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(ARA) – On average, Americans will spend $682.74 on holiday shopping this year, according to the National Retail Federation. That is down about $20 from last year’s average spending.

San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos, who chairs the Board of Supervisors’ budget committee, revealed last week that the city’s mounting money problems have hit home: He became the first of the city’s 11 lawmakers to offer to take extra furlough days to save…

Skills that define successful Wall Street traders — rational approach toward risk, speedy decision-making under pressure, discipline and a well-trained memory — are the same ones that separate elite poker players from those known as “dead money,” financial recruiters say.

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