Finance
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Fed says US economy has slowed, takes no new stepsAug 01, 2012 1:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the economy is losing strength and repeated a pledge to take further steps to stimulate growth if the job market doe...
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How Wall Street lawyer turned eluded FBI 17 yearsJul 31, 2012 6:36 am - Every dawn in the early spring of 2011, Matthew Kluger peered out his window, wondering when federal agents would knock at his door. Kluger, a mergers-and- acquisitions ...
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Ginnie Mae funds: 5 things investors need to knowJul 29, 2012 7:13 am - BOSTON — Investors continue to place an unusually high premium on safety. How else to explain the record low yields they’re willing to accept for lending to Uncle Sam? T...
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Amazon CEO gives $2.5 million for gay marriage lawJul 27, 2012 5:47 pm - OLYMPIA, Wash. — Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announced Friday they are donating $2.5 million to the campaign to defend Washington’s sa...
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Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A flap not government’s businessJul 27, 2012 5:46 pm - NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that despite his own support of same-sex marriage, he disagrees with some of his fellow mayors who have said...
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Longtime Chick-fil-A spokesman Donald Perry diesJul 27, 2012 5:41 pm - ATLANTA — The longtime spokesman for fast-food chain Chick-fil-A died Friday. He was 60. The Atlanta-based company said in a prepared statement that vice president for c...
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Management shake-up at JPMorganJul 27, 2012 1:26 pm - NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase, which is reeling from the fallout of a big trading loss at one of its divisions, announced a broad reshuffling of its top management on Friday...
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NY guilty plea scheduled for head of Oregon firmJul 25, 2012 6:49 am - NEW YORK — A person familiar with a criminal securities fraud case against the head of an Oregon investment research firm says he’s expected to plead guilty on Wednesday...
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ECB survey shows demand for loans remains weakJul 25, 2012 6:41 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — Demand for loans from business and consumers remains weak in Europe in the face of the continent’s debt crisis, a closely watched European Central B...
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Bernanke says childhood education is ‘key’ to economic growthJul 24, 2012 10:41 am - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said early childhood education is “crucial” and that effective schooling supports the economy by reducing poverty, boosting wage...