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Japanese Stocks Fall Sharply
Wall Street Journal
Japanese stocks plunged, pushing the Nikkei stock index down 7.3% to notch its biggest loss since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, leading to deep declines across the rest of Asia and Europe. The frenzied selling started after a report early Thursday ...
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Ford to Shut Australia Plants After Nine Decades on Costs
Bloomberg
Ford Motor Co. (F) will stop making cars in Australia, nine decades after founder Henry Ford first began building Model Ts in the country, as a surge in the currency undermines the local industry's ability to compete with imports. Ford Australia faces costs ...
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Target Earnings: Outlook Cut Follows Weak Sales
Wall Street Journal
Cooler weather kept customers from buying spring merchandise at Target Corp., leading to a 29% drop in fiscal-first-quarter earnings and a lower annual-profit forecast. During the quarter, the mass merchant may also have seen a reluctance on the part of its ...
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Japan Moves to Rein In Government Bonds
Wall Street Journal
TOKYO—Japanese government bonds swung wildly on Thursday, recouping morning losses after the Bank of Japan acted to stabilize the market and Japanese shares plummeted. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield was down four basis points at 0.845% as ...
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Lenovo Fourth-Quarter Profit Gains 90% as PC Share Rises (1)
Businessweek
Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, reported a 90 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit after increasing its market share and boosting smartphone sales. Net income climbed to $126.9 million in the three months ...
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China's Stocks Drop Most in Week on Manufacturing, Japan Selloff
Businessweek
China's stocks fell the most in a week after a private report showed an unexpected contraction in manufacturing and Japanese equities plunged the most since the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Jiangxi Copper Co. (600362) slid 2.2 percent on ...
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Wal-Mart Hires Former Bush Aide as Chief Image Maker
New York Times
To continue burnishing its image, Wal-Mart has replaced a former Clinton White House aide with a former Bush White House staff member. Add to Portfolio. Walmart Stores Inc · Go to your Portfolio ». The company, the nation's largest retailer, announced on ...
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NYC judge: Renting apartments using Airbnb illegal
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK — A judge has ruled that a New Yorker who rented his apartment on a popular traveler site broke the law. East Village condo owner Nigel Warren was ordered to pay a $2,400 penalty for subletting his apartment to a Russian tourist in December ...
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Oil Futures Extends Losses on Weak China Data
Wall Street Journal
Crude oil futures extended losses Thursday in Asia following overnight falls in New York and in response to weak manufacturing data from China. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in July traded at $93.61 a barrel at ...
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Another Departure For Morgan Stanley
Wall Street Journal
Morgan Stanley's head of fixed income is leaving the firm, as the smallest of the leading Wall Street banks looks to improve the profitability of the unit that trades bonds and currencies. Ken deRegt told Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and President of ...
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Australian Dollar Extends Fall As Fed Mulls Winding Down Stimulus
Wall Street Journal
SYDNEY--The Australian dollar's hefty month-long decline continued Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted the central bank might start winding back economic stimulus in the coming months. News of weaker Chinese ...
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Cities erupt in youthquake: Millennials swell populations
USA TODAY
The nation's big cities are riding out the first years of the post-downturn era with plenty of company — boosting their population via a youth movement. Census Bureau data released Thursday show that 48 of the 50 most populous U.S. cities have grown since ...
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SoftBank pledges to work with US government as Dish sparks national security ...
The Verge
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son wants Sprint, and he's willing to make some significant concessions to get hold of it, like letting the US government choose one of the 10 directors to its board. The Wall Street Journal reported the news today, writing that the ...
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Report on Deadly Factory Collapse in Bangladesh Finds Widespread Blame
New York Times
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A factory building that collapsed last month outside Dhaka, killing more than 1,000 workers in the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry, was constructed with substandard materials and in blatant disregard for building ...
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Tesla repays government loan early, a boost for electric cars
CNET
Tesla is proving that a U.S. electric car company can succeed. It paid off a $465 million loan nine years early. Brooke Crothers. by Brooke Crothers. May 22, 2013 9:02 PM PDT Follow @mbrookec. Tesla Model S. (Credit: Tesla). In what could be viewed as a ...
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Terry McAuliffe reverses course, backs bill to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast
Washington Post
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe now supports exploring for oil off the coast of Virginia, reversing his position on an issue that both sides of the debate consider to be crucial to the commonwealth's long-term energy future. When McAuliffe ...
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29 N.J. bars, restaurants accused of substituting cheap liquor
Philly.com
In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, cocktails from left are a Blueberry 'Tini, a Cantaloupe Rush and a Basil Martini at the Bistro Boudin in San Francisco. All were made with vodka. Booze with multiple personalities, like the best kind of party guests, can ...
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Staples Earnings: Lower Sales Hit Profit
Wall Street Journal
Staples Inc. said Wednesday its quarterly profit fell 9.2% amid soft demand for computers in North America and weak international sales. Staples, the largest office-supply chain in the U.S., faces the challenges of an increasingly digitized office and greater ...
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Budget office: Obama would veto House Republicans' student loan plan
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward. The White House issued ...
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Toll Brothers Climbs After Home Orders and Profit Increased (1)
Businessweek
Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL), the largest U.S. luxury-home builder, rose in New York trading after reporting the most orders since 2006 and profit that beat estimates. Net income for the three months through April was $24.7 million, or 14 cents a share, compared ...
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Court to Question IMF Chief Lagarde
Wall Street Journal
PARIS—International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is set to appear for questioning at a special court in Paris on Thursday as part of a criminal probe into whether public funds were misused when she served previously as France's finance minister.
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Penney Secures $2.25 Billion Loan
Wall Street Journal
J.C. Penney has secured a $2.25 billion loan as it funds its expansion and general operations. The loan is $500 million more than the retailer initially sought as it tries to recover from missteps taken under former Chief Executive Ron Johnson while trying to ...
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Sales of Existing US Homes Climb to 2009 High: Economy
Bloomberg
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes climbed in April to the highest level in more than three years even as the market remained constrained by a lack of inventory and strict borrowing rules. Purchases (ETSLTOTL) of existing houses increased 0.6 percent to ...
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Lowe's sales improve after weak start to spring
Reuters
By Dhanya Skariachan. Wed May 22, 2013 1:02pm EDT. (Reuters) - No. 2 home improvement chain Lowe's Cos Inc (LOW.N) reassured investors that sales trends improved significantly in April and May after seeing a weak start to the spring selling season.
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Cuomo Plans to Lure Businesses to SUNY Sites
New York Times
ALBANY — Who needs the Cayman Islands? Enlarge This Image. Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's "Tax-Free N.Y." plan offers college-friendly companies exemptions from a wide variety of state taxes in an effort to ...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac 2013 bill sale calendar
Reuters
Wed May 22, 2013 11:22am EDT. May 22 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013. Freddie Mac said 3-month and 6-month bills will be auctioned every week. In addition, 1-month and ...
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Earnings Exceed Forecasts at a Diminished HP
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The more Meg Whitman succeeds at fixing Hewlett-Packard, the bigger her challenges become. Enlarge This Image. Paul Sakuma/Associated Press. Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, said of the company, "We are ...
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COLUMN-Keystone XL double standard: Tale of 2 pipelines: Campbell
Reuters
Wed May 22, 2013 9:50am EDT. By Robert Campbell. NEW YORK May 22 (Reuters) - A casual observer familiar with the Keystone XL saga would think the United States was making it very hard to build any oil sands-related pipelines. But nothing could be ...
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Ford adds production in North America to meet new car demand
Reuters
By Deepa Seetharaman. DETROIT | Wed May 22, 2013 1:30pm EDT. DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) is adding a week of production at most of its North American factories this year to build an additional 40,000 vehicles and help sustain its gains in ...
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Montreal residents warned to boil drinking water
BBC News
More than one million Montreal residents must boil drinking and cooking water after a mishap at a water treatment plant, officials have warned. Water officials say residents of virtually all of Canada's second largest city should boil their water for the next 24 ...
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Congressional Campaign Finance Director Guilty of Role in Illegal ...
Robert Braddock, the finance director of the 2012 congressional campaign of Christopher Donovan (D-CT-05), was found guilty yesterday by a federal Jury in.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's Finance Minister is Forbes' 83rd ...
By Damilare Aiki
Today Wednesday 22nd May 2013, Forbes released its annual list of The World's Most Powerful Women. According to Forbes, the list is made up of 100 women who.
Bella Naija
Jail for former Dominion Finance CEO Paul Cropp | Stuff.co.nz
By William Mace
Former Dominion Finance chief executive Paul Cropp has been sentenced to two years and seven months in jail for trust deed breaches on related party loans.
Stuff.co.nz - Business
QE Tapering Won't Start Until Q4: Chandler ... - Yahoo! Finance
From the blog Breakout: Marc Chandler, head of global currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, has both good news and bad news for the legions of Ben Bernanke haters. The good news is that Chandler expects Bernanke to obey the ...
Yahoo! Finance: Breakout
The Finance curse – my new book « Escape from Europe
By Nicholas Shaxson
Nicholas Shaxson is the author of Treasure Islands, a book about tax havens published in 2011. He is an Associate Fellow of the UK think tank Chatham House, and he writes for the Tax Justice Network. His previous book was Poisoned ...
Escape from Europe
PCA Offering First-Ever Finance Seminar for Women | byFaith
By Staff
RBI and CEP are offering a financial planning seminar for wives of teaching and ruling elders.
byFaith
Fuel Fix » GE eyes consumer finance unit IPO
By FT.com - Energy
GE eyes consumer finance unit IPO. ... Jeff Immelt says the US conglomerate is seeking to shrink the assets of its financial services division and possibly list the company publicly. Read more from Financial Times. Comment. Comments( ) ...
Fuel Fix
When bankers get Godly: the spiritual side of finance | Job News ...
By Sarah Butcher
Justin Welby says bankers have a sense of entitlement and have lost their sense of spiritual perspective. Is he overstating the case?
eFinancialCareers » en-us-language
Canad finance minister Flaherty: Low Canada interest rates are a ...
By Eamonn Sheridan
Canad finance minister Flaherty: Low Canada interest rates are a 'persistent problem'
ForexLive
Secretary of State Bowen to post raw campaign finance data ...
By Techwire
Secretary of State Debra Bowen has decided to post campaign finance data online in a raw, downloadable format after being lobbied by a coalition of research, advocacy and news organizations. Initially, she declined the group's request last ...
Techwire.net
Marine Conservation Finance: Securing Marine Ecological and ...
By anthony
WHEN: Tuesday, 28th of May 2013; 9:00 to 10:00 hrs - Melissa Bos, James Cook University. Financial decisions are often made without stakeholder involvement. This research will investigate if and how impact investing can achieve marine ...
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INET Hong Kong: The RMB and the Future of Asian Finance
By Mark Thoma
INET Hong Kong: The RMB and the Future of Asian Finance. Posted by Mark Thoma on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 12:12 AM in Economics, International Finance, Video | Permalink Comments (0) ...
Economist's View
Tips on Personal Finance from Mom to her Children
By admin
Contributed by Marie Nelson As a responsible parent, teaching your kids about the ways of effective financial planning remains crucial. Management of personal finance is a combination of art and science that cannot be mastered in a single ...
Smart Mom Solutions
IntegraLLC : Integra to assist in USAID's Finance and Business ...
By IntegraLLC
Integra LLC is pleased to announce the award of a subcontract with CARANA Corporation to implement the Finance and Business Services (FaBs) project in Ethiopia. FaBS will assist the Government of Ethiopia in achieving their targets in ...
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