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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA HEADS TO WEST BANK The president is meeting with Abbas about the peace process, as rockets were launched into Israel today. 2. WHAT...Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Cyprus, Library of Congress, American Academy of Pediatrics, Chubby Checker
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Cyprus bailout raises fears of tapping savings accounts in other troubled countries
The prospect of losing money in a bank savings account was once considered unthinkable, but the possibility sent Americans into a panic in the 2008 financial crisis, and the threat recently surfaced anew. This time the focus is on European banks and the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Cyprus, European Debt Crisis, Italy, Banking
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MarksJarvis: International news unsettling, but Americans remain confident
It was a maybe, maybe not week. Investors didn't think they needed to worry about sequestration; then they thought maybe they should. The outcome of Italy's elections looked foreboding for Europe's stability, but then investors thought, with time,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Italy, Career and Workplace, Thomson Corporation, Credit Ratings
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Europe's reality check
WASHINGTON -- The euro crisis is back. Actually, it never left. But there was an extended period, beginning last summer, when Europe's political, business and media elites convinced themselves the worst had passed. The European Central Bank (ECB) --...Tags: Germany, Economy, Business and Finance, Angela Merkel, European Union, Career and Workplace
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MarksJarvis: Economic jitters come rushing back as Italians vote against austerity
Our European vacation from stock market angst has ended abruptly, with Italy's elections this week showing investors worldwide that they may have jumped too quickly at the conclusion that Europe's debt crisis had been tamed. Much of the financial...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Germany, China, Italy, Career and Workplace
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MarksJarvis: Gold's fade prompts some to say bull market is ending
Are the golden years over for gold? With prominent hedge fund managers such as George Soros selling large quantities of gold, and the price down about 16 percent from 2011's all-time peak of more than $1,900, some experts think gold's best days could be...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Inflation and Deflation, Financial Markets, George Soros, U.S. Congress
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MarksJarvis: Investors nervous at peak but keep investing
It's not unusual to lose your balance while standing on a peak. And so it goes with the stock market. Investors suffered some fear of heights Monday and sent the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling. It was the worst day of this year, with a triple-...
Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Italy, Government, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Germany will never let ECB shut Deutsche Bank
The first people to tell the public that the world's oldest bank was cooking its books weren't the bank's executives, its outside auditors at KPMG, its regulators at the Bank of Italy, or anyone else who had a duty to keep the place honest. They were...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Germany, European Union, Italy, Government
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MarksJarvis: With stocks riding high, some analysts say 'buy'
The stock market is at a five-year high after gaining 13.4 percent last year and carrying investors on a remarkable four-week run so far in 2013. With the Standard & Poor's 500 index up 5 percent in less than a month, investors are torn between...
Tags: China, Economy, Business and Finance, Mario Draghi, Mutual Funds, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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MarksJarvis: Mutual funds manage to post pleasing results for 2012
If you invested in a solid mix of stock and bond funds at the beginning of 2012, and didn't peek at them during the stock market stress of the past year, you probably will be delighted when you open your year-end statement from your 401(k) or brokerage...
Tags: China, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets, Credit Ratings, Gold and Precious Material
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European public and private workers have it better
Jim Rogers ("Government workers deserve no sympathy," Dec. 11) denies sympathy to federal employees who complain about attacks on their pay and benefits. Truth is, federal employees have it good, like private-sector employees in those European "socialist"...Tags: France, Germany, Career and Workplace, Europe, Public Employees
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Globalization in retreat
WASHINGTON -- One fateful question for 2013 is this: What happens to globalization? For decades, growing volumes of cross-border trade and money flows have fueled strong economic growth. But something remarkable is happening; trade and international money...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, China, Productivity, Labor Markets, Emerging Market
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