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4 hours ago ago from Gold Speculator
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14 hours ago ago from The Unbroken Window
Even during a speech at West Point regarding sending more of our men and women off to war in Afghanistan, the President could not help but invoke the that he inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Well, that may be so. I can pull out data to support this (it was the longest by duration and had the largest gross number of jobs shedded of any recession for example) and much data to refute it. But rather than do that, I ...
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16 minutes ago ago from All About Work & Financial
U.S. stocks rose, erasing a weekly loss for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as better-than- estimated retail sales and consumer confidence data bolstered optimism that the economic recovery is strengthening. Macy’s Inc. and Best Buy Co. climbed more than 2.6 percent after the Commerce Department reported that sales at U.S. retailers increased 1.3 percent in November, more than double the median economist estimate in a Bloomberg survey. ...
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Brazil’s real may appreciate “way past” 1.50 per U.S. dollar next year as investors flock to Latin America’s largest economy, said Ashmore Group Plc’s Jerome Booth. Brazil’s benchmark interest rate may climb by 2 percentage points next year from a record low of 8.75 percent, Booth, chief of research at the London-based firm that oversees $31 billion of assets, said in a telephone interview. “Brazilian rates are going to go up, but they’re ...
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1 hour, 3 minutes ago ago from FOX Business
Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home Friday, December 11, 2009 MarketWatch's Top Stories Of The Week, Dec. 7-11  By MarketWatch MarketWatch  U.S. stocks were mostly higher for the week, though ...
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Last quarter, the economy grew by the largest amount since the summer of 2007, but there are signs that things are still getting worse. NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The U.S. dollar jumped to a two-month high against the euro Friday after surprisingly strong consumer data boosted expectations the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates sooner rather than later. Retail sales posted the largest advance since August last ...
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