Markets
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Stocks gain after encouraging U.S. hiring newsJul 03, 2013 1:34 pm - NEW YORK — Encouraging news about the U.S. jobs market trumped rising oil prices and worrying developments in Europe’s simmering debt crisis on Wednesday. Oil climbed a...
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U.S. stocks turn lower after Egypt turmoil worsensJul 02, 2013 5:54 pm - NEW YORK — The stock market ended slightly lower Tuesday after reports of intensifying political turmoil in Egypt offset good news about the U.S. economy. Stocks rose mo...
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U.S. stocks advance as stimulus concerns fadeJul 01, 2013 4:32 pm - NEW YORK — Investors have stopped worrying about the Federal Reserve. At least for now. Stocks rose on Wall Street Monday as investors judged that the economy still isn...
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Mid-year mutual fund review: Bond funds sinkJun 30, 2013 7:33 am - NEW YORK — Brace yourself. If you have money in a bond mutual fund, you’re likely to feel some pain when you open your mid-year account statement. After years of steady...
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A Bernanke exit might complicate Fed’s pullbackJun 30, 2013 7:12 am - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve expects to start slowing its bond-buying program this year just before it might need to manage another major transition that could spook...
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Facebook is pulling ads from racy, violent pagesJun 29, 2013 3:46 pm - MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. The social network said that on Monday, it will expand its definition of...
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Wet spring won’t affect predicted corn cropJun 28, 2013 7:01 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture shocked farmers, grain analysts and market traders Friday with a report that shows no reduction in the number of ac...
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Stocks fall in quiet end to bumpy monthJun 28, 2013 4:01 pm - NEW YORK — Given the wild trading of late, it was a calm close to the month. After flitting between tiny gains and losses most of Friday, the stock market closed mostly ...
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Sears, Penney sever ties with DeenJun 28, 2013 3:55 pm - NEW YORK — The exodus continues. Sears Holdings Corp and J.C. Penney Co. said Friday that they’re cutting ties with Paula Deen, adding to the list of companies severing ...
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Paula Deen dropped by Wal-Mart after ‘Today’ tearsJun 26, 2013 5:28 pm - NEW YORK — Paula Deen was dropped by Wal-Mart and her name was stripped from four buffet restaurants on Wednesday, hours after she went on television and tearfully defen...