Finance
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German party chief calls on Greece to embrace reformsSep 03, 2011 12:00 am - Greece needs to renew its commitment to budget revisions to retain continued financial backing from Germany, said Christian Lindner, general secretary of Chancellor Ange...
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Stock fears fuel spike in art marketAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - As the stock market gyrated sharply in recent weeks, New York art dealer Asher Edelman began receiving calls from clients asking to sell works they owned by major 20th-c...
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Debit rewards are still available — in new formAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Debit card rewards aren’t dead yet. They’re just undergoing a transformation. Several major banks in the past year ended or scaled back their debit rewards pr...
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Low rates squeeze savers and may hold back economyAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Super-low interest rates haven't done what they usually do after a recession. They haven't ignited economic growth or revived the home market or persuaded c...
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Fifth Third Bank offers single card for both debit and creditAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — It's plastic that does double duty as a credit and debit card. Fifth Third Bank, which operates 1,300 branches in the Midwest and South, is offering a new car...
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8 revealing stats for fund investorsAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - BOSTON — It’s important to avoid getting caught up in the stock market’s day-to-day convulsions. Consider that most investors build up their retirement savings over thre...
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Gadhafi’s exit to spur Libya’s Shariah bankingAug 28, 2011 6:00 am - Islamic banking in Libya, where rebels stormed the capital Tripoli this week, may benefit from the departure of Moammar Gadhafi, who stifled the industry’s growth, a for...
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IMF chief urges U.S. policymakers to help economyAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — The new head of the International Monetary Fund urged U.S. policymakers to take more aggressive steps to stimulate the economy and ease the housing ...
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Japan consumer prices up a tad in JulyAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - TOKYO — Japan’s government says consumer prices unexpectedly rose in July from a year earlier as fuel costs climbed. The nation’s core consumer price index, which exclud...
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AP survey: No recession but weakness will endureAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Another U.S. recession is not likely over the next 12 months. Neither is any meaningful improvement in the economy. That’s the picture that emerges from an ...