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Business Latest: Girls rule, but they don't know it

Girls are rock stars when it comes to money smarts, but they have less confidence in their financial savviness. Why do they rate themselves as so lacking?
Women entrepreneurs take part in three-minute, one-on-one, business speed dating meetings during the fourth Women Entrepreneurs Festival in New York, January 15, 2014.
Women entrepreneurs take part in three-minute, one-on-one, business speed dating meetings during the fourth Women Entrepreneurs Festival in New York, January 15, 2014.

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