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By Prashant Gopal, Bloomberg |
May 9, 2013
Prices for single-family homes increased in 89 percent of U.S. cities in the first quarter as the housing market extends a recovery from a five-year slump.
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By Andrew Harris |
May 6, 2013
Several banks have restrained market competition for credit default swaps, a union pension plan claims.
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By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg |
April 29, 2013
More Americans than forecast signed contracts in March to buy previously owned homes, another indication of progress in the housing market.
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By Cheyenne Hopkins |
April 24, 2013
More legislation is needed to rein in biggest U.S. banks because the Dodd-Frank Act has failed to guard taxpayers, the bill’s sponsors said.
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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 Simon Kennedy and Steve Matthews |
April 16, 2013
The slump in gold may hand activist central bankers more reasons to pursue continued easy monetary policy.
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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 Craig Torres, Bloomberg |
April 9, 2013
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Jeffrey Lacker said plans to limit the size or change the structure of the largest financial institutions must be made with the intent of allowing a failure without government aid.
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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 Heidi Przybyla and Roger Runningen, Bloomberg |
April 4, 2013
The White House is telling lawmakers that President Barack Obama’s budget plan will mirror previous deficit-cutting proposals, which included changing the calculation for Social Security cost-of-living increases and tax brackets.
