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Fed inches closer to easing stimulus, but timing is unclear
The minutes of the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee meeting late last month, released Wednesday, showed hints that some committee members were more comfortable with easing back sooner rather than later on the Fed's program of purchasing $85 billion a month in government bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
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Cook's testimony at Senate hearing helps Apple defuse some tax tensions
Cook reaffirmed Apple's position that given the current US tax rate, it has no intention of bringing that cash back to the US.
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Apple avoided billions in taxes, Congressional panel says
Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world.
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Small group rode LinkedIn to big payday
For Reid Hoffman, the chairman of LinkedIn, it took less than 30 minutes to earn himself an extra $200 million.
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A public exit from Goldman Sachs hits at a wounded Wall Street
Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit with the flair of Greg Smith. The way he resigned from Goldman Sachs, and what he had to say, could reignite a debate over how much Wall Street has changed in the wake of the financial crisis.
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Austerity reigns over Euro zone as crisis deepens
Europe's leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity measures that put growth further out of reach.
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Crisis in Europe tightens credit across the globe
From global airlines and shipping giants to small manufacturers, all kinds of companies are feeling the strain as European banks pull back on lending in an effort to hoard capital and shore up their balance sheets.
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Uncertainty restores glitter to an old refuge, Gold
It is the resurgent passion of the doomsday crowd, a bet that everything will go wrong. No matter what has you worried, they say, the answer is gold.Inflation, deflation, government borrowing or the plunging euro -- you name it -- the specter of these concerns has set off a dash to gold, driving the precious metal to new highs and illustrating how ...
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Greek debt woes ripple outward, from Asia to US
The fear that began in Athens, raced through Europe and finally shook the stock market in the United States is now affecting the broader global economy, from the ability of Asian corporations to raise money to the outlook for money-market funds where American savers park their cash.What was once a local worry about the debt burden of one of Europe'...
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Fed inches closer to easing stimulus, but timing is unclear
The minutes of the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee meeting late last month, released Wednesday, showed hints that some committee members were more comfortable with easing back sooner rather than later on the Fed's program of purchasing $85 billion a month in government bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
-
Cook's testimony at Senate hearing helps Apple defuse some tax tensions
Cook reaffirmed Apple's position that given the current US tax rate, it has no intention of bringing that cash back to the US.
-
Apple avoided billions in taxes, Congressional panel says
Even as Apple became the nation's most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world.
-
Small group rode LinkedIn to big payday
For Reid Hoffman, the chairman of LinkedIn, it took less than 30 minutes to earn himself an extra $200 million.
-
A public exit from Goldman Sachs hits at a wounded Wall Street
Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit with the flair of Greg Smith. The way he resigned from Goldman Sachs, and what he had to say, could reignite a debate over how much Wall Street has changed in the wake of the financial crisis.
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Austerity reigns over Euro zone as crisis deepens
Europe's leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity measures that put growth further out of reach.
-
Crisis in Europe tightens credit across the globe
From global airlines and shipping giants to small manufacturers, all kinds of companies are feeling the strain as European banks pull back on lending in an effort to hoard capital and shore up their balance sheets.
-
Uncertainty restores glitter to an old refuge, Gold
It is the resurgent passion of the doomsday crowd, a bet that everything will go wrong. No matter what has you worried, they say, the answer is gold.Inflation, deflation, government borrowing or the plunging euro -- you name it -- the specter of these concerns has set off a dash to gold, driving the precious metal to new highs and illustrating how ...
-
Greek debt woes ripple outward, from Asia to US
The fear that began in Athens, raced through Europe and finally shook the stock market in the United States is now affecting the broader global economy, from the ability of Asian corporations to raise money to the outlook for money-market funds where American savers park their cash.What was once a local worry about the debt burden of one of Europe'...
