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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2013
Corn supplies in the U.S., the biggest grower, are shrinking at the fastest pace in almost four decades as improving demand from ethanol refiners drains reserves already diminished by drought.
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By Brian Faler, Bloomberg |
March 21, 2013
Congress gave final approval to legislation to avert a partial government shutdown in a rare example of bipartisan cooperation on federal spending.
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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 Richard Rubin, Bloomberg |
March 18, 2013
As Congress returns this week to confront immediate budget issues that have consumed the debate in Washington, lawmakers are preparing to pivot to topics such as immigration, gun control and energy policy.
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By Phil Mattingly, Bloomberg |
March 6, 2013
The size of the largest financial institutions has made it difficult for the U.S. Justice Department to bring criminal charges when there’s wrongdoing, Attorney General Eric Holder said.
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By Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg |
March 6, 2013
The outlook for U.S. business spending is improving as rising earnings, easier credit and pent-up demand prompt companies from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to Chrysler Group LLC and Lowe’s Cos. to expand.
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By Julianna Goldman and Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg |
March 1, 2013
President Barack Obama said the automatic spending cuts set to kick in today will be a “slow grind” on the economy and that it may take weeks to win over enough lawmakers from both parties to reach a deal on a replacement deficit-cutting plan.
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
New car buyers, shunned by lenders just four years ago, now are benefiting from historically low interest rates and more-available credit, pacing a U.S. auto market that is hovering near pre-recession levels.
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By Craig Torres, Josh Zumbrun and Caroline Salas Gage, Bloomberg |
February 26, 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s efforts to rescue the economy could result in more than a half trillion dollars of paper losses on the central bank’s books if interest rates rise abruptly from recent levels.
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By Phil Flynn |
February 26, 2013
The reverse in the euro caused a reversal in oil and to be honest, it was due for a sell off. The technical picture is playing out as we expected with the bottom in December to the top near $97 and now a target of $91.
