Finance
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Bernanke defends bond purchases in signal of more Fed easingSep 01, 2012 10:05 am - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, with a little more than a year left in his second term, defended the effectiveness of unconventional monetary policies such as ...
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A breakfast drink with that burritoAug 31, 2012 1:11 pm - NEW YORK — Rise and shine. It’s time for breakfast soda. Taco Bell said Friday that it’s adding Mtn Dew A.M — a mix of Mountain Dew soda and Tropicana orange juice — to ...
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Sears Holdings loses place in S&P 500Aug 29, 2012 10:48 pm - Sears Holdings Corp. was replaced in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index by chemical maker LyondellBasell Industries NV, according to S&P, which said the retailer has too fe...
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Markets stall as traders await US Fed chief speechAug 28, 2012 6:34 am - PARIS — Stock markets retreated Tuesday due to global worries about the impact of the eurozone debt crisis and as investors awaited a key speech by the U.S. central bank...
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Draghi skips Jackson Hole as ECB shapes bond plansAug 28, 2012 6:33 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi calls off his trip to an annual conference of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, due to a heavy workl...
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American Eagle Mechanics, Bag Handlers Split on Concessions (1) c.2012 Bloomberg News (Updates with AMR comment in fourth paragraph.)Aug 24, 2012 4:31 pm - Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- American Eagle mechanics rejected a new contract with parent AMR Corp. to reduce labor costs as the company restructures in bankruptcy, while bagg...
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Most laid-off workers take pay cuts in new jobsAug 24, 2012 4:19 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. economic recovery hasn’t felt much like one even for people who managed to find new jobs after being laid off. Most of them have had to settle for ...
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1st Ind. resident gets check from restitution fundAug 24, 2012 7:08 am - INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana man who lost his life savings to a financial scam has become the first person compensated for some of his losses by a state fund. Steve Brodie ...
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Fed signals readiness to add stimulus without U.S. PickupAug 23, 2012 6:49 am - Federal Reserve policy makers signaled readiness to boost record stimulus unless they are convinced the economy is poised to rebound. Recent signs of strength may not be...
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Don’t forget insurance with college-bound kidsAug 22, 2012 4:19 pm - It’s inevitable that something will be forgotten in the excitement of sending a child off to college. Tuition bill paid? Done. Textbooks ordered? Check. Shopping compl...