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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, Europe, Government, Public Employees, Career and Workplace
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Europe, China taking toll on U.S. corporate profits
With U.S. stocks near five-year highs, the unmistakable reality of a sputtering global economy has hit home, stifling U.S. corporate sales and spooking investors. They started heading for the stock market exits last week, and they picked up the pace...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Federal Reserve, McDonald's, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Dining and Drinking
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Market Week: July 30, 2012
IRA Solutions, Inc. Jesse Lipscomb, Investment Advisor CA Insurance Agent License: 0D22050 4025 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92108 Phone: 619-280-2700 Jesse@FinancialCPR.net www.FinancialCPR.net Play Video: Considerations In...
Tags: Mutual Funds, Services and Shopping, Stock Activities, NASDAQ, Mario Draghi
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Stocks slump after election
U.S. stocks fell sharply at the open Wednesday, as investors focused on how President Obama plans to avoid the fiscal cliff after he won re-election Tuesday night. Worries about the European economy also resurfaced, putting more pressure on global...
Tags: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Stock Activities, Foreign Exchange Market, France, United Kingdom
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U.S. unemployment rate drops below 8 percent for the first time since 2009
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent for the first time since the month President Obama took office, a surprising lift for both the economy and his re-election hopes in the final weeks of the campaign. The rate, the most-watched measure...
Tags: European Debt Crisis, Federal Reserve, George W. Bush, Walter Mondale, Employment
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Ben Bernanke knows how to make investors feel good
Ben Bernanke sure knows how to move a market. He started, of course, Aug. 31 at Jackson Hole, Wyo., when he hinted that he was going to offer the sweet stimulus that investors always savor. Stocks rose in anticipation. But last Thursday was the big day,...
Tags: 401K, Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Auto Trends, Europe
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Stocks reach highest levesl in years ahead of jobs report
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsStocks surged on Wednesday, as all three indexes closed at their high levels in years. Analysts cite stronger-than-expected jobs data and the European Central Bank's plan to support the region's struggling countries through buying bonds. The Dow...Tags: Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Gold keeps gaining on prospect of Federal Reserve stimulus
The shine is back in gold again, thanks to a tarnished global economy and the expectation that the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank are going to try to spark growth. Gold hit $1,700 an ounce before closing at $1,696 on Tuesday in a...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Europe, China, Mario Draghi, Central Bank
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Would a stronger European federation even help?
William PfaffPARIS -- The belief widely held is that enlarged federalism is the appropriate response to the economic crisis provoked by the Wall Street credit crash. Why? Fundamental to the crisis is the degree of federation it already has. Seventeen economically...Tags: Market and Exchange, International Organizations, Literature, Europe, Angela Merkel
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Inside The Euro Crisis with Eckart von Klaeden, Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery
On day two of my fellowship in Germany, our group of 12 American journalists learned more about the organization sponsoring our trip, the RIAS Berlin Kommission. RIAS stands for "Radio in the American Sector" and is a former radio station based in...
Tags: Heads of State, Foreign Exchange Market, Europe, China, Television
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Europe bails itself out, for now
William PfaffPARIS -- The latest, and 20th, European "summit" meeting, held last week in Brussels, was symbolically a defeat for Germany's Angela Merkel, who agreed that Europe's permanent bailout fund could directly recapitalize certain troubled euro-zone banks after...Tags: European Debt Crisis, Entertainment Events, Tea Party Movement, Globalization, Europe
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Investors find Bernanke's words stimulating
You'd never think of Fed-speak as the warm fuzzies, but that's the way investors took Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech Friday at Jackson Hole, Wyo. Bernanke didn't say when he might stimulate the economy again, or how he might do it, but in...
Tags: European Debt Crisis, Federal Reserve, Employment, Europe, Credit Ratings
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