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Bernanke warns Congress that budget cuts pose danger [Updated]
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Tuesday that the upcoming budget cuts under the so-called sequestration would create a "significant" burden on an economy that is growing only moderately. In his semi-annual economic report...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Bob Corker, Career and Workplace, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Bonds
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G-20 moves to allay fears of 'currency war'
WASHINGTON -- Top finance officials of the Group of 20 largest economies sought Saturday to allay fears of a currency war, pledging not to target exchange rates to gain a competitive advantage in trade. But the joint statement, issued at the end of a G-...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Economic Policy, Finance
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MarksJarvis: S&P 500 closes in on all-time high
After turning squeamish early in the week, investors returned to the stock market and sent the Standard & Poor's 500 index to 1,517 Friday, the highest level since November 2007. It hasn't hit the all-time high of 1,565 of October 2007, but it was an...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Earnings Forecasts, Leveraged Buyouts, Spain, LinkedIn Corp.
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MarksJarvis: Investors nervous at peak but keep investing
It's not unusual to lose your balance while standing on a peak. And so it goes with the stock market. Investors suffered some fear of heights Monday and sent the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling. It was the worst day of this year, with a triple-...
Tags: European Central Bank, Mariano Rajoy, Barack Obama, Mario Draghi, Politics
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Germany will never let ECB shut Deutsche Bank
The first people to tell the public that the world's oldest bank was cooking its books weren't the bank's executives, its outside auditors at KPMG, its regulators at the Bank of Italy, or anyone else who had a duty to keep the place honest. They were...Tags: European Central Bank, Economy, Business and Finance, Personal Service, European Union, Mario Draghi
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Why holding Gov. Rick Scott to creating 1.7 million jobs is silly talk
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE – This month, we started a series of reports attempting to evaluate Gov. Rick Scott on the ‘7-7-7′ economic plan that was the political mantelpiece of his 2010 campaign. It's a good... -
IMF sees modest 2013 improvement for world economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is projecting a modest rise in global economic growth for 2013, but also warning that problems in the eurozone and the United States could derail momentum. The report Wednesday, an update of the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, International Organizations, International Monetary Fund, Politics
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11 EU nations to plan tax on financial transactions
LONDON – Pressing ahead where others have balked, 11 European countries received the green light Tuesday to plan a financial transaction tax that could generate billions of dollars in revenue for cash-strapped governments. Led by Germany and...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, David Cameron, European Union, Business Institutions, International Organizations
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Farming: Readers call columnist a 'gasified windbag'
Whenever you read this, be it in the fading embers of 2012 or the new dawn of 2013, please know that I did not write it; you, the readers, did. Yep, it’s that time of year (this year, last year, next year . . . ) for you to have your say on what...Tags: Washington, DC, Newspapers, Labor Day, Fox News Channel (tv network), White House
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Restaurants in China, U.S., Europe reflect global economy
Looking for evidence of China’s economic prowess, Europe’s malaise and consumer ennui in the U.S.? Use the international restaurant industry as a barometer, according to a report this week. China’s economy, coming off a period of...
Tags: Food Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Consumer Confidence, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Europe
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Investors say U.S. fiscal woes pose biggest risk to global economy
WASHINGTON -- Investors around the world say the fiscal woes of the U.S. -- highlighted by the ongoing fight over the debt limit -- pose the biggest risk to the global economy this year, according to poll results released Wednesday. More than a third of...
Tags: European Central Bank, European Union, Polls, Central Bank, Mario Draghi
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Stock markets in Europe and Canada edge higher
Stock and bond markets in the U.S. were closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but trading took place in the rest of the world. European stocks rose while German bonds declined as European finance ministers met for the first time this...
Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, Bonds, Earnings Forecasts
Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 4, 2013
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Dec 31, 2012
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Jan 23, 2013
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Jan 22, 2013
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Dec 30, 2012
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