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Price tag for the American dream: $130K a year

8:15 a.m. EDT July 4, 2014 No idea is more central to Americans' outlook than the American dream — the belief that with hard work and the freedom to pursue your destiny you can achieve success and provide better opportunities for your children.

Record highs: Time to celebrate or hunker down?

10:28 a.m. EDT June 21, 2014 Stocks keep notching all-time highs, but investors aren't sure if that's reason to celebrate their riches or to hunker down and prepare for the party to end.

SodaStream's Super Bowl spot gets rejected again

5:51 p.m. EST January 25, 2014 Fox has rejected Soda Stream's Super Bowl commercial because it objected to a sultry Scarlett Johansson uttering these words: "Sorry, Coke and Pepsi." The "Reject Bowl" for Super Bowl ads has kicked off with about a week to go before the Big Game.

First Take: More jobs but no cheer on pay gains

9:32 a.m. EDT June 6, 2014 The U.S. economy added 217,000 jobs in May, but vast numbers of discouraged job-seekers and sluggish wage growth means that it will be a long time before the Federal Reserve raises interest rates.

Will earnings season give the bull new life?

7:44 p.m. EST January 9, 2014 NEW YORK For Wall Street in 2014, it's all about the "E," as in earnings growth.Indeed, the stock market boom of 2013 was fueled by a friendly Federal Reserve and investors' willingness to pay up for stocks despite sluggish earnings growth. In 2014, however, peppier profit growth will likely be needed to fuel the next leg up in stock prices.

Companies: Obamacare is hurting our profit!

May 8, 2014 10:30 am Companies find all sorts of excuses during earnings season for disappointments, with the weather being an all-time favorite. But some companies are finding a new scapegoat: Obamacare.

Stocks end red-hot 2013 at all-time highs

5:48 p.m. EST December 31, 2013 The U.S. stock market defied the skeptics in 2013, posting its best annual gain in 16 years as fear gave way to a belief in recovery.

As age of bull increases, so does volatility

1:36 a.m. EST March 7, 2014 06, 2014 If stock market gyrations seem more frequent this year, it could be due to the fact that the bull market, which turns 5 on March 9, is getting up in age.

IPO investors score best year since tech boom

1:28 p.m. EST December 22, 2013 Investors' appetite for IPOs is reaching levels not seen since the rip-roaring stock market during the dot-com boom in 2000.