Finance
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Chicago’s Orbitz rises after Jefferies raises price targetFeb 23, 2012 11:00 pm - Orbitz Worldwide Inc., an online travel agent, rose the most in more than two months in New York trading after Jefferies & Co. raised its price target and 2012 earnings ...
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Coal India may have to revive importsFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Coal India Ltd., the world’s biggest producer of the commodity, may revive plans to import the fuel to comply with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s order to increase supp...
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Ill-timed fight erupts over money-market fundsFeb 19, 2012 6:03 am - BOSTON — A fight is breaking out between the money-market mutual fund industry and federal regulators. Whatever the outcome, investors will question whether they can con...
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Manufacturers providing outsize boost to economyFeb 19, 2012 6:03 am - WASHINGTON — American factories are humming — and driving the economy forward. Manufacturers have been hiring more consistently than other employers, for jobs with bette...
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3 stock picks from top small-cap fund managersFeb 19, 2012 5:12 am - What are small-cap mutual fund managers investing in, now that stocks of smaller companies are outperforming those of larger ones? The Associated Press recently asked tw...
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Toronto building bubble may strain mortgagesFeb 19, 2012 5:12 am - A sliver of land wedged between Toronto’s elevated expressway and an off-ramp that pumps traffic into downtown may become the epicenter for a Canadian housing bubble. In...
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How-tos of offshore accounts: First, get a millionFeb 19, 2012 5:11 am - WASHINGTON — Movie super spies James Bond and Jason Bourne use them. So do real-life presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who says he pays his taxes, and untold numbers o...
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Experts predict drop in food-stamp spendingFeb 19, 2012 5:11 am - Spending on food-stamp benefits would fall 0.6 percent to $69.9 billion in the year starting 2013 as employment improves, according to projections contained in the budge...
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Businesses upset with cutting Saturday mail deliveryFeb 18, 2012 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's call for the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery and raise rates will drive away customers while not addressing neede...
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Fans’ rite of spring: Sun-seeking baseball tripsFeb 18, 2012 6:17 am - Nothing stirs the blood of baseball fans quite like “pitchers and catchers report.” A harbinger of the coming season, the words mean players are reporting for duty in Fl...