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By Renee Dudley and Carol Hymowitz, Bloomberg |
May 8, 2013
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. prepares to anoint the fifth chief executive in its history, the world’s largest retailer is grappling with challenges founder Sam Walton never faced.
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By Leslie Patton, Bloomberg |
May 8, 2013
McDonald’s Corp., the world’s biggest restaurant chain, said sales at stores open at least 13 months fell 0.6 percent last month as growth slowed in its Asia Pacific region.
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By Cordell Eddings and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
May 7, 2013
Treasuries fell, pushing the 10-year note yield higher for a third day, as the government received lower-than-average demand at the auction of $32 billion of three-year notes.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
May 7, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its first close above 15,000, on optimism over global central bank stimulus and better-than- estimated corporate earnings.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
May 7, 2013
Gold fell after Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem discussed details for the European banking union project, adding to signs that the regions’s leaders will act to contain its fiscal crisis and eroding demand for haven assets.
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By Nina Mehta and Nikolaj Gammeltoft |
May 6, 2013
BOX Options Exchange will be the first to begin trading larger-size contracts on the most-active U.S. equity derivatives product.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Most U.S. stocks rose, as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index extended its record level, following data last week that showed American employers added more workers than forecast in April.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Hedge funds increased positions on a gold rally by the most in three weeks as central banks signaled no end to economic stimulus, driving prices higher just as analysts and traders turned the most bearish in three years.
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By Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
May 3, 2013
CBOE Holdings Inc., the biggest U.S. options market by volume, rallied the most in 14 months after first-quarter profit beat analyst projections amid growth in its volatility and Standard & Poor’s 500 Index products.
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By Inyoung Hwang and Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
May 3, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 15,000 for the first time, as employment picked up more than forecast in April and the jobless rate unexpectedly declined to a four-year low.
