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London Homeowners Ready to Cash In on Royal Wedding

By Theunis BatesFeb 18th 2011 – 9:02AM
Alastair Grant, AP

Alastair Grant, AP

LONDON -- Many entrepreneurial Londoners are hoping to earn a king's ransom when Prince William and Kate Middleton get hitched April 29. Some will cash in by hawking tacky T-shirts and keychains to tourists, while others are set to offer visitors something considerably more valuable: their homes. Demand for private...

From Farming to Fashion, Inflation Looks to Be on Its Way

By Joseph SchumanFeb 16th 2011 – 4:49PM
Getty Images

Getty Images

The food on your plate, the gas in your tank, the plastic in your children's toys and the clothing on their backs are likely to get more expensive in the coming months in a spurt of inflation that could play havoc with the economic recovery. Consumers haven't yet felt many cost increases in their daily and weekly lives,...

Scrappers' Stripping Is a Different Route to Heavy Metal Fortune

By Monica GarskeAug 31st 2010 – 11:11AM
Spike

Spike

(Aug. 31) -- One group of streetwise men from Brooklyn are out to make fast -- but honest -- cash from stripping. In the scrap metal business, that is. Sal "The Barber" Vassallo, Dino Mininni and Joe Posa all work for different rival scrap metal companies in New York City's busiest borough. Their hard work as metal men is...

Background on prices

In ordinary usage, price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services.

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