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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2013
Fewer Americans than projected filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the job market is sustaining recent gains.
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By Carter Dougherty, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2013
U.S. bankers and insurers are trying to use trade deals, which can trump existing legislation, to weaken parts of the Dodd-Frank Act designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2013
Builders sold more U.S. new homes than projected in April as cheaper borrowing costs and job gains drew more buyers into the market.
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By Stefan Nicola, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2013
German brewers called on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block the tapping of shale gas by means of hydraulic fracturing, citing industry concerns that fracking could taint the purity of the country’s beer.
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By Prashant Gopal, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2013
About 22 million Americans may lack enough home equity to move, keeping property listings tight and limiting sales as the housing market recovers, Zillow Inc. said.
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By Lananh Nguyen |
May 22, 2013
Energy price-reporting agencies said they ordered independent reviews to safeguard against market manipulation.
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By Howard Mustoe |
May 22, 2013
Three U.K. business lobby groups told the European Union its proposed financial transaction tax will harm the economic recovery.
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By Press Release |
May 22, 2013
The SEC charged the City of South Miami, Fla., with defrauding bond investors about the tax-exempt status of certain bonds.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Many Federal Reserve officials said more progress in the labor market is needed before deciding to slow the pace of asset purchases, according to minutes of their last meeting.
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By Adam Satariano, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Tim Cook’s tenure at the helm of Apple Inc. has been a crash course in crisis management. In almost two years since Cook became chief executive officer, Apple has lurched from one reputation-threatening public-relations predicament to the next.
