Greece's finance minister is confident that talks will wrap up soon on providing badly needed financial support for his debt-plagued government.
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Greek finance minister says debt talks going well (AP)
Posted by skelllie 97 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Greece: Aid available in several days (AP)
Posted by skelllie 99 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Greece's Finance Minister says it is only a matter of days before the debt-ridden country can start receiving money from the eurozone-IMF financial rescue plan.
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Google discloses demands for censorship, user data (AP)
Posted by skelllie 102 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Google Inc. has set up a new tool to show where it's facing the most government pressure to censor material and turn over personal information about its users.
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Toyota to recall 600,000 minivans
Posted by skelllie 104 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Toyota said Friday it will recall about 600,000 Sienna minivans to address potential corrosion on spare tire cables.
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Should you consider a charge card?
Posted by skelllie 119 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
If you haven't yet gotten a solicitation for a charge card (which, unlike a credit card, requires you to pay in full every month), you probably will soon.
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Bonds fall on upbeat jobs data
Posted by skelllie 120 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Treasury prices fell Friday at the beginning of a holiday-shortened trading day and after the jobs report showed its biggest jump in three years.
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Obama talks jobs to NC audience; Payrolls improve (AP)
Posted by skelllie 120 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
President Barack Obama is pushing his administration's plans to create jobs, a crucial campaign issue for Democrats as they look toward November's midterm elections.
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World stocks flat but pound takes another hit (AP)
Posted by skelllie 143 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
World stock markets traded in a narrow range Wednesday as investors looked for renewed direction, while the British pound continued to founder following unimpressive industrial output figures.
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Crisis dodged: No shutdown for Philadelphia
Posted by skelllie 317 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Disaster averted.
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George Soros: China a 'positive force'
Posted by skelllie 419 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
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`Up' maintains No. 1 box-office altitude with $44M (AP)
Posted by skelllie 419 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Two live-action comedies were unable to bring down the animated adventure "Up." Disney and Pixar Animation's "Up" reeled in $44.2 million to remain on top of the box office for the second weekend in a row, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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More auto cuts: GM will eliminate 1,100 US dealers (AP)
Posted by skelllie 442 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
General Motors on Friday told about 1,100 of its dealers -- one in five -- that they would be dropped by late next year, adding to the economic pain radiating from the beleaguered Detroit automakers to cities and towns across the country.
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Layoffs slow to 539K in April; jobless rate rises (AP)
Posted by skelllie 449 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
The pace of layoffs slowed in April when employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. But the unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 percent, the highest since late 1983, as many businesses remain wary of hiring given all the economic uncertainties.
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Short sale and your credit
Posted by skelllie 449 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Q. We have to relocate because of my husband's job. Our home value has fallen nearly $100,000. We would like to get rid of it, but we don't want to go into foreclosure. Someone mentioned a short sale. What impact would that have on our credit rating?
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Oil prices slip
Posted by skelllie 452 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Oil prices eased Tuesday, after a big rally in the previous session, as investors weighed ongoing concerns about weak demand and flush supplies against signs the economy may be stabilizing.
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Stock futures dip after big gains (AP)
Posted by skelllie 452 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Caution returned to Wall Street Tuesday ahead of results of the government's stress tests of banks. Stock futures dipped slightly following the big advance Monday that sent one key Wall Street indicator, the Standard & Poor's 500 index, into positive territory for the year and the Dow Jones industrials up more than 200 points.
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Fed sees signs recession may easing (AP)
Posted by skelllie 458 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
The Federal Reserve says it sees signs the recession may be easing but warns the U.S. economy is likely to remain weak. Against that backdrop the Fed held its key lending rate at a record low of between zero and 0.25 percent.
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White House spurns Chrysler lenders' plan
Posted by skelllie 465 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
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AP Exclusive: Fed tests harder on regional banks (AP)
Posted by skelllie 465 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
The government's "stress tests" of 19 large banks take a harsher view of loans than of other troubled assets, according to a Federal Reserve document obtained by the Associated Press.
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Wall Street: Plan for a storm
Posted by skelllie 469 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
As the profit reporting period moves into its busiest two weeks, investors have reason to be a bit more optimistic.
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China's premier says economy better than expected (AP)
Posted by skelllie 469 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday the country's stimulus package is working and the economy is "better than expected," but he cautioned that complete recovery will take much more time because the global financial crisis continues to spread.
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AP IMPACT: Chinese drywall poses potential risks (AP)
Posted by skelllie 476 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
At the height of the U.S. housing boom, when building materials were in short supply, American construction companies used millions of pounds of Chinese-made drywall because it was abundant and cheap.
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Wall Street: Bracing for profit shock
Posted by skelllie 476 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
The five-week old stock rally faces its biggest test yet this week: The arrival of the first big basket of what is likely to be a rotten batch of quarterly results.
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TARP for life insurers - report
Posted by skelllie 479 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
The Treasury Department could allow certain life insurers apply for funds from its Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition late Tuesday.
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SEC is floating options to limit short sales (AP)
Posted by skelllie 479 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Federal regulators are floating several options for reining in the practice of short-selling stocks, as investors, corporations and lawmakers clamor for restrictions on moves they say gutted vulnerable companies and worsened the market's downward spiral.
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