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	Click to View in Browser 09/25/2012 Americans to spend more on Halloween this year: survey (Reuters) - When the black cats, witches and trick-or-treaters come out for Halloween this year, a record 170 million people in the United States will dress up, celebrate, and spend up to $8 billion, according to a retail industry survey. Bonus culture springs a Keynesian trap: James Saft (James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) Fracking lessons from Beverly Hills High: John Kemp (John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) How BlackRock's dividend fund plays a crowded field NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the most successful dividend investors over the past decade is finding himself operating in a growing crowd. How the middle class can avoid financial blunders (The author is a Reuters columnist and the opinions expressed are his own. For more from John Wasik see http://link.reuters.com/syk97s) U.S. regulator fines Discover for deceptive marketing (Reuters) - The new U.S. consumer watchdog on Monday pledged that it will aggressively pursue financial firms for deceptive practices, formally announcing charges against Discover Bank and saying that similar actions are expected to follow. NYC to open public housing projects to private developers (Reuters) - New York City's public housing authority on Monday announced a plan to attract private developers to build affordable apartments in its housing projects, a departure from how many cities have dealt with flawed public housing. America's hidden unemployed: too discouraged to count WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Daniel McCune graduated from college three years ago, he was optimistic his good grades would earn him a job as an intelligence analyst with the government. Are we saving enough to retire? No (but we think we are) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans seem curiously confident that the cash they've squirreled away for retirement is sufficient. Rising dementia among U.S. clients seen risky for brokers (Reuters) - Taking direction from elderly clients whose mental capacity is on the decline causes some sticky problems for Wall Street's brokers. Related Video Getting to the top of mobile wallets Wealth Strategies: Uncertainty sending investors to options Business News Futures point to modest gains on Fed hopes U.S. home prices rise less than expected in July: S&P The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend