Finance
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5 ways to take control of student loan bills nowJul 10, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — School isn’t over yet for recent college graduates. Their next test is figuring out how to repay student loans. It’s easy to become complacent about student l...
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Borrowers sue over apparent loan modification mishapsJul 10, 2011 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — It seemed Maria Campusano’s financial problems were behind her when the mortgage on her Victorian home in a Massachusetts mill town was chopped by hundreds...
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Citigroup: Debt deal likely to include $1 trillion in cutsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - U.S. lawmakers are likely to raise the nation’s debt limit by $1 trillion to avoid defaulting on its debt as part of a compromise that would include an equal amount in b...
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U.S. 5-year yields fall most in 14 months as job gains shrinkJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Treasuries gained, pushing five-year yields down the most in more than a year, after the economy added the fewest jobs in nine months and the unemployment rate unexpecte...
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GOP uses budget, other tools to sap financial lawJul 05, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are greeting the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's financial overhaul law by trying to weaken it, nibble by nibble....
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WTO rules against China on raw materialsJul 05, 2011 12:00 am - GENEVA — The World Trade Organization ruled Tuesday that China was unfairly protecting its domestic manufacturers by limiting the export of nine raw materials that are u...
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Celebrity real estate: Barbara Corcoran lived in 4th-floor walk-upJul 04, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — The queen of New York real estate once lived in a rent-controlled studio. Illegally. Barbara Corcoran says the living arrangement was instrumental in helping ...
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Celebrity real estate: Ben Stein riffs on dreams, nightmaresJul 04, 2011 6:00 am - Stein, the author, economist and commentator, hasn’t been living too badly in the eight years since the end of his old Comedy Central game show, “Win Ben Stein’s Money.”...
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Why economists see a stronger second half for 2011Jul 04, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Farewell and good riddance to the first half of 2011 — six months that are ending as sour for the economy as they began. Most analysts say economic growth w...
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IPO filings hit fastest pace since 2007Jul 04, 2011 6:00 am - Global filings for initial public offerings are accelerating to the fastest pace since 2007 just as Greece’s debt crisis and China’s rising inflation drag down global st...