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J.C. Penney woes may persist as Best Buy rebounds
For a while, J.C. Penney and Best Buy seemed to be doppelgangers. The two retailers struggled with intensifying competition after years of comfortable stagnation. Beset by Wall Street skepticism and shaky consumer loyalty, each made sweeping attempts at...
Tags: Credit Ratings, Macy's, Coca-Cola Co., Kohl's, Earnings
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Rich liberal donors throw weight behind Obama agenda
WASHINGTON — An influential network of some of the country's wealthiest liberal political donors is steering resources to an advocacy group backing President Obama's agenda and to organizations working to pass immigration reform, providing a surge...
Tags: David Koch, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Organizing for Action, Gavin Newsom, Think Tanks
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George Soros takes 7.9% stake in J.C. Penney, stock soars
Billionaire financier George Soros seems to be showing faith in J.C. Penney’s chances at a turnaround, taking a 7.9% stake in the struggling retailer. The hedge fund titan bought nearly 17.4 million shares through his Soros Fund Management,...
Tags: Mutual Funds, JC Penney Company Inc., Ron Johnson
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Stocks stall on tepid economic growth
The stock market stalled Friday after the U.S. economy didn't grow as much as hoped and earnings from a handful of big companies failed to rev up investors. The economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, the...
Tags: Credit Ratings, Financial Markets, Stock Market, Earnings, Earnings Forecasts
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Gold glitters less brightly, falling below $1,600
Gold still glitters, but a bit less brightly as it fell below $1,600 on Friday for the first time in six months. In one of the contrarian ways of the financial markets, gold has weakened as evidence has mounted that the global economy is recovering....
Tags: Financial Markets, Stock Market, Consumers, Globalization, Fiscal Cliff
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Unmasking the most influential billionaire in U.S. politics
Who's the most influential billionaire business figure in national politics? If you answered one of the Koch brothers (Charles or David) or George Soros, you're wearing your partisan blinders. The former are known for their devotion to conservative...
Tags: Paul Volcker, American Enterprise Institute, Politics, Health Insurance, Medicare
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George Soros, 82, pops the question in May-December match
Jennifer Aniston and her actor boyfriend Justin Theroux may have just gotten engaged, but the wedding bells we really want to know about are the ones for billionaire financier George Soros. The scene: The Hamptons. The ring: A diamond in a rose-gold...
Tags: The Hamptons, Upper East Side, Jennifer Aniston
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G7 will 'monitor' Eurozone situation; Spain issues plea for help
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the world’s major economies convened on an emergency conference call Tuesday to discuss the situation in Greece and Spain — and seemed to come away without much to say. The Group of Seven...
Tags: Jay Carney, Angela Merkel, Spain, G7, Europe
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Spain heads for a likely bailout; Obama talks solutions
Spanish officials are likely to follow those in Greece, Portugal and Ireland in asking for an international bailout when they participate in a conference call with representatives of fellow Eurozone countries Saturday, according to news reports. But...
Tags: Barack Obama, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Media Industry, Spain, European Union
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Merkel says Germany isn't Europe's sole savior
Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country is a lot of things, including “the economic engine and … the anchor of stability in Europe.” But what Germany is not, she said, is Superman, sweeping in with euro zone deposit guarantees and...
Tags: Angela Merkel, Spain, Superman (fictional character), G20, Europe
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Spain formally requests aid for banks; Wall Street slides
Spain made a formal request on Monday asking fellow Eurozone countries to help with its crumbling banks -- a financial aid package that could be worth up to 100 billion euros, or about $125 billion. “Restructuring the banking sector is key to...
Tags: Spain
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Top hedge fund managers made $14.4 billion in 2011: a 35% pay cut
Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates took home $3.9 billion last year. Fellow investment kings Carl Icahn and James Simons each made off with more than $2 billion. To the average plebeian, that’s a lot of money. But for the top 25 hedge fund earners...
Tags: Mutual Funds, Ray Dalio, James Simons, Steven Cohen, John Paulson
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