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Bernanke warns against scaling back Fed stimulus too soon
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Wednesday that the central bank could start scaling back its stimulus program in the next few months, but warned against acting too quickly and harming the still-weak economic recovery. The key...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress, Jamie Dimon, Employment Opportunities
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As stocks hit new highs, is the market overheating?
NEW YORK -- Wall Street will be watching Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress on Wednesday, hoping the Federal Reserve chairman will offer clues as to when the central bank may begin turning off its spigot of easy money. Investors will also be...Tags: Prices, Virgin Group, Ltd., Money and Monetary Policy, Credit Ratings, U.S. Congress
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Sen. Warren goads Fed, SEC, DOJ to explain no-fault bank deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, having chastised bank regulators for failing to put Wall Street giants on trial, is demanding to see any analyses that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission have conducted...
Tags: Trials, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Finance, Elisse Walter, Prisons
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Bloomberg in damage-control mode over client snooping
Officials at Bloomberg, the New York financial news and information service, scrambled to deal with an unfolding customer privacy scandal after admitting its journalists had snooped on business clients for years through its network of terminals ubiquitous...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, European Central Bank, Journalism
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Is Lawrence Summers the most qualified to succeed Fed's Bernanke?
WASHINGTON -- With the Federal Reserve playing an over-sized role in the U.S. economy, Wall Street investors are keenly interested in who will be the central bank's next chairman when Ben S. Bernanke's term expires in January. The Fed's No. 2 official,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Money and Monetary Policy, Lawrence Summers, Fannie Mae
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Europe could drop interest rate below zero on excess bank deposits
WASHINGTON -- The European Central Bank could reduce the interest rate it pays on excess bank deposits to below zero to boost growth in the recession-plagued region, a top official said. The comments over the weekend by Italian Central Bank chief...
Tags: European Central Bank, Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, CNBC (tv network)
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Bloomberg CEO admits 'mistake' in snooping scandal
Bloomberg Chief Executive Daniel L. Doctoroff admitted that giving its journalists access to some subscriber information for its data terminals was "a mistake." The company went into damage control mode last week shortly after it disclosed that...
Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., News Media
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Dow surges nearly 200 points on global rally, U.S. housing report
NEW YORK -- Stocks surged more than 1% in early trading after unexpectedly strong gains in the U.S. housing market and consumer confidence, following a rally in global markets. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 199.29 points, or 1.3%, to 15,502....
Tags: Memorial Day, House Building, Japan, Money and Monetary Policy, Consumers
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Letters: Sen. Warren speaks up
Re "Warren upends bankers, tradition," May 11 As the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is a breath of fresh air. Finally, there's a voice in Washington for the people and a staunch advocate for consumers....Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Elizabeth Warren, Ben Bernanke
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Lower energy and food costs fuel big drop in wholesale prices
WASHINGTON -- Big drops in the cost of food and energy pushed wholesale prices down 0.7% in April, the largest monthly decline in more than three years, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The slide in the producer price index, the largest since...
Tags: Prices, Energy
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Warren Buffett says economy slowly improving, calls Bernanke 'gutsy'
WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he sees the economy slowly improving and hailed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke as "gutsy" for the actions the central bank has taken to boost growth. Buffett told CNBC on Monday that he...
Tags: Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Warren Buffett, CNBC (tv network)
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For the record
Book title: The May 7 Jonah Goldberg column had a typo in the subtitle of William Greider's book "Secrets of the Temple." It is "How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country," not "County."
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