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By Matthew Brown and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg |
April 29, 2013
Stocks climbed, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index returning above its record closing level, after U.S. home sales increased and investors speculated central banks will continue to stimulate the economy.
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By James G. Neuger and Rebecca Christie, Bloomberg |
March 14, 2013
European leaders are loosening the economic shackles once demanded by Germany as the recession and mounting unemployment in southern Europe shove aside the debt crisis as the euro area’s biggest headache.
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By Joseph Ciolli and David Goodman, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
The euro traded at the lowest level against the dollar in almost three months as Italy moved toward more elections and before data forecast to show the region’s economy shrank in the fourth quarter of 2012.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Sarah Pringle |
February 25, 2013
The benchmark volatility gauge for American stock options rose the most in 18 months as stocks tumbled.
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By Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
U.S. stocks declined, erasing an early advance, after partial election results spurred concern about prospects for a stable government in Italy.
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By Phil Flynn |
February 25, 2013
Natural gas is popping and readers of The Energy Report know that long-term I think we have hit a major bottom, and it looks like I am not alone.
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By Lucy Meakin and John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
February 4, 2013
The euro fell the most in two weeks against the dollar as Italian and Spanish bonds slumped amid political turmoil in the euro-area’s third- and fourth-largest economies, damping demand for the shared currency.
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By Claudia Carpenter and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
December 27, 2012
U.S. stocks retreated for a fourth day, while Treasuries gained, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said nothing is happening in budget talks and the nation appears to be headed toward the fiscal cliff.
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By Joseph Ciolli and David Goodman, Bloomberg |
December 21, 2012
The Japanese yen and U.S. dollar strengthened as investors sought perceived safety on concern U.S. deficit- reduction talks will fail to avert spending cuts and tax increases that threaten to push the economy into a recession.
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By Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
December 12, 2012
The dollar fell against the euro after the Federal Reserve added to its monetary-stimulus program by announcing plans to buys more Treasuries, renewing concern the measures will debase the U.S. currency.