As Congress considers limiting the Federal Reserve’s regulatory authority to just the country’s largest bank holding companies, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated on Saturday that the central bank should retain power over banks of all sizes.
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Commission wants European Union governments to reach an explicit agreement on a financial standby facility for Greece to help it overcome its debt crisis
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On Sunday, the House is set to vote on an historic overhaul of the nation’s health care system. It will also take up an issue that will get far less attention but could affect the wallets of millions of Americans.
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Commission wants European Union governments to reach an explicit agreement on a financial standby facility for Greece to help it overcome its debt crisis
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President Barack Obama appeared to be nearing victory in his epic struggle to push healthcare reform through a reluctant US Congress, an achievement that would inject new momentum into his flagging presidency
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The unresolved Greece situation plus monetary tightening in India, pared risky assets’ weekly gain
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The chairman of the Senate banking committee wants the justice department to investigate alleged accounting wrongdoing at Lehman Brothers and prosecute those who might have broken the law
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Stocks slipped Friday as a strong dollar dragged on commodity prices, giving investors a reason to step back after pushing the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite to 18-month highs in the previous session.
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A year and a half after Lehman Brothers’ collapse, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is calling for a federal investigation into the “Lehman situation” and other companies that may have fudged their balance sheets, contributing to the financial crisis.
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Credit Suisse lowered its earnings per share estimate for Walgreen but still sees a 20% gain in the stock.
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Prices dip on concerns over emerging market growth, euro weakness. Energy stocks bear the brunt.
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For golf and the television networks that cover it, Woods’s decision to rejoin the tour next month is an answered prayer: simply put, the game depends on him. When Woods competes in a tournament, the television audience is 40-60 per cent larger than when he is not taking part
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Stocks slipped Friday as a strong dollar dragged on commodity prices, giving investors a reason to step back after pushing the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite to 18-month highs in the previous session.
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Shares of lodging companies are nowhere near as cheap as they were in the recession. Citi analysts think they’ll go even higher.
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Bob Diamond, president of Barclays Capital, has been awarded up to £6m under an incentive scheme revealed a month after waiving a cash bonus for 2009 in an attempt to calm rising public anger over bank pay
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Decline in volatility reflects the record amounts of liquidity central banks have pumped into the global financial markets and record low interest rates
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Never mind Greece and ignore the bubble babble, Barclays says debt markets haven’t lost their appeal.
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Britain: A labour model mixing flexibility with elements of regulation is helping keep further winters of discontent at bay – but there is more hidden joblessness and strikes are still brewing
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Question 1. May I claim gas and Internet costs on income taxes for job seeking? — F. Henderson
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