Meet the 'Boomstick,' baseball's largest hot dog

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Named after the bat used by Texas Rangers slugger Nelson Cruz, the $26 Boomstick is a 2-foot all-beef hot dog, smothered in chili, nacho cheese, jalapenos and caramelized onions, all on top of a massive potato bun. The whole thing...

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Feds turn up heat on hedge-fund mogul Steven Cohen

Steven Cohen of SAC Capital. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Michael Steinberg, apprehended in Manhattan on Friday morning, is one of at least seven current or former SAC Capital employees to be charged in insider-trading cases over the past few years. ...

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Beer and hot dogs: Which ballparks charge most

CNNMoney surveyed Major League Baseball stadiums to see which offer the most bang for your buck. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Classic baseball refreshments like hot dogs and beer can vary widely in price depending on the ballpark, CNNMoney found when...

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Incomes bounce back in February

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Personal incomes rose 1.1% in February, while spending rose 0.7%, the Commerce Department said. Both figures were larger than expected. Economists were expecting a 0.8% rise in incomes and a 0.6% gain in spending, according...

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Fortune Brainstorm Podcast: Lena Dunham

NEW YORK (Fortune) Fortune wants to make it even easier for you to eavesdrop. The weekly Fortune Brainstorm podcast features recorded conversations from Fortune's live events. In this week's installment, actor and writer Lena Dunham -- creator...

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Feds turn up heat on hedge-fund mogul Steven Cohen

Steven Cohen of SAC Capital. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Michael Steinberg, apprehended in Manhattan on Friday morning, is one of at least seven current or former SAC Capital employees to be charged in insider-trading cases over the past few years. ...

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EPA plans rules on clean gas

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) The Environmental Protection Agency will release preliminary rules on Friday that would reduce sulfur in gas, an Obama administrative official said. The rules would take effect in 2017, and their full impact would be realized...

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Incomes bounce back in February

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Personal incomes rose 1.1% in February, while spending rose 0.7%, the Commerce Department said. Both figures were larger than expected. Economists were expecting a 0.8% rise in incomes and a 0.6% gain in spending, according...

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Fortune Brainstorm Podcast: Lena Dunham

NEW YORK (Fortune) Fortune wants to make it even easier for you to eavesdrop. The weekly Fortune Brainstorm podcast features recorded conversations from Fortune's live events. In this week's installment, actor and writer Lena Dunham -- creator...

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The new CNNMoney Portfolio

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) You'll see that it is leaps ahead of the last portfolio you used, bringing together your entire investing life into one simple tool. Check out some of what it can do and you'll see what we mean: - Automatically sync all your...

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Furlough means I can't pay my student loan

Laurie Vroman, a single mom to three kids, including Micah, 8, will have to delay paying off $10,000 in student loans if furloughs cut her pay by 20%. WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) Laurie Vroman has already made her decision. She has three young children...

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S&P 500 finally hits new record high

Click the chart for more stock market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The benchmark index rose almost 3 points to 1565.58, inching just above its record closing high of 1565.15 reached in October 2007. Despite the new milestone, trading was relatively...

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British banks need $38 billion to fill cash gap

Bank of England says UK banks need to be raise capital this year LONDON (CNNMoney) The Bank of England said it would ensure that all major British lenders take action to plug the gap by the end of 2013 after regulators found that the industry was...

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Honda unveils minivan with built-in vacuum cleaner

The built-in vacuum in the new Honda minivan, on display Wednesday at the New York Auto Show. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) At the New York Auto Show on Tuesday, Honda unveiled its 2014 Odyssey minivan -- and the feature getting most of the attention was...

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Stocks pull back from near record levels

Click for more market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average both fell about 0.5%. The Nasdaq declined 0.6%. Trading volume on Wall Street is likely to be thin amid the Passover holiday and ahead of Good Friday...

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Consumers remain wary about economy

Worries about the forced federal budget cuts made consumers wary about the U.S. economy in March, according to the Conference Board. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Conference Board, a business research group, said its index of consumer confidence fell...

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Home prices: Biggest rise since housing bubble

Home prices posted their biggest gain since 2006 in January. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The S&P Case-Shiller index, which tracks prices across the 20 largest markets in the nation, showed the rise in January was the biggest year-over-year gain in...

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Stocks bounce back

Click the chart for more stock market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.7%, while the S&P 500 added 0.5% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. The S&P 500 is once again just a few points away from eclipsing the all-time...

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Icahn, Blackstone make buyout bids for Dell

Dell said that it has received two buyout bids for the company, in addition to the offer by founder Michael Dell. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The board said it will enter into negotiations with both groups. It also said that CEO Michael Dell has agreed...

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S&P 500 nears record high after Cyprus deal

Click chart for more market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The S&P 500 gained 0.3%, nearly topping its all-time closing high of 1,565.15. The Dow Jones industrial average hit a new intraday high of 14,547 shortly after the open, but was trading...

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Startups have a sexism problem

Sexism at startups came to light in a viral off-color remark at a recent PyCon tech conference event. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) It all began when two male attendees made a joke about "big dongles" and "forking," a play on tech terminology at software...

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Cyprus endgame: What happens if its banks collapse?

A banking collapse would likely lead to Cyprus' exit from the eurozone. The ramifications of that are unknown. LONDON (CNNMoney) The European Union wants the beleaguered country to find nearly €6 billion to add to a €10 billion bailout program...

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Cyprus bailout: Bank tax plan still unresolved

LONDON (CNNMoney) The tiny island nation needs to find a way to raise nearly €6 billion to satisfy the conditions of a €10 billion EU rescue or face economic meltdown when banks reopen Tuesday after a 10-day hiatus. Late Friday, after a long debate,...

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'Only hard choices' for Cyprus

LONDON (CNNMoney) Negotiations between Cyprus and its would-be bailout partners at the European Union and International Monetary Fund continued through the weekend as the clock ticks down on the country's financial system. "The events of recent...

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Google Keep is a note-taking app with great potential

Google Keep has a lot of potential. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Before the arrival of Keep, which Google launched this week, there was no default note-taking app for Android. It was a glaring hole, considering that Apple's (AAPL, Fortune 500) iPhone has...

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Cyprus endgame: What happens if its banks collapse?

A banking collapse would likely lead to Cyprus' exit from the eurozone. The ramifications of that are unknown. LONDON (CNNMoney) The European Union wants the beleaguered country to find nearly €6 billion to add to a €10 billion bailout program...

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Cyprus bailout: Bank tax plan still unresolved

LONDON (CNNMoney) The tiny island nation needs to find a way to raise nearly €6 billion to satisfy the conditions of a €10 billion EU rescue or face economic meltdown when banks reopen Tuesday after a 10-day hiatus. Late Friday, after a long debate,...

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The wedding is off! Who gets the engagement ring?

Many courts have ruled that the ring is a "conditional gift" that must be returned to the person who bought it. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) More than $5,000 is spent on the average engagement ring. And deciding who gets to keep the ring when the big day...

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Fortune Brainstorm podcast: Sheryl Sandberg

NEW YORK (Fortune) Fortune wants to make it even easier for you to eavesdrop. The Fortune Brainstorm podcast is a weekly show that features recorded conversations from Fortune's live events. In this week's installment, Facebook's (FB) Sheryl Sandberg...

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Stocks higher on Cyprus hopes

Click for more market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were all up about 0.6% in early trading. The Dow was back above 14,500 while the S&P 500 was once again just a few points from...

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