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By Inyoung Hwang and Katie Brennan, Bloomberg |
June 17, 2013
Stocks pared gains and Treasuries fell on concern the Federal Reserve may signal it will scale back stimulus efforts at the conclusion of its next policy meeting.
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
June 17, 2013
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders surged in June to the highest level in seven years, reflecting gains in sales as Americans rushed to take advantage of low mortgage rates.
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By Lu Wang, Bloomberg |
June 13, 2013
U.S. stocks gained, ending a three- day decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, amid better- than-forecast economic data and acquisitions in the media and grocery industries.
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By Dan Levy and Heather Perlberg, Bloomberg |
June 13, 2013
Home repossessions in the U.S. jumped 11% in May after declining for the previous five months as rising prices and limited inventory for sale across the country spurred banks to complete foreclosures.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
American employers took on more workers than forecast in May as the world’s largest economy weathered the impact of higher taxes and federal spending cuts.
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By Lorraine Woellert and Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
June 6, 2013
Applications for unemployment benefits declined last week and Americans’ views of the economy were the brightest since early 2008 on the heels of a housing market recovery and higher stock prices.
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By Joe Richter, Elizabeth Campbell and Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
June 6, 2013
Commodities are trailing equities for the longest stretch in almost 15 years as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. predict the end of the decade-long bull market even as the global economy expands.
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By Lu Wang and Sonja Elmquist, Bloomberg |
June 5, 2013
Alcoa Inc.’s speculative-grade credit ranking at Moody’s Investors Service makes it only the second junk-rated Dow Jones Industrial Average company in at least three decades. It took four years for the first to be ejected.
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By Matthew Leising |
May 23, 2013
When Jane Gladstone first attended the FIA annual meeting in Boca Raton in 2002 she was the only investment banker there.
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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose in April to the highest level in more than three years as housing continued to gain momentum.
