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By Tony C. Dreibus and Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
April 23, 2013
The coldest start ever to the wheat-growing season in Kansas and freezing weather across the southern Great Plains are compounding damage to U.S. crops already hurt by the worst drought since the 1930s.
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By Joe Richter, Bloomberg |
April 22, 2013
Hedge funds increased bets on gold rallying after prices plunged the most in 33 years, underscoring billionaire John Paulson’s view that bullion will rebound.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Cecile Vannucci, Bloomberg |
April 22, 2013
U.S. equity volatility rose the most in almost four months last week after unexpectedly slow growth in China and a selloff in commodities triggered the biggest stock-market drop since November.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
Payrolls decreased in 26 U.S. states in March, showing the recent labor-market slowdown is being felt across the country. Jobless rates also dropped in 26 states last month.
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By Laura Marcinek and Donal Griffin, Bloomberg |
April 19, 2013
Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. led the six largest U.S. banks in boosting combined first-quarter profit 45%. Investors dumped the stocks.
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By Lu Wang and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg |
April 18, 2013
U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a six-week low, as earnings from UnitedHealth Group Inc. to EBay Inc. disappointed investors.
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By Jeff Kearns and Steve Matthews, Bloomberg |
April 17, 2013
The Federal Reserve said the U.S. economic expansion remained “moderate” amid gains in manufacturing, housing and autos that offset weakness in defense-related industries in some regions.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
April 17, 2013
Global stocks fell amid losses in industrial metals and disappointing earnings from Bank of America Corp. and others. The euro weakened as Germany’s central bank chief Jens Weidmann reportedly said European policy makers may cut rates if needed.
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By Whitney McFerron and Elizabeth Campbell |
April 17, 2013
U.S. hog farmers are poised to produce a record amount of pork at a time when exports are slumping the most in more than a decade, prolonging a global glut into a fifth consecutive year.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 17, 2013
Oil Prices look like they found support around $86.00 as I expected. After the massive sell-off because of the fears of a global slowdown and massive U.S. supply, oil could start rebounding on the more mundane seasonal and refinery factors.
