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Strong dollar, weak earnings

By Matt Townsend and Andrea Wong, Bloomberg | October 24, 2014

The dollar’s 12-week winning streak leading into October hurt third-quarter earnings and disrupted forecasts for some U.S. companies with big overseas operations.

Productivity cooling as gains from tech boom fade

By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg | May 8, 2013

Four years into an expansion, the productivity of American workers has slowed and some economists say there are few signs it will soon rebound.

Orders to U.S. factories climb on demand for autos, planes

By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg | April 2, 2013

Orders placed with U.S. factories increased in February, boosted by a pickup in demand for motor vehicles and commercial aircraft.

Dow falls most since June amid disappointing earnings

By Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg | October 23, 2012

U.S. stocks fell, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average toward its biggest loss since June, amid disappointing results at companies from 3M Co. to DuPont Co. and as commodities erased their gain for the year.

U.S. stocks fall amid concern Europe isn’t solving debt crisis

By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg | August 23, 2012

U.S. stocks fell, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index headed toward its first weekly decline in almost two months, amid concern European leaders aren’t making progress in solving the region’s debt crisis.

Fed growth forecasts key to easing as job market stalls

By Jeff Kearns and Aki Ito, Bloomberg | June 14, 2012

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers last week the “central question” confronting the Federal Reserve at its next meeting is whether growth is fast enough to make “material progress” reducing unemployment.