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Dollar reclaims losses after Japan minister clarifies yen comments
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the yen on Tuesday after a Japanese minister clarified earlier remarks about the yen's weakness that had toppled the greenback from a 4-1/2-year high against the Japanese currency on Monday. The dollar rose...Tags: Bonds, Political Fundraising, Gymnastics, Giorgio Napolitano, ABN AMRO
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday: ** Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, Plains Exploration & Production Company, Shareholders
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Business aviation CEOs see recovery signs, urge governments' aid
Reuters* Taxes, red tape seen hindering industry * Appeal to government for help before annual show opens * Sector seeks to rebuild after recession-sparked decline By Robert Evans GENEVA, May 20 (Reuters) - Leaders of the multibillion-dollar global...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Labor Markets, Embraer SA, Honeywell International Incorporated
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Column: Obama accelerates loss of trust
WASHINGTON — Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government...Tags: Elections, Taxation, Global Change, Work Relations, Government
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Obama Debases Trust In Government
The Hartford CourantLast week was amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals...Tags: Elections, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Weather, U.S. Congress, Taxation
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Accenture buying Acquity for $316 million
Tribune reporterGlobal consulting firm Accenture has agreed to buy digital marketing company Acquity Group for $316 million, the companies announced Friday. Founded in Chicago in 2001, Acquity Group works with such brands as Adobe, American Express, General Motors,...Tags: American Express Company, General Motors Corp., Marketing, Consumer Goods Industries, E-Commerce Industry
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Smith Island denial
Even the most jaded observer must acknowledge there's something admirable about the desire of so many living on Smith Island to see their community survive and prosper. Residents of this marshy (and shrinking in both population and real estate)...
Tags: Weather, Global Change, Somerset County (Maryland), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Global Warming
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Soccer great David Beckham to retire
LOS ANGELES - David Beckham is retiring. ... Again. Only this time, after a couple of false starts with the Los Angeles Galaxy over the last three years, the former captain of England's national team says he's really, truly hanging up his boots for...Tags: Thierry Henry, ESPN (tv network), Manchester United F.C., Sports, Soccer
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Dredge contract awarded to handle bigger ships at Miami's port
ReutersBy Zachary Fagenson MIAMI, May 16 (Reuters) - The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $180 million contract to dredge Miami's harbor to an Illinois-based company on Thursday, part of a plan to deepen the port channel to handle larger ships...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Port Everglades, Miami International Airport, Miami-Dade County, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Florida cargo and cruise facilities in line for a record-setting year of funding
TALLAHASSEE — Florida's seaports, including Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, are set to embark on a massive round of waterfront and transit upgrades, as the cargo and cruise facilities are in line for a record-setting year of funding from the...Tags: Rick Scott, Port Everglades, Cruises, Port of Tampa, Panama
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Nikkei may pull back on Wall St drop, set for 2nd weekly gains
ReutersTOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average may pull back slightly on Friday after Wall Street weakened overnight, but the market is on track to log its second-straight weekly gain on the back of a depressed yen and optimism over the earnings...Tags: Foreign Exchange Market, Petroleum Industry, Nikkei, Japan, Hitachi Ltd.
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Japan March machinery orders jump, boding well for capex
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese core machinery orders jumped a bigger-than-expected 14.2 percent in March, the quickest monthly pace in eight years, in a sign a weaker yen and surging stock prices are making companies more confident about investing in...Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Foreign Exchange Market, Weather, Government, Japan
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