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Austria's finance minister is rejecting the idea of introducing jointly issued eurobonds any time soon and says that running up new debts to finance growth is "nonsense." more... |
Austria's finance minister is rejecting the idea of introducing jointly issued eurobonds any time soon and says that running up new debts to finance growth is "nonsense." more... |
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The botched offering of Facebook stock has raised several troubling questions, but at least we don't have to worry about the one that plagues many IPOs: How are a few select investors able to buy in early at lower prices and then pocket huge profits when...
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Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizable stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp. and is calling for at least four of company's directors to be replaced.
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Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad.
The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling Internet company's latest turnaround effort. |
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A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:
--- MADRID - The board of directors of Spain's troubled bank, Bankia, has asked the Spanish government for $23.8 billion in financial support. --- |
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The women's clothier Talbots Inc. said Friday that a deadline expired without a deal in its exclusive talks about being acquired by a private equity firm and that it will actively pursue other options.
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Key barometers in the Treasury market late Friday, compared with late Thursday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 invested:
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MORE GAINS: Meat prices are expected to rise faster than overall food costs in 2012. Prices rose in the spring and may increase an additional 1 percent to 3 percent this summer.
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Yields on U.S. government bonds slipped Friday as traders turned their attention to Spain's debt troubles.
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A LATE SWOON: News late Friday afternoon that Bankia, a crippled bank in Spain, is asking for $24 billion in support from the Spanish government stirred up new worries that Europe's debt contagion was spreading. The Dow Jones industrial average ended...
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Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE Sealy Corp., up 7 cents at $1.68 |
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Concerns about Europe pushed U.S. markets lower Friday but didn't erase all the gains from Monday and Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average finished up for the week for the first time in May.
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Wheat prices rose 2.6 percent Friday as questions persisted about how much dry weather has affected the crop in Kansas.
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MAY'S WILD RIDE: Wheat rose 2.6 percent as questions persisted about how much dry weather has affected the crop in Kansas. In a matter of two weeks, the price has hit a high for the year and also nearly hit a 2012 low, largely because of weather...
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Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.
Total public debt subject to limit May 24 15,670,038 |
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The euro fell below $1.25 for the first time Friday in nearly two years on concerns that Europe won't be able to keep Greece in the single currency union.
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