Finance
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A Bernanke exit might complicate Fed’s pullbackJun 30, 2013 7:12 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve expects to start slowing its bond-buying program this year just before it might need to manage another major transition that could spook...
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Post-recession, higher education paths divergeJun 30, 2013 7:05 am - CHONGQING, China — Determined to learn their way out of the Great Recession — or eager to rise above the deprivation of developing lands — unprecedented millions of peop...
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Wet spring won’t affect predicted corn cropJun 28, 2013 7:01 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture shocked farmers, grain analysts and market traders Friday with a report that shows no reduction in the number of ac...
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Fed officials approve horse slaughterhouseJun 28, 2013 4:59 pm - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials cleared the way Friday for a return to domestic horse slaughter, granting a southeastern New Mexico company’s application to conver...
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House panel pressing IRS figure to talkJun 28, 2013 4:11 pm - WASHINGTON — A Republican-led committee on Friday increased pressure on Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner to break her silence on who in the tax agency was b...
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Stocks fall in quiet end to bumpy monthJun 28, 2013 4:01 pm - NEW YORK — Given the wild trading of late, it was a calm close to the month. After flitting between tiny gains and losses most of Friday, the stock market closed mostly ...
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Sears, Penney sever ties with DeenJun 28, 2013 3:55 pm - NEW YORK — The exodus continues. Sears Holdings Corp and J.C. Penney Co. said Friday that they’re cutting ties with Paula Deen, adding to the list of companies severing ...
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Paula Deen dropped by Wal-Mart after ‘Today’ tearsJun 26, 2013 5:28 pm - NEW YORK — Paula Deen was dropped by Wal-Mart and her name was stripped from four buffet restaurants on Wednesday, hours after she went on television and tearfully defen...
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Ruling narrows benefit gap for gay couplesJun 26, 2013 4:28 pm - NEW YORK — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the core of the Defense of Marriage Act will narrow the financial gap between gay and straight couples. The cour...
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N.Y. top court: Starbucks baristas must share tipsJun 26, 2013 4:18 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. — Starbucks baristas must share their tips with shift supervisors, but assistant managers are left out in the cold, New York’s highest court ruled Wednesday...