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A strike by the union representing office building workers hasn't happened in more than a decade, but Occupy Wall Street and the 99 percent mentality have given union members more confidence lately.

It would be the world's second-biggest economy. See how big companies' sales stack up against GDP over the past decade.

In its first joint action on a currency in over a decade, the Group of Seven nations sold yen to halt its rise and help spur Japanese exports.

President Obama proposes budget cuts of $400 billion over a decade. Senator Rand Paul proposes cuts of half a trillion in a year.

Cutting what's realistic is the issue.

This week's Your Money column looks at how much of the conventional advice for retirement savings is heavily dependent on the markets performing well in the decade before retirement.

Many fund investors have little to show for the past decade. Over a 15-year period, however, these funds have walloped the broader market.

The Fed contributed mightily to 2 financial bubbles over the past decade. Now it seems bent on a course that will create another in the world's emerging economies.

After a bleak decade for investors and a deep recession, your retirement goals may seem out of reach. But you may have an opportunity to make up ground fast.

Fund manager Robert Zagunis looks for 3 indicators of quality growth -- and buys only stocks that have at least a decade of solid profitability behind them.

A reader wonders whether paying debts from a half-decade ago is a good idea -- or whether it would restart the clock for their inclusion in his credit reports.