Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:48:11 -0500 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:48:11 -0500 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/Why-the-Caps-Love-Ovie-69960737.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:36:11 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*75/eptsportsnhlexperts522938951256320606.jpg
Forbes says that the Caps are worth $183 million, much of that thanks to their superstar winger.

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The shady underworld of Redskins ticket sales is revealed.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Restaurant_Report_Cards_Washington_DC.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:11:05 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/RestaurantReportcardFINAL_640x480.jpg
Would your favorite eatery make the grade? Liz Crenshaw reports.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/around-town/food-drink/NATL-Getting-Drunk-is-Getting-Expensive-54838197.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:16:05 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*80/815556391.jpg
Frat boys, prepare to be broke: Budweiser and Miller Lite are raising prices on their products.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Competition_Tough_for_Seasonal_Holiday_Workers_Washington_DC.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:44:51 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/holidayjobs_640x480.jpg
If you're hoping to earn extra cash working at retailers this holiday season, you'd better get your application in soon, as retailers nationwide plan to hire fewer seasonal workers.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/All-Things-Considered-DCs-Not-Bad-67195547.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:44:14 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*89/010809+pink+slip.jpg
Be glad you don't live in the City of Angels.

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With movie and huge album sales, Jackson may be worth more in death than life. And that's bad...

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/television/Family-Guy-Breaks-Windows-66655962.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:56:40 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*65/031809+family+guy+p1.jpg
Microsoft's pullout as sponsor of raunchy special shows risks of melding comedy with commercials. Call it the Peter (Griffin) Principal…

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Unemployment-Soars-in-DC-65208512.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:21:15 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/need_job_unemployment.jpg
The bright side? OK, there is no bright side.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/See-Art-in-Duponts-Bowels-64985707.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:39:43 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*80/metroescalators.jpg
Dupont's artists want to lure you underground.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/White_Collar_Criminals.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:25:43 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/rajrajaratnam.jpg
White-collar criminals cost the United States more than $300 billion annually according to the FBI. Here are a few more names that may ring an alarm bell...

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/station/as-seen-on/An_Easier_Job_Search_Washington_DC.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:30:14 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/IngbooJobs_640x480.jpg
A new web site is promising to help make your job search more organized

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Marcus-Schrenker-Faked-Own-Death-Parachuted-Plane-Northwest-Indiana-Times-Exclusive-Jail-Interview-Bi-Polar-63963217.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:03:36 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/011409-Marcus-Schrenker-p1.jpg
The Indiana man who parachuted out of a plane to fake his own death speaks from his jail cell.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Study-More-Mustache--More-Money-63930997.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:01:59 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/102708-stache-jpg.jpg
A study performed by Quicken and the American Mustache Institute revealed that mustachioed men make more than their bearded and clean-shaven compatriots.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/How-One-Man-Averted-an-Identity-Theft-Epidemic-63927072.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:54:57 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*79/shredder.jpg
A San Francisco landlord saddled with sensitive documents did the right thing.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Monkeysee_Monkey_Do__Travel_Tips_for_Women_Travelling_Alone_Washington_DC.html Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:24:51 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/NBC_H264_FemaleBusinessTravelTipsNBC4X3_640x480.jpg
Expert advice for women travelling by themselves.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Can-DC-Handle-Multiple-Ws-63860852.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:40:24 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/W-Hotel-sign_448x336.jpg
We already had one Dubya, and that didn't work out so well...

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/around-town/cars/Hummer-Sold-For-150-Million-63874447.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:33:57 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/100909_HUMMER.jpg
Hummer, the gas-guzzling, muscular icon of the American road, has been sold to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer.

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Sure, other Americans can buy a home with a yard for the price of a studio apartment in the D.C. area, but at least we're saving more money on utilities.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/NATL-Senate-Dems-Extend-Unemployment-Benefits-for-14-Weeks-63790937.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:44:01 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*80/010609+unemployment.jpg
The number of people filing for unemployment insurance for the first time has dropped to its lowest level since January -- a positive trend that comes as Senate Democrats struck a deal to give workers an...

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Japans-All-Nippon-Airways-Bladder-Flights-63703352.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:15:02 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/bathroom+generic+getty.jpg
Be sure to hit the facilities before takeoff.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Sex-Toy-Manufacturer-Sued-for-Stiffing-Workers-jw-63690287.html Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:52:17 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/22nd_and_tennessee.jpg
As anyone who's spent much time around the erotic entertainment industry knows, the reality of the business is much less sexy than the general public might imagine.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/NATL-Arab-States-US-Allies-Plot-to-Ditch-Dollar-in-Oil-Sales-Report--63583952.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:58:57 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/kuwait+oil-640.jpg
Arab states held secret meetings with finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil in a plot to end the pricing of oil in dollars, a move that would likely stoke tensions...

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/around-town/shopping/Recessions-Silver-Lining-Low-Low-Prices-63515727.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:30:54 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/shopsales.jpg
There's a silver lining to the Great Recession: Prices on everything from coffee to cat food are falling to unheard of levels.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Charged_Twice__Not_as_Nice_Washington_DC.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:52:49 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/CRENSHAWEXTENDEDOVERDRAFTPKG_640x480.jpg
Many banks are now charging extra fees, on top of overdraft fees. Liz Crenshaw investigates.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/BofA-CEO-Scores-53M-Retirement-Package-63177372.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:23:55 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*87/ken+lewis.JPG
Ken Lewis, the embattled CEO of Bank of America Corp., is leaving the company after a year of strife that followed his bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co., but it's not like he's going to be hard up for...

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Recession-Pets-Food-Dish-Suffers-Last-62936907.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:04:29 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/Dog+Eating+Food+from+Dish.jpg
What's good enough for you isn't for your dog, according to a new study.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/around-town/cars/NATLGM-Pulling-E-Brake-on-Saturn-Brand-62949207.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:12:50 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*68/saturn+man.jpg
General Motors announced Wednesday that it will no longer make Saturn vehicles after a deal to sell the popular brand to Penske Automotive Group Inc. fell apart.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Safeway-to-Plow-100M-Into-MontCo-Store-Makeovers-62909832.html Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:11:22 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*80/safeway_p1.jpg
Get ready Bethesda and Wheaton, you're on the list.

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Is froot the same as fruit? Roy Werbel thought so and now he is mad about it.

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Between long delays, the lousy food and the even lousier in-flight movies, airline travel couldn't get much worse, unless you happen to be going through Miami, where TSA workers charged with making our skies...

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/The_Best_Brew__Starbucks_Instant_Coffee_Taste_Test_Washington_DC.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:54:30 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*77/starbucks-via-030409.jpg
Can Starbucks' take on instant coffee live up to the hype?

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Man-Sues-Bank-of-America-for--61903677.html Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:18:24 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/dr+evil+villain.jpg
Infuriated with Bank of America’s customer service, Dalton Chiscolm decided to do what every other red-blooded American in his situation would do: He sued them.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Politics----A-Very-Different-Beast-Than-Business-61486207.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:16:21 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*80/91026250.jpg
Former e-Bay CEO Meg Whitman and ex-Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina each get early wake-up calls for their initial forays into electoral politics.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/After-Miamis-Ritzy-Bubble-Bursts-Squatters-Move-on-Up-61444367.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:36:36 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/092509+gables.jpg
A pricey, waterfront Coral Gables home has been taken over by squatters, angry residents say.

]]> http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/Families-Make-Grave-Decisions-61249357.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:10:13 -0500 http://media.nbcwashington.com/images/120*90/rsz_grave.jpg
The recession is partly to blame for a spike in the sale of burial plots at cemeteries and funeral-property web sites across the country.

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