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Exclusive Mall owner General Growth eyes NYs Madison Ave - sources
Attendees pass by the General Growth Properties booth during the International Council of Shopping Centers convention in Las Vegas, May 18, ...
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MARKET SNAPSHOT U.S. Blue-chip Stocks Catch Updraft On PG
NEW YORK – Blue-chip stocks flirted with gains late in Friday's session, led by a rally in Procter & Gamble Co. shares. Broader indexes traded off their lows, as investors avoided big bets ahead of the long holiday weekend and after a volatile week linked to Japan and the Federal Reserve.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was off 2 points to 15,292 after several attempts at ...
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Canada International Reserves Down $68 Million in Week Ended May 23
Canada's official international reserves fell $68 million in the week ended May 23, the Bank of Canada reported on its website.At May 23, the official international reserves totaled $70.703 billion, compared with $70.771 billion at May 15.The reserves included:-U.S. dollars, $38.878 billion;-other foreign currencies, $18.848 billion;-gold, $141 million;-special drawing rights, $8.458 ...
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Precious Metals Highlights Top Stories Of The Day
TOP STORIES South Africa Mines Minister Says National Union of Mineworkers 'Under Siege'JOHANNESBURG--South Africa's mining minister seemed to take sides Friday in a contentious labor union battle, even as labor tensions remain high between rival unions at the country's mines.STORIES OF INTEREST 2nd UPDATE: Barrick's Pascua-Lama Mine Halted by Chilean ...
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A larger issue at much lower rates Empire Life cleans up
Four years after tapping the debt markets, The Empire Life Insurance Co. has returned with a similar structure but this time out will it enjoy the benefits of both lower interest rates and a lower spread relative to the benchmark, the yield on five-year bonds issued by the government of Canada. In May 2009, the Kingston-based insurer that’s part of the E-L Financial Group, raised ...
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Wall Street on track for first losing week since mid-April
US stocks mostly declined for a third day, putting indexes on track, on lingering concern that the US central bank may scale back its stimulus ...
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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St wanes on Fed uncertainty SP dips for 3rd day
NEW YORK | Fri May 24, 2013 4:10pm EDT NEW YORK May 24 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 declined for a third day on Friday with the three major U.S. stock indexes posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concern that the U.S. central bank may scale back its stimulus measures to support the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 8.60 points, or 0.06 percent, to ...
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Americans plan summer vacations but with incomes stagnant some families keep trips modest
NEW YORK - This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds. The good news: At some U.S. campgrounds these days you get live bands, air guitar contests and chocolate pudding slip `n slides. Americans' plans for summer travel mirror the current state of the economy. Rising home prices ...
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Yahoo among bidders for Hulu sources
Yahoo! jumped into the bidding today for Web video destination Hulu, The Post has learned. Sources close to the process say the bids from Yahoo! and half a dozen other suitors value Hulu north of a billion dollars. If Yahoo is successful, it could be CEO Marissa Mayer’s second $1 billion deal inside a month. The company just acquired micro-blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion.Yahoo ...
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Weird weather a boon for BrandAlley
Model Amy Hannam has some last minute adjustments made at the BrandAlley garden at the Chelsea flower show in London. Photograph: Andrew ...
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Rupert Murdoch plans to poison News Corp takeover bids
The plan will act as a powerful disincentive to anyone seeking to challenge Rupert Murdoch's control of the two companies. Photograph: Facundo ...
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Vince Cable The traditional high street banks have forgotten how to lend
When Jonathan Eddy wanted finance for his Basingstoke-based business, one of the traditional high street banks offered him a competitively priced loan - but then threw in fees that made it too expensive for him to proceed. Eddy, managing director of Asset Advantage, has a clear view why. "The traditional high street banks have forgotten how to lend," he ...
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Energy suppliers held back gas during UK shortage
gas in storage tanks at a time when the market ran into an acute shortage two months ago, triggering a doubling of wholesale prices.The revelations came after claims the UK was within six hours of running out of gas completely on 22 March and will feed rising public and political anger over soaring power bills and previous allegations of market manipulation.The National Grid, which keeps data on ...
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METALS OUTLOOK Gold Market To Watch Economic Data Options Expiration
Ben Bernanke on Wednesday regarding the fate of the Fed's bond-buying program. Worries that the Fed will taper off its asset purchases to stimulate the U.S. economy have hit gold and other markets, and the results of economic data releases will color traders' perceptions of what the Fed might do with the program. Market participants said they'll also watch to see how the Comex ...
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Motherhood and Trading Are Doable
If a man will never share it, how can Jones know what it does to a woman's psyche? Paul Tudor Jones is a macro trader of obvious skill and intellect, but I wonder if he has even considered the possibility that his statement might not hold water over time. One could have said something similar years ago about doctors. Today there are just as many women graduating medical school as men. ...
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Cut the Hassles of Summer Travel
There's a lot that can go wrong on a summer vacation. You can pay too much for a plane ticket, get stuck in a lousy hotel or get sick in a foreign country. The best way to reduce your odds of having a vacation nightmare is to plan ahead and know how to work the system. If you're looking for a travel deal, like to cruise and aren't worried about a rash of recent problems at ...
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Beware Postcards Promising Free Trips
Baited mousetraps are landing in mailboxes around the country in the form of postcards and letters promising two round-trip airline tickets plus a hotel room or a free cruise if you call a toll-free number right away. These "award notices" often include the names of major airlines and well-known hotels. But the real companies have nothing to do with the notices. "These are ...
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Fixing Bridges Corporate Taxes Op-Ed
one estimate , there are more than 68,000 "structurally deficient" bridges in America. Another report suggest we need to spend more than $20 billion annually just to work through our bridge backlog by ...
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European stock markets steadier after sharp drop
LONDON/HONG KONG--European stock markets rebounded modestly on Friday, following sharp losses suffered the previous day, failing to record bigger gains despite positive German economic ...
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Oil market slips ahead of US economic data
Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July dipped nine cents to US$102.35 a barrel, one day after striking a three-week low at US$100.64 on the back of poor Chinese economic data. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for July, slipped 35 cents to US$93.90 a barrel. Dealers meanwhile set aside news of bright news on eurozone powerhouse economy Germany. German business confidence rose ...
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State Department posts feedback on Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department says it is taking the unusual step of releasing publicly the feedback it has received about a controversial pipeline project after an "unprecedented" response to its draft environmental ...
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Exclusive DBRS to rate all euro zone sovereigns by year-end
An illuminated euro sign is seen in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the late evening in Frankfurt January 8, ...
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DOJ subpoenas documents on Forest Labs inhalation drug
FRX.N ) received a subpoena earlier this month from U.S. prosecutors requesting documents relating to its small-selling lung disorder product, the Tudorza Pressair inhaler, the company said in a ...
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Chiles BCI Bank Acquires Bankias City National For $882.8 Million
SANTIAGO, Chile – Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA (BCI.SN), Chile's third largest private bank in terms of loans, said in a filing with the local banking overseer it agreed to purchase Spanish Bankia SA's (BKIA.MC) City National Bank of Florida for $882.8 million.The purchase, which it said will close in the first quarter of next year, represents 12.6% of the bank's market ...
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Citibank Asks U.S. Court for Argentina Bond-Payment Assurances
Citibank has asked a U.S. district court to confirm that its Argentine banking unit isn't bound by a ruling that bars the Argentine government from making payments on bonds it issued under New York law.Despite a previous ruling to that effect, Citibank is once more seeking assurances that payments made on Argentine law bonds held in custody at Citibank Argentina are beyond the reach of any ...
Indonesia Feature
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Indonesia and Singapore: model of inter-dependence?
Indonesia is a regional power in South East Asia, but lacks the development and economic wealth of smaller nations, such as the tiny state of Singapore. Hence, it makes sense for the two countries to cooperate closely with one another as Indonesia has natural resources Singapore needs and Singapore has the financial strength Indonesia needs.
Indonesia is the sleeping giant of South East Asia. With a population of 288 million, a land mass the size of Mexico and territorial waters that could fill half of China, it’s an immense country and a regional power within the geopolitical organization known as ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations). Indonesia takes up almost half the area occupied by the ASEAN countries and accounts for one third of its GDP. Read more
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