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The online coupons player needs to improve performance in desktop, but areas such as mobile and in-store and advertising are showing promising trends.

These Social Security loopholes netted upper-income earners up to $67,000 in additional lifetime benefits, but thanks to the passage of a two-year budget deal by Congress, they’re about to disappear.

Following the “blockbuster” jobs report from Friday, bond yields soared across the curve as experts everywhere decided that this time it’s different, that this is it: with soaring October jobs, not to mention the biggest annual jump in wages, the Fed was out of excuses.

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The latest small business survey from NFIB shows mounting pressures for small business resulting from limited pricing power and modestly rising wages (in fact the worst pressure since 2008’s crash and 1999/2000’s plunge).

Chart: JPMorgan

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Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans on CNBC in the wake of the strong NFP result Friday:
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Ryan had the earlier headlines
full transcript is now at CNBC
Evans can talk the talk. There is still more economic data (including another NFP) before we get the FOMC decision in December, then we’ll see if they can (finally) walk the walk too.

A still-lackluster economy is causing some companies to cut staff, but many retailers are adding more — a lot more.

Janet McTeer

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