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By Alan Bjerga and Jen Skerritt |
May 23, 2013
Canada vowed to escalate a dispute with the U.S. over plans to impose stricter country-of-origin labeling rules for meat.
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By Renee Dudley, Bloomberg |
May 16, 2013
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, forecast second-quarter profit that was less than analysts estimated as consumers struggle amid the slow U.S. economy and higher taxes.
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By Renee Dudley and Carol Hymowitz, Bloomberg |
May 8, 2013
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. prepares to anoint the fifth chief executive in its history, the world’s largest retailer is grappling with challenges founder Sam Walton never faced.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
April 3, 2013
Crude dropped after an industry report showed that U.S. oil stockpiles climbed to a nine-month high as output held at the highest level in more than two decades.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
April 2, 2013
West Texas Intermediate crude rose as U.S. equities surged after data showed U.S. factory orders exceeded forecasts, signaling increasing economic growth and fuel demand.
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By Renee Dudley, Bloomberg |
April 2, 2013
More than 1,000 e-mailed complaints signal that Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s restocking challenges are more widespread than the world’s largest retailer has said.
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By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg |
March 21, 2013
Drought may persist from California to Texas while improving slightly in the Great Plains as temperatures soar above normal across most of the U.S. from April through June, the Climate Prediction Center said.
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By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg |
March 20, 2013
The Senate adopted an amendment to a spending bill that would avoid furloughing U.S. meat inspectors as part of budget cuts, lowering the risk of disrupting plants run by companies including Tyson Foods Co.
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By Jeanna Smialek and Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the central bank probably will press on with its asset purchases as contained inflation expectations give it time to continue the quantitative easing.
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By Cheyenne Hopkins and Silla Brush |
March 6, 2013
Lawmakers introduced legislation that would allow more swaps trading to be conducted at banks that have federal insurance.
