Business Stories from November 5, 2015 (Change date)
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Average US rate on 30-year mortgage jumps to 3.87 percentNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose sharply this week amid growing expectations that the Federal Reserve may soon raise its key short-term inter...
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Fannie Mae posts $2B in profit in 3Q; paying $2.2B dividendNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Mortgage giant Fannie Mae reported net income of $2 billion from July through September, down from $3.9 billion a year earlier. The government-controll...
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Business HighlightsNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - ___ Job creator or job killer? A look at the Pacific trade deal WASHINGTON (AP) - The sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal now being debated would cover everything from Vietn...
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House votes to keep highway spending level, ignores warningsNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite years of warnings that the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems are falling apart and will bring nightmarish congestion, the House on Th...
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Toyota quarterly profit rises to $5 billion on weak yenNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Toyota's quarterly profit rose 13.5 percent to 611.7 billion yen ($5.0 billion) and the automaker kept its annual earnings forecast unchanged despite trimmi...
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Union push gains steam among Yale, Harvard grad studentsNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Efforts to unionize graduate students at private universities are gaining momentum as the National Labor Relations Board shows new openness to ar...
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Highway bill includes freight, auto safety provisionsNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A sweeping transportation bill approved by the House on Thursday would put a new emphasis on freight corridors when designating highway funds and inclu...
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Ex-Goldman Sachs worker pleads guilty in New York theft caseNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A former Goldman Sachs employee pleaded guilty Thursday to obtaining confidential information from a one-time co-worker at the Federal Reserve Bank of Ne...
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Kris Jenner, game studio sued over Kim Kardashian video gameNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A video game company is suing a rival studio and Kris Jenner, saying its idea for a Kim Kardashian mobile game was stolen. The copyright-infringement ...
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2 British ex-bankers convicted in US in interest rate trialNov 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two British ex-bankers were convicted Thursday of conspiring to manipulate the primary benchmark for global short-term interest rates so that their bank ...