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At Midyear, Market Is More Jittery, Less Optimistic
Wall Street Journal
And that's likely to continue as the market hangs on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's every word. Enlarge Image. image. Close. image. Dave Klug. Earlier this year, stocks racked up record closing highs, which many investors credit largely to ...
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Q & A with IMF director Christine Lagarde
Washington Post
In two years as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde has steered the agency beyond the arrest of her predecessor and helped engineer its largest and perhaps most controversial program — the rescue of the euro zone.
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Intel Chipmaking Plant in Arizona Plant Has Nitrogen Gas Leak
Businessweek
A nitrogen gas leak at Intel Corp. (INTC)'s chipmaking plant in Chandler, Arizona, yesterday morning sent 11 people to the hospital with skin and eye irritation symptoms, a local official said. Forty-three people were treated following the discovery of a ...
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Some House Republicans Dig In Against the Consumer Financial Protection ...
Forbes
House Republicans are keeping up a fight against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which turned its sights this year on the auto lending industry. As part of an ongoing drumbeat of opposition to the CFPB, U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) on June ...
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Google's Incredible Chutzpah In Demanding A Tax Refund
Forbes
This is a lovely little story, Google Google is demanding a tax refund from a transaction that took place all the way back in 2004. Given the way that the company busts a gut to run rings around the world's taxmen I think this is the most incredible didplay of ...
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Xi Says GDP Not Officials' Sole Focus in Signal on Growth
Bloomberg
China's President Xi Jinping said officials shouldn't be judged solely on their record in boosting gross domestic product, the latest signal that policy makers are prepared to tolerate slower economic expansion. The Communist Party should instead place more ...
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Unions negotiator says strike at San Francisco Bay Area's BART transit system ...
Washington Post
OAKLAND, Calif. — A chief negotiator said that two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's largest unions will "likely" go on strike after contract talks stalled on Saturday. Josie Mooney, a negotiator for the Service Employees International Union Local 1021, ...
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Theft case against Chinese firm carries a warning
Boston Globe
Among the Sinovel wind turbines in the United States is this one in Charlestown. The Sinovel case "illustrates the heavy baggage that some Chinese firms carry on their journey to global markets," said Thilo Hanemann at Rhodium Group. Reprints; E-mail ...
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Method of extracting natural gas may contaminate drinking water
South China Morning Post
New evidence shows that fracking may contaminate drinking water, according to a study. Researchers at Duke University in the US state of North Carolina analysed 141 drinking water samples from private wells across the gas-rich Marcellus shale basin in ...
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Deutsche Bank settles LA claims on foreclosure blight
Reuters
FRANKFURT | Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:20am EDT. FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said it has settled a lawsuit with the U.S. city of Los Angeles that accused the bank of allowing hundreds of foreclosed properties to deteriorate into slum conditions and ...
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How Americans Got Burned by Bank of America
DailyFinance
Have you been burned by Bank of America ? If so, then you're in good company. Two weeks ago we published a widely read article about how the nation's second largest bank by assets is alleged to have delayed and denied mortgage modifications to ...
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This Week in Solar
DailyFinance
Solar stocks had an up and down week, but at the end of the day the industry trends are still getting stronger. Politically, solar is more acceptable than it was a year ago and the biggest, most ruthless banks in the world are seeing the value solar presents ...
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Thousands Of Mississippi Consumers May Not Be Offered Insurance Subsidies
Washington Post
Tens of thousands of uninsured residents in the poorest and most rural parts of Mississippi may be unable to get subsidies to buy health coverage when a new online marketplace opens this fall because private insurers are avoiding a wide swath of the state.
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Asian Currencies Advance in Week on Fed Optimism; Dong Devalued
Bloomberg
Asian currencies advanced, snapping a two-week slump, on speculation the Federal Reserve will hold off from paring asset purchases after U.S. first-quarter growth trailed an earlier estimate. The world's largest economy expanded 1.8 percent in the first three ...
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Spain: A country of opportunities
Business Mirror
WHEN I was appointed Ambassador of Spain to the Philippines in 2011, my country, as the rest of the European Union, was in the middle of economic and financial difficulties that started in 2008, which continue to linger on. Contrary to the general optimism ...
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Macau may get tighter scrutiny
Las Vegas Review-Journal
HONG KONG — Members of a congressional advisory panel believe U.S. regulators should tighten scrutiny of casino companies operating in Macau, the world's top gambling market, because of the risk of money laundering. "We need to go deeper into this," ...
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One year later: Insurance companies face claims after storm
Parkersburg News
PARKERSBURG - For insurance companies, the derecho of June 2012 created a lot of work with answering calls from customers, assessing damage, determining what was covered and how they could provide assistance. "It was a very busy time for us," said ...
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Switzerland charges man with selling bank's client data to Germany
IT Business Net
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors have charged a German IT expert with selling client data from private bank Julius Baer <BAER.VX> in Zurich to the German tax authorities, they said on Friday. The man, who was arrested last July and is charged with ...
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US home prices rise in April by most in 7 years
Las Vegas Sun
U.S. home prices jumped 12.1 percent in April from a year ago, the most since March 2006. More buyers and a limited supply of available homes have lifted prices in most cities across the country, a sign of a broad-based housing recovery. The Standard ...
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Morris Beschloss: Bond optimism was just a mirage
The Desert Sun
Do you agree or disagree with Morris Beschloss? Let us know via email at Business@thedesertsun.com. More. Related Links. 'Two-percent' could squash economy · Global Economics: Future oil potential seems to be unlimited. When the Federal Reserve ...
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US FDA grants breakthrough therapy status to GSK's drisapersen to treat DMD ...
pharmabiz.com
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK's) investigational compound drisapersen (previously GSK2402968/PRO051) for the potential treatment of patients with ...
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Suntech strikes yet another deal with bondholders
IT Business Net
(Reuters) - China-based solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd <STP.N> said it had struck a deal with a majority of its bondholders to defer payment on a $541 million loan until August 30, the third such agreement in four months. Suntech ...
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AMR reports strong May profit, predicts 2nd Q profit, first since 2007
Tulsa World
American Airlines CEO Tom Horton says the company could turn a second-quarter profit after netting $65 million in May. BUSINESS BLOGS. Sky Writer · Bits and Bytes · View all · Red Lobster unveils new look, economical prices · Remington Tower sells for ...
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Restaurant chain Noodles & Co shares double in debut
IT Business Net
(Reuters) - Shares of fast casual restaurant chain operator Noodles & Co <NDLS.O> more than doubled in their market debut, valuing the company known for its Pad Thai and Mac & Cheese dishes at as much as $1.07 billion. Noodles shares were up nearly ...
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US stocks end two-week dry spell
Washington Post
U.S. stocks rose for the week, snapping two weeks of declines for benchmark indexes, as economic data topped estimates and comments by Federal Reserve officials eased concerns over stimulus plans. Home Depot jumped 4.9 percent, leading gains ...
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Coca-Cola FEMSA Acquires Brazilian Bottler
DailyFinance
Put another tick in the acquisition column for Coca-Cola FEMSA . The Mexico-based company, which says it is the largest bottler of Coca-Cola products on the planet, has signed a deal to acquire Brazilian peer Companhia Fluminense de Refrigerantes.
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Westar Crews Making Dent In Outage Numbers
KAKE
Westar Energy said Saturday its crews were making progress on efforts to restore power to the thousands of customers who lost electricity after Thursday evening's severe storm. However, Westar said it may now be Monday before all customers have their ...
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New Mexico horse slaughterhouse receives approval to begin operations
HorseChannel.com
The USDA is legally obligated to perform horsemeat inspections unless a slaughter ban is reinstated. June 30, 2013. Tweet · Printer Friendly. Horse In the ongoing battle over horse slaughter in the United States, the horsemeat industry has moved one step ...
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US food industry ripe for further consolidation
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
WASHINGTON — The U.S. agriculture and food industries are primed for further consolidation as domestic and foreign companies flush with cash look to purchase attractive assets that give them an advantage in increasingly competitive businesses.
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Barnes & Noble's loss more than doubles
Las Vegas Sun
Barnes & Noble says its loss more than doubled in the latest quarter as its Nook e-book reader unit continued losing money and sales plummeted at its bookstores. The largest traditional U.S. bookseller has invested heavily in its Nook devices and digital ...
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Accenture Falls and Drags IBM with it
The Utah People's Post
The second largest technology-consulting business in the world, Accenture Plc, fell the most in close to two years after the sales forecast it released trailed that of Wall Street analysts. The company's stock price fell by 10% to close on Friday at $71.96 on Wall ...
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Dog and cat duo make history at Nevada Humane Society
KRNV My News 4
Reno, NV (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- A dog and cat duo are making history at the Nevada Humane Society by being the first ever dog and cat to be roommates while they wait for a new home. Monkey Man, a Chow mix and Bwaney, a Persian cat have known ...
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Indiana Joins Lawsuit Against Standard & Poor's
Indiana Public Media
Indiana is one of more than a dozen states filing lawsuits against the global financial firm Standard & Poor's, alleging it misled investors by skewing its rating system to help its clients. Indiana Consumer Protection Division Deputy Director Terry Tolliver says, ...
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ABF union workers OK 5-year contract
Northwest Arkansas News
ABF Freight System Inc. employees, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, ratified a national collective bargaining agreement Thursday that will be in effect for the next five years.
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Gas prices are dropping in San Diego County
KUSI
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County fell 1.5 cents Saturday to $4.059, one day after dropping 1.8 cents, its largest daily decrease since Nov. 9. The average price has dropped five times in six ...
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Hollywood-Style Robbery Scandal Rocks Vatican
ABC News
The vatican caught in a new scandal that sounds like a cross between "ocean's 11" and "da VINCI CODE." A spy and a vatican official, allegedly try to smuggle $26 million into italy aboard a private... See More. The vatican caught in a new scandal that sounds ...
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Blogs5 new results for Finance
 
Tips to Navigate the Dealer Finance Room - KickingTires
By Matt Schmitz
You've finalized your car selection, haggled with the salesman and settled on a price. Now all that stands between you and your new wheels is the finance and insurance room, where dealerships offer financing, warranties, rustproofing and ...
KickingTires
Sindh Assembly: MQM opposes finance bill – The Express Tribune
By noreply@tribune.com.pk (Web Desk)
According to Ahmed, the MQM has stressed on a tax-free budget in all their speeches yet there were to no avail.
The Express Tribune
Senate Housing Finance Reform Legislation Would Authorize ...
By James Hamilton
The Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, S. 1217, which has garnered strong support from the securities industry, would create the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation (FMIC) as an independent federal agency to ...
Jim Hamilton's World of Securities...
Malawian businesses advised to partner financial companies ...
By thomas
Entrepreneurs and the members of the business community have been advised to work jointly with banks and firms that provide finance to grow their businesses and activities of the private sector. The call was made in Blantyre on Saturday by ...
Malawi Nyasa Times - Malawi breaking...
Ballot Access News - Briefing Will Soon be Complete in Next U.S. ...
By Richard Winger
Briefing Will Soon be Complete in Next U.S. Supreme Court Campaign Finance Case. Published on June ... Some observers feel this case will eventually result in a substantial revision to current federal campaign finance law. Current federal ...
Ballot Access News

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Listen to IMF economists and other experts discuss key economic and financial issues of the day. Click on the play button. Alternatively, download the audio ...
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Director of Finance Scope: Oversees and is ultimately responsible for all fiscal and fiduciary activities for Little Rock Wastewater. Develops, communicates, and  ...
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