Markets
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Oil up to above $87 after Tel Aviv bus explosionNov 21, 2012 6:12 am - The price of oil rebounded slightly to above $87 a barrel on Wednesday after an explosion injured 10 people on a bus in Tel Aviv, a development that has the potential to...
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Ex-hedge fund trader charged in $276M insider ployNov 20, 2012 10:51 am - NEW YORK — A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors are calling perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time — an ...
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Stocks end flat after HP shocker and Fed warningNov 20, 2012 10:18 am - NEW YORK — Falling oil prices and a surprise announcement from Hewlett-Packard weighed on technology and energy stocks Tuesday. HP plunged 12 percent after executives s...
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US stocks rise on hopes for budget deal, EuropeNov 19, 2012 3:29 pm - The stock market finally shook its post-election slump. Investors seized on hope that Washington will reach a deal on the federal budget and drove stocks to their bigges...
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Apple climbs; Topeka calls share sell-off ‘insane’Nov 19, 2012 12:49 pm - NEW YORK — Shares of Apple jumped nearly 6 percent Monday, with one analyst calling a two-month sell-off in shares of the most valuable company on earth “insanely insane...
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Higher taxes may not hammer dividend stocksNov 18, 2012 2:56 pm - NEW YORK — If Washington allows tax cuts to expire at the end of the year, taxes on dividends will nearly triple for the highest-paid Americans. That’s led some experts ...
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Suicide points to wave of insider trading in health industryNov 18, 2012 6:25 am - NEWARK, N.J. — On April 14, 2011, James Fan stood on a parking garage landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, a cheer-you-up letter from his young son in his pa...
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Dividend investors face a tangled year-end tax webNov 17, 2012 10:00 pm - BOSTON — What if one of your key sources of income were taxed at three times the rate you pay now? That’s a realistic possibility next year for high-income investors who...
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Crave a Twinkie? The price is going up fastNov 17, 2012 3:01 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Twinkies are being sold on the Internet like exquisite delicacies. Hours after Twinkie-maker Hostess announced its plans to close its doors forever, peop...
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Who will buy Hostess brands?Nov 17, 2012 2:10 pm - Hostess Brands Inc., the bankrupt baker of Twinkies and Wonder bread, may attract bids for its brands from rival Flowers Foods Inc. and private equity firm C. Dean Metro...