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Media and Internet giants at odds over dealing with purloined content on the Web may need to agree first on exactly how bad the problem is.

(Cornell University) For those with few social advantages, college is a prime pathway to financial stability, but it also unexpectedly lowers their odds of ever marrying, according to a study by Cornell University sociologist Kelly Musick being published in the February issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Home prices have resumed their decline, raising the odds that more borrowers will choose to walk away from their mortgages, even if they can afford the payments.

How many of your job opportunities do you find on job boards?

If you're like the majority of candidates I poll, you're finding too many of your opportunities on job boards - you're looking for jobs in all the wrong places.

To learn just how bad the odds of finding a job through a job board actually are, read:

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Having trouble finding work? You might want to move. An analysis of job growth patterns found that your odds of getting a job vary widely based on big differences in the pace of job growth from one state to the next.

If history is a guide, the odds that the American economy is falling into a double-dip recession may have reached 50 percent.

Buyout specialists are seemingly at odds over how their investments are — or are not — panning out.

With cap and trade facing seemingly impossible political odds in this upcoming Congress, the Obama Administration announced Thursday a new set of emission standards for power plants and refineries.

A four-year-old business in Seattle is beating the recessionary odds by building furniture from trees doomed by development, disease or storms.

If you lose your job these days, it's worth scrambling to find a new one — fast. After six months of unemployment, your chances of landing work dwindle.