Markets
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NYSE plans to open as usual MondayOct 28, 2012 4:18 pm - NEW YORK — The New York Stock Exchange plans to open for trading as usual Monday, even as Hurricane Sandy barrels its way up the Atlantic. Governor Andrew Cuomo said New...
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Halftime report: Is fear of a weak 3Q overblown?Oct 28, 2012 4:14 pm - WASHINGTON — It’s halftime for the season of corporate earnings reports, and investors are in desperate need of a locker-room pep talk. Before Alcoa reported its third-q...
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SuperValu bonds tumble as shareholders gainOct 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Bonds of SuperValu Inc. that lack protections for investors in a takeover have made the supermarket chain’s debt the worst performer among high-yield U.S. food and drug ...
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Fund managers: Don’t give up on HP, Dell or PCsOct 27, 2012 11:00 pm - All the buzz about mobile devices might lead you to believe the PC’s future is bleak. Just this week, Apple unveiled the iPad Mini, barely a month after the iPhone 5 rol...
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Coming changes in estate, gift taxes stir ‘frenzy’Oct 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Taxes that are largely a concern of the very rich will soon affect far more people unless Congress steps in. The impending drastic changes in the estate and gift tax law...
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Oshkosh rejects Icahn’s $3 billion offerOct 26, 2012 5:46 pm - Oshkosh Corp.’s board rejected an unsolicited offer from billionaire activist director Carl Icahn to buy the truck maker for about $3 billion. Icahn, Oshkosh’s largest i...
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Toyota widens global sales lead over GMOct 26, 2012 4:53 pm - DETROIT — Toyota has widened its global sales lead over General Motors after bouncing back from a series of natural disasters. The company said Friday it sold 7.4 millio...
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Senators call on FDA to act on energy drinksOct 26, 2012 4:41 pm - NEW YORK — Two U.S. senators on Friday again called on federal regulators to close what they say are loopholes that allow energy-drink makers to sell products with addit...
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Refineries in path of ‘Frankenstorm’Oct 26, 2012 4:25 pm - Hurricane Sandy, which may become the worst storm to hit the U.S. East Coast in 100 years, may slow a decline in gasoline prices just weeks before the presidential elect...
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Weak earnings reports weigh on the stock marketOct 26, 2012 10:20 am - Stocks closed mostly lower Friday after investors found little to like in weak corporate earnings reports and news of only tepid growth in the U.S. economy in the third ...