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By Toni Hansen |
May 3, 2013
Among the reports to be released next week, U.S. consumer credit and the Australian central bank rate decision will be important ones to watch.
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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 Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
April 15, 2013
Commodities fell to a nine-month low, led by the worst plunge in gold since 1980, and global stocks slid the most since June as China’s economic growth unexpectedly slowed and investors speculated hedges against inflation were unneeded.
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By Lu Wang and Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
April 12, 2013
Metals and energy sank, sending a gauge of commodities to an eight-month low and extending a slump that Citigroup Inc. said may mark the “death bell” for the four-year rally in materials.
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By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg |
April 10, 2013
President Barack Obama wants to again rely on the top-earning U.S. households for most of the tax increases he’s proposing.
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By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg |
April 8, 2013
Less than a week after job-creation figures fell short of expectations and underscored the U.S. economy’s fragility, President Barack Obama will send Congress a budget that doesn’t include the stimulus his allies say is needed and instead embraces cuts in an appeal to Republicans.
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By Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
April 5, 2013
The dollar declined to the lowest level in more than a week against the euro after U.S. employers added fewer jobs in March than forecast, fueling speculation growth in the world’s biggest economy is slowing.
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By Drew Armstrong |
April 4, 2013
A surge in insurance stocks before the official government announcement on new Medicare rates is shining a spotlight on insider relationships.
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By Joe Carroll and Rebecca Penty, Bloomberg |
April 3, 2013
Canada is pulling ahead of the U.S. in a contest to be the first exporter of liquefied natural gas from the North American shale bonanza to Asia’s $150 billion LNG market.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
March 26, 2013
The fact that "sequestration" will be a drag on the Government's operations may please many people, not least those who have found themselves under federal investigation or pending charges.
