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Spain unemployment hitting nearly 1 of 4 workers

January 28th, 2012

Spain’s brutal unemployment rate soared to nearly 23 percent Friday and closed in on 50 percent for those under age 25, leaving more than 5 […]

Filed under: Business, economics by TheDoor
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EU ministers push bondholders in Greek deal

January 23rd, 2012

European finance ministers piled the pressure on Greece’s private creditors Monday to reach an agreement with Athens to cut the country’s massive debt load, with […]

Filed under: Banks, economics by TheDoor
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Last year’s gains on bonds aren’t likely to repeat

January 22nd, 2012

If you made life simple on yourself and bought U.S. Treasury bonds early last year, you may be patting yourself on the back now.
Treasurys that […]

Filed under: management, money by TheDoor
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Spain easily raises $12.7 billion in debt auction

January 12th, 2012

Spain successfully raised nearly euro10 billion ($12.7 billion) in debt auctions Thursday in a sign of investor confidence in the new conservative government’s attempts to […]

Filed under: management, term by TheDoor
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Monetary policy works when rates near zero: Bullard

January 7th, 2012

Central bank actions work better than tax and spending measures to protect an economy from shocks, even when interest rates are at rock bottom […]

Filed under: Uncategorized, term by TheDoor
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Oil price spike from Iran sanctions seems unlikely

January 7th, 2012

Despite the uptick in oil prices thanks to Iran’s threats last week, experts don’t foresee a major oil price spike even as evidence mounts […]

Filed under: UK, marketing by TheDoor
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No progress in Time Warner Cable-MSG dispute

January 2nd, 2012

MSG sports channels are still missing from Time Warner Cable in New York. Both MSG and the cable company say no more talks are planned.
The […]

Filed under: Personal Finance, technology by TheDoor
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NLRB could be shut down in new year

December 28th, 2011

The National Labor Relations Board — a top target of Republicans and business critics of the Obama administration — could be sidelined early next […]

Filed under: marketing, money by TheDoor
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Missouri farmers face after-effects of dry conditions

December 18th, 2011

Record drought ravaged parts of Texas and Oklahoma this year, but Missouri was hard hit, too

Filed under: Personal Finance, UK by TheDoor
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Asia stocks fall as global economic gloom builds

December 14th, 2011

Asian stock markets fell Thursday, as Japanese business confidence dropped and fears grew of a global economic slowdown.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index shed 1.3 percent to […]

Filed under: Banks, term by TheDoor
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