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By Lu Wang and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index toward a record high, as the European Central Bank cut its key interest rate and American jobless claims unexpectedly fell.
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By Bloomberg |
April 1, 2013
Barclays Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other banks will be exempt from Dodd-Frank Act rules when trading between their own affiliates.
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By Joe Richter, Bloomberg |
February 26, 2013
China, primed by government spending to boost growth, will need enough copper every month to circle the globe more than 100 times.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
January 14, 2013
Hedge funds cut bullish commodity positions to the lowest since June before prices rallied to a two-month high on signs of a rebound in Chinese economic growth.
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By John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s new normal, the prediction that global economic growth and investment returns would tumble, is proving half right.
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By Kit Chellel |
December 10, 2012
Stefan Hunt, a former Harvard and Yale economist who now works with the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, is using new tools to protect consumers from old-fashioned fraud.
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By Rita Nazareth, Cordell Eddings and Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
December 4, 2012
Treasury 10-year notes advanced, while commodities retreated and U.S. stocks fluctuated, after President Barack Obama held his ground about raising tax rates for the highest-income Americans. The dollar weakened.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
October 19, 2012
U.S. stocks fell, sending benchmark indexes toward their biggest declines since June, as Microsoft Corp. and General Electric Co. results missed estimates and euro-area leaders failed to discuss aid for Spain at a summit.
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By Scott Moritz and Cornelius Rahn, Bloomberg |
October 18, 2012
Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, reported an increase in profitability at its wireless unit that topped analyst estimates as sales of smartphones boosted customers’ bills.
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By John Detrixhe and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
September 24, 2012
U.S. investors are buying Treasuries at a faster pace than foreigners for the first time since 2010, aiding the government in its efforts to borrow as total public debt outstanding rises above $16 trillion.