After May madness, Wall Street faces loaded week |
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NEW YORK (AFP) - Wall Street, still wracked by the eurozone crisis, has a long holiday weekend to recover from a miserable May before facing a packed economic calendar capped by the monthly jobs data.... |
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The not so great US economic recovery |
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President Barack Obama receives a briefing on the economy from National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, left, in the Oval Office, May 6, 2010. At right is Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.... |
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New tax credit for small business health care |
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WASHINGTON Pitching President Barack Obama's health care law to skeptical business owners, the IRS on Monday will announce ground rules for small firms wishing to claim a new federal tax credi... |
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Obama wants light on Wall Street's shadowy deals |
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President Barack Obama, walks out the Oval Office of the White House with Sec. of Interior Ken Salazar, right, following his closed meeting with his Cabinet and other senior administration officials o... |
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Senate OKs One-Time Audit of Fed Reserve Lending |
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The Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize an examination of the Federal Reserve's closely guarded emergency lending to financial institutions in the months surrounding the 2008 financial crisi... |
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U.S. Fed reopens currency swap lines with ECB, others |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve reopened currency swap facilities with other major central banks on Sunday to help ease market strains in Europe.... |
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Wall Street regulations stagger ahead |
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., looks at signed petition papers on a table in support of a strong financial reform, during a news conference discussing Wall Street accountability legislatio... |
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US productivity in surprise spurt |
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US productivity rose at a quicker rate than expected in the first three months of 2010, figures show.... |
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Retail Sales Growth in April May Have Slowed After March Surge |
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May 5 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. retailers may say tomorrow that April sales growth slowed from the previous month after an early Easter shifted purchases into March and cooler weather curbed buying.... |
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Greece Bailout Plan Represents Triumph Of The Euro |
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With local interest rates soaring to 10% and even air force pilots on strike, it looks like Greece is going to get the financial aid it's been asking for--in the form of about $160 billion in loans ov... |
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Continental and United to combine to create world's largest airline |
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UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, will buy Continental Airlines Inc for $3.2 billion (£2.01 billion), in a deal that forms the world's largest airline, the two carriers said today. T... |
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Obama Will Fight for New Campaign Finance Rules |
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by small business employers and employees, gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, April 30, 2010. From left are, Itron... |
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Battle over Wall Street to begin |
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Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate are to debate the biggest reforms to financial regulations since the 1930s.... |
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US Republicans again thwart Wall Street overhaul Bill |
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Undaunted by the political risks, US Senate Republicans hung together on Tuesday and again thwarted Democratic efforts to start formal debate on sweeping legislation to rein in Wall Street excesses.... |
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Bernanke Says Budget Gap Might Raise Rates, Endanger Recovery |
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April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said a failure to reduce the federal budget deficit may push up interest rates over time and impair economic growth, putting the recove... |
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The stimulus didn't help |
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls, but economists think the government's stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound, accordi... |
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12 smart ways to fix Wall St. |
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McConnell was talking about a fund that would be created under the bill that would be used to finance creditors in the case of a bank failure.There is still time to change the minds of lawmakers &mdas... |
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Obama Brings His War on Wall Street to New York on Thursday |
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Washington (AP) - Ramping up pressure for a financial overhaul, President Barack Obama is heading to the place where the economic meltdown began to argue for stronger government oversight of the indus... |
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New world order |
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Developing world leads the global economic recovery... |
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Obama Administration threatens to veto Wall Street reform bill |
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The Obama Administration has threatened to veto any Wall Street reform bill that does not bring the derivatives market under control. "I want to see what emerges, but I will veto legislation tha... |
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