: The world's best brands

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We discuss the most valuable global brands

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The complex and messy realities of financial advice

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It's a bad idea to buy a stock without looking at its quarterly earnings statement or annual report, but many customers fail to…

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Obvious American buys in the stock market

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While to dollar continues to flirt with parity, it might be a good time to be shopping for shares in…

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Video: Berkshire bets on content

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Content is king

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Lessons from an investment legend: Costs matter

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Don't let costs shrink your nest egg

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Why I think Facebook is a buy

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A visionary leader and a massive market opportunity

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ASX Market Wrap: ASX finishes the week on a positive note

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The market finished on a high, and the big end of town has been busy

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How to assess your financial advisor's performance

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Finance careers are made and lost on investment performance. Fidelity's legendary fund manager Peter Lynch is considered one of the investing world's…

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Video: 3 new reasons to buy Amazon

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The online retail king keeps on keeping on

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Apple: dividend dynamo or blowup?

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Dividend investing is a tried-and-true strategy for generating strong, steady returns in economies both good and bad. But as corporate…

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3 ASX stocks that beat the market on Wednesday

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Market flat? Not for this trio

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A commonsense plan to start building wealth (and stop losing money)

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In retrospect, Debbie Klug knows she shouldn't have trusted him with her family's nest egg. "If you're not comfortable with somebody,"…

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Video: Buffett's investing secret

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Hint: It's not a financial ratio

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Is the little blue box also the perfect stock?

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Is Tiffany set to sparkle?

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5 ASX stocks that jumped sharply yesterday

| Mike King

Spain? Greece? Never mind the euro-jitters for these businesses

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"So many hidden numbers": how advisors give their clients the vampire treatment

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Ed Latka was never schooled in the finer points of investing, so the 58-year-old did what tens of thousands of…

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Will Rio Tinto help you retire rich?

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Rio could take you on a wild ride in turbulent markets

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Video: Welcome to the social media bloodbath

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The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker and chief…

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10 stocks that smashed the market last week

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These ten companies left the market in their wake

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The Apple rumor that won't die

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Is Apple TV the next big thing?

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3 ASX stocks that were crushed on Friday

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Friday's market was bad, but even worse for this trio

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3 financial advisor types that will burn you if you let them

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Research from Cerulli Associates shows that fewer than half of US investors who work with one know how their independent financial…

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Everything you need to know about Apple's announcements today

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Siri can now fetch sport scores

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3 ASX stocks that beat the index on Friday

| Mike King

Averages can be deceiving – the market fell 1%, but these companies bucked the trend

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Video: Has Google become a buy?

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The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which technology and media editor/analyst Andrew Tonner discusses…

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Is Siri about to come to the iPad?

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Get ready, new iPad owners. It looks like you're in store to get Siri sooner rather than later.

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How to thwart opaque, high-fee, underperforming financial advisors

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The first in our series of how to get the best from your advisor

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Jubilee special: investing in 1952

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A 60 year buying opportunity

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What will Apple dream up next?

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Apple's dream factory never sleeps

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Investing the Warren Buffett way

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Who better than the Oracle of Omaha to look to for how to be a better investor?

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Jubilee special: 60 years of consumer brands

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60 years of diamond brands

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Apple, Facebook, and the "state of the web"

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China: the great mobile opportunity

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Apple and Facebook prepare to tie the knot

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Apple and Facebook have always had plenty of ties

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