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Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains -
Many retailers are reporting surprisingly solid gains for August, helped by aggressive discounting, even as unusually hot weather and job worries kept a lid on back-to-school buying. The results are providing a sliver of hope for the economic recovery, ...
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Judge punishes Michigan juror for Facebook post -
A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for declaring the defendant guilty on Facebook before the trial was over has been ordered to pay $250 and write an essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial. Hadley Jons of Warren, Mich. told ...
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Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system -
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system. "If the crisis has a single ...
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Bernanke testifying to crisis inquiry panel -
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to appear before a panel investigating the financial crisis to give his take on the meltdown and his views on potential systemwide risks posed by large Financial ...
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Ten Bailed Out Banks Spent $16.3M Lobbying in 1st Half 2010 -
Long time readers will know that the best return on investment (ROI for you wonky types) in America is lobbying dollars. For a pittance you can purchase present your case to a Congressman or woman and generate multitudes of that same dollar spent in ...
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Fed oks Chinese purchase of Morgan Stanley stake -
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve on Tuesday said it has allowed a Chinese sovereign wealth fund,
China Investment Corp., to purchase "indirectly" up to 10% of the voting shares of Morgan Stanley|Morgan ...
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Financial crisis commission examining Wachovia -
(By Rick Rothacker, rrothacker@charlotteobserver.com) The panel investigating the U.S. financial meltdown will put Charlotte's
Wachovia Corp. under the microscope on Wednesday.The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Monday said former ...
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Zloty eyes Q2 GDP figures -
Headlines Currencies: Zloty eyes Q2 GDP figures Fixed Income: Another CNB’s board members speaks about a rate hike
Czech Republic The Czech koruna closed last week in a positive mood which was certainly affected by the speech of ...
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Asian shares rise; Central bank hopes power Nikkei -
Asian stock markets advanced in early trading Monday, with Japan's benchmark jumping more than 3 percent after the central bank called an emergency policy board meeting. The
Nikkei 225 stock average surged 3.2 percent to 9,275.44 on hopes ...
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Fiscal 'alchemy' must mimic monetary science -
Tax and budget policies need the same regularity and
independence as monetary policy if countries around the world are to cope with looming stresses from pension programs, world central bankers were told at a Federal Reserve|Federal ...
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Fiscal 'alchemy' must mimic monetary science -
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Tax and budget policies need the same regularity and
independence as monetary policy if countries around the world are to cope with looming stresses from pension programs, world central bankers were ...
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Do Investors Know Something the Fed Doesn't? -
Streetwise Blog submits: With government bonds trading at rock bottom yields, the outlook for fixed-income markets isn't looking pretty. But for some reason the Federal Reserve has been reluctant to intervene and help an U.S. economy ...
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Technical support and short covering boost stocks -
Stocks rebounded to post their best gains in nearly four weeks on Friday, overcoming initial skittishness brought on by a revenue warning from
Intel and dour comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.