August 26th, 2011
European and U.S. stocks fell on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated the central bank would take no new steps to boost the […]
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August 18th, 2011
Stressing the importance of personal ties, Vice President Joseph Biden sat down Thursday with his Chinese counterpart and the country’s leader-in-waiting for talks that will […]
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August 12th, 2011
Asian-Pacific stock markets have opened higher following Wall Street’s big jump.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 30.52 points, or 0.3 percent, to 9,012.46 after a […]
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August 5th, 2011
Procter & Gamble Co.’s fourth-quarter revenue and net income jumped by double digits on strong sales in emerging markets such as China and India. But […]
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July 15th, 2011
WASHINGTON
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June 26th, 2011
Even after the jolt of the Great Recession, a new study finds that most Americans are not financially prepared for an emergency.
A Bankrate.com survey found […]
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June 25th, 2011
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June 2nd, 2011
Stocks took another battering Thursday on mounting concerns over the state of the U.S. economy, political uncertainty in Japan and a warning that Greece has […]
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May 22nd, 2011
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. investors lost a bid to block a $3.5 billion buyout of the packaging maker by Rock-Tenn Co. after a judge found Smurfit-Stone […]
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May 4th, 2011
The earnings rally that lifted the stock market for the past two weeks is pausing after a batch of weaker than expected results.
Pfizer fell nearly […]
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