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AP source: Ex-eBay CEO to run for Calif. governor -
usnews-com
- 13 hours ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Former eBay Inc. chief executive Meg Whitman plans to run for governor of California, a person with knowledge of her political aspirations said Monday....
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Citgo suspends low-income heating oil program -
usnews-com
- 13 hours ago
BOSTON (AP) -- Citgo, the Venezuelan government's Texas-based oil subsidiary, has suspended shipments of heating oil for poor families in the United States, citing falling oil prices and the world economic crisis, the nonprofit organization ...
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Construction Falls Less Than Expected -
wsj-com
- 14 hours ago
Construction spending fell less than expected in November as record activity on nonresidential projects helped offset another steep decline in housing.
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Quantity Is Job 1 -
portfolio-com
- 15 hours ago
Ford Motor Co. reported December sales were off more than 32 percent, year over year, a decline on par with drops at General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ford said in a ...
Ford Motor - General Motors - Toyota Motor
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Wall Street retreats in volatile trade -
cnnmoney-com
- 15 hours ago
Stocks fell Monday, retreating after last week's big rally, as investors digested President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus plan, monthly auto sales, and surging oil prices.
Auto Sales - Oil prices - Wall Street
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Public projects boost US construction spending -
ft-com
- 17 hours ago
US construction spending in November fell by an annual rate of 0.6 per cent, defying economists' expectations of a drop more than twice as sharp, and was boosted by a year-end surge of public construction projects
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ECB Rate-Cut Expectations Grow -
wsj-com
- 17 hours ago
A sharp slowdown in Spanish and Italian inflation in December is heightening expectations that the ECB will cut its key rate again next week, despite some policy makers' reluctance to deliver more big cuts ...
European Central Bank - Inflation
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Indonesia Inflation Slows -
wsj-com
- 17 hours ago
Indonesia reported slowing inflation for December and a surge in the November trade surplus, which will likely prompt the central bank to continue to cut rates gradually.
Inflation
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Germany Sees $68 Billion Stimulus -
wsj-com
- 19 hours ago
Germany's spending and tax measures to fight the country's worsening recession could add up to as much as €50 billion of stimulus this year and next, the ruling conservatives' parliamentary leader Volker Kauder said.
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NY Fed begins purchasing mortgage securities -
usnews-com
- 20 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday it has begun purchasing mortgage-backed securities in an effort to bolster the battered housing market....
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Price of oil slips as global economic worries re-emerge -
stockinvestorplace-com
- 20 hours ago
Re-emerging global economic worries nudged oil prices lower Monday, but the fall was kept in check by evidence that OPEC was serious about production...
Oil prices - OPEC
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Chesapeake Sells More Assets -
wsj-com
- 21 hours ago
Chesapeake Energy sold natural-gas reserves in two Oklahoma fields to Argonaut Private Equity for $412 million, as the company continues to shed assets to boost cash levels.
Chesapeake - Chesapeake Energy
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Markets headed for shaky start -
washingtontimes-com
- 23 hours ago
Wall Street headed for a shaky start on the first day of the first full week of the new year Monday in the face of reports about auto sales and construction spending that were expected to ...
Auto Sales - Construction Spending - Wall Street
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Iran says OPEC plans emergency meeting in February -
usnews-com
- 1 day ago
TEHRAN,Iran (AP) -- Iran's state television says OPEC countries have decided to hold an extraordinary meeting on falling oil prices in Kuwait in February....
Oil prices - OPEC
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Factory orders (November): sharply declining again -
fxstreet-com
- 1 day ago
ISM non-manufacturing index (December): remaining deeply in contraction zone Factory orders (November): sharply declining again Labour market (December): unemployment rate could jump to 7.0% Construction ...
Construction Spending - Factory Orders - Housing Starts - Unemployment Rate
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Obama readies push on recovery plan -
cnnmoney-com
- 1 day ago
President-elect Barack Obama was set Monday to meet with key lawmakers and begin the push for a massive package of tax cuts and spending proposals aimed at reviving an economy mired in recession.
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China targets Google in crackdown on pornography -
usnews-com
- 1 day ago
BEIJING (AP) -- China launched a major crackdown on Internet pornography Monday targeting popular online portals and major search engines such as Google....
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Week of 1/5/2009 thru 1/9/2009 -
fxstreet-com
- 1 day ago
Monday, January 05, 2009 Economic 10:00am Nov Construction Spending (last –1.2%) 11:00am US Treasury Note Announcement 1:00pm 3 and 6 month bill auction Events 1:15pm Fed's Yellen panel discussion on subprime loans , MacWorld ...
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German retail sales (October): up slightly -
fxstreet-com
- 1 day ago
EMU inflation flash estimate (December): down to 1.6% yoy EMU industrial confidence and economic sentiment (December): down German adjusted unemployment (December): beginning to rise German industrial new orders (October): down Output ...
Inflation - Retail Sales
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A Victim's Tale -
portfolio-com
- 1 day ago
The victims of Bernard L. Madoff's fraud includes no small number of boldface names and institutional investors. There are Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg, financiers Fred Wilpon and Henry Kaufman, and actors Kevin Bacon and ...
Banco Santander - HSBC
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Stock markets open Monday at two-month high -
msnbc-msn-com
- 2 days ago
Wall Street will open for trading Monday at a two-month high as investors have grown more optimistic that the worst of the market's rout might be over.
Wall Street
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China Filling Oil Reserves -
wsj-com
- 2 days ago
As the U.S. seeks to stockpile oil, China has been doing the same, and it is pected to quicken the pace -- a development that may be helping to boost oil prices.
Oil prices
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Japan Sets Sights on Yen -
wsj-com
- 2 days ago
Japan's central bank is looking at ways, including monetary policy, to combat a stronger yen as the nation's export-driven economy sinks deeper into recession.
Recession
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Wall Street braces for 2009's first full week -
usnews-com
- 2 days ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street will open for trading Monday at a two-month high as investors have grown more optimistic that the worst of the market's rout might be over. But, analysts contend, the real test is still to come....
Wall Street
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Obama urges stimulus bill passage -
washingtontimes-com
- 2 days ago
President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday that the nation finds itself at one of its "moments of trial" because of the economy and called for Congress to pass a massive public spending bill to create jobs, saying it would pull the ...
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Cadillac unveils sleeker SRX before Detroit show -
usnews-com
- 2 days ago
DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. is counting on the 2010 Cadillac SRX crossover vehicle to lure luxury car buyers with new design and performance features....
General Motors
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Chicago Fed Chief Cites Regulatory Weakness -
wsj-com
- 2 days ago
The ongoing upheaval in financial markets has revealed "significant weaknesses" in the U.S. regulatory system, the president of Chicago's Fed Bank said.
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High-Profile Investors to Buy IndyMac -
wsj-com
- 3 days ago
A team of private investors including affiliates of Christopher Flowers, George Soros and Michael Dell reached a preliminary deal to buy the remains of IndyMac and will contribute $1.3 billion in capital toward a purchase.
Dell
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Ukraine siphons Russian gas shipment -
washingtontimes-com
- 3 days ago
Ukraine has siphoned some of Russia's natural gas shipments to the Balkans, the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said late Friday -- a day after it cut supplies to Ukraine in a contract dispute.
Gazprom
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Markets kick off 2009 with rally -
washingtontimes-com
- 3 days ago
Wall Street partied on the first trading day of the new year Friday, staging a rally that pushed the Dow above 9,000 and ignored a private trade group report showing that manufacturing nationwide hit its lowest point in more than 28 ...
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