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Most expensive weddings in 2011

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 4:56pm MST

The average couple trimmed their wedding budget by $1,500 -- to $26,500 -- while celeb weddings set new records for extravagance.
5 renovations that will make you money

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 3:39pm MST

Here are five home-improvement projects that are worth spending money on.
What not to buy before Christmas

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 3:33pm MST

From cashmere to comforters, the discounts may seem good now, but just wait until the holidays are over.
How to fill a CEO job nobody wants

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 10:17am MST

FORTUNE -- When a house sits on the market for a while, we tend to think the people who passed on it rejected it for a reason. The same goes for a job, especially an executive-level one. If a CEO position stays open for too long, it could indicate a couple of things, none of them all that promising to a potential candidate. Sears had an "interim" CEO for three years, until Lou D'Ambrosio took over this past May. Lloyds Bank (LYG) CEO António Horta-Osório recently stepped down claiming it was on account of chronic fatigue, and the company's interim CEO, Tim Tookey, plans to leave at the beginning of 2012. If Horta-Osório doesn't feel better, Lloyds will bring on a replacement interim, CEO David Roberts.
Ways to save on last-minute holiday travel

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 8:51am MST

If you want to travel anywhere over Christmas or New Year's, better book now.
How to invest a $10,000 cash windfall

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 3:28am MST

I'm a single mom who works in real estate and has a very unpredictable income. I came into $10,000 recently, but I'm not sure how to invest it. I have about $20,000 in a checking account that I use to pay expenses. But I don't want to put the $10,000 there because it won't earn anything.
You can hedge, but you can't hide

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 3:23am MST

Stock market history and the prospects for global growth suggest to me that we aren't lurching toward another long bear market.
Billionaires with 1% tax rates

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 3:15am MST

In case you haven't heard, President Obama wants the wealthiest to pay more in taxes.