Markets
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Only some mutual fund managers invest in their ownSep 29, 2013 6:25 am - NEW YORK — Would you eat at a restaurant where the chefs didn’t eat their own cooking? Would you have joined the Hair Club if the president weren’t also a client? Then w...
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No escape from jail or fines in global market-abuse curbsSep 28, 2013 11:00 pm - Crooked bankers and insider traders would have no safe havens under planned global guidelines for market-abuse penalties, amid concerns some countries don't have strict ...
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Stocks don’t melt down when government shuts downSep 27, 2013 5:54 pm - NEW YORK — The government shuts down. The economy unravels. Stocks plunge. That may be Wall Street’s worst fear, but history shows it’s mostly overblown. There have been...
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Stocks fall on government shutdown worriesSep 27, 2013 4:42 pm - The budget fight may be happening in Washington, but it’s investors on Wall Street who keep getting smacked. Stocks fell Friday for the sixth day out of the last seven, ...
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Empire State Building owner, Potbelly going publicSep 27, 2013 3:13 pm - NEW YORK — Starting next week, you could own a piece of the Empire State Building. Or, if iconic New York skyscrapers aren’t your thing, you could bite into Potbelly, a ...
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Encouraging news on jobs, retailers lifts stocksSep 26, 2013 5:03 pm - NEW YORK — Upbeat news about jobs and retailers helped the Standard & Poor’s 500 index snap its longest losing streak of the year on Thursday. U.S. unemployment claims ...
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$11B eyed in JPMorgan settlement talksSep 25, 2013 5:34 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. — An official familiar with ongoing negotiations among federal and New York officials and JPMorgan over mortgage-backed securities says a national settlemen...
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Wal-Mart, Washington worries whack stock marketSep 25, 2013 4:30 pm - NEW YORK — Wal-Mart spooked the stock market Wednesday — helping push stocks lower for a fifth straight day. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 61 points, or 0.4 perc...
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Stocks little changed after 4 days of declinesSep 25, 2013 11:07 am - NEW YORK — The stock market is adrift a week after setting a record. Stocks were flat in late-morning trading Wednesday as investors continue to worry about the economy ...
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Moody’s lifts GM investment gradeSep 25, 2013 10:18 am - General Motors Co. was raised to investment grade for the first time in eight years and moved to continue paying back stakeholders from its 2009 bailout with plans to bu...