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- Dow, S&P flat as energy, materials gain
- New home sales slip, prices at 8-month high
- Analysis: Do not panic: The rally in risk assets is for real
- Fed should not over-commit to easy policy: Bullard
- Price war heralds investment banking shake-out
- BofA testing investment advisers in mortgage offices
- KB Home Q1 net orders fall on higher cancellations
- Opel labor urges management to return to talks
- Jobless rates fall in most metro areas
- Zynga shareholders to sell 43 million shares
- Government to appeal WTO meat ruling in Canada, Mexico case
- Euro zone seeks middle ground on rescue fund size
- Economic growth gauge held 7-month high last week: ECRI
- New home sales slip, prices at eight month high
- Bank regulators agree more leeway on liquidity rule: sources
- IEA sees no disruptions in oil markets
- Analysis: Global oil outages at 1.2 million bpd in March: survey
- Fed officials clash on view of economy
- Financier Allen Stanford loses bid for new trial
- T-Mobile USA closing call centers, cutting staff
- L'Oreal heiress's ex-wealth manager held in custody
- AIG says repaid government $1.5 billion
- Brazil oil regulator: Chevron leak not "negligence"
- Share issuance of volatility product to resume: Credit Suisse
- Securities watchdog probes high-frequency trading firms: report
- Fed should not over-commit to easy policy: Bullard
- Three-way World Bank race seen as deadline looms
- Hot Topic gets Hunger Games lift but may not last
- Spain's Iberia unveils low cost Iberia Express
- Stocks bounce around on global economic worries
- Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank
- Electric cars risk losing green sheen in Japan
- Spain moves toward freedom of information law
- For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head
- Mounting global growth concerns push markets lower
- Milestones in the price of gasoline
- US new-home sales fell in February for 2nd month
- Oil jumps on Iran export report
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| New home sales slip, prices at 8-month high Posted:
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| Analysis: Do not panic: The rally in risk assets is for real Posted:
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| Fed should not over-commit to easy policy: Bullard Posted:
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| Price war heralds investment banking shake-out Posted: LONDON (Reuters) - Investment banks fighting for survival in a world of stricter regulation and more expensive funding are embroiled in a price war as they battle to hang on to clients. Some are offering ultra-low prices across a range of their most prominent activities such as equity and debt sales, advice on mergers and acquisition (M&A), and more arcane - but widely used - derivative instruments. Rivals are left with the choice of following suit and losing money, or sticking to their guns and hoping that the cut-price banks will eventually be forced out of the market. ... |
| BofA testing investment advisers in mortgage offices Posted: CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp is putting investment advisers in mortgage offices, an unusual move that shows how far banks will go to "cross-sell" products and services to their customers. The pilot program, in seven offices in California, is part of the second-largest U.S. bank's effort to target its more profitable "preferred" customers, who have $50,000 to $250,000 in investable assets. For Bank of America, the pilot program could bring new revenue and aid larger efforts to turn around its disastrous Countrywide Financial mortgage unit, which it acquired in ... |
| KB Home Q1 net orders fall on higher cancellations Posted: (Reuters) - KB Home posted a surprise fall in net orders as cancellations rose in the first quarter, a sharp contrast to the recent upbeat forecasts by rivals, sending its shares down 14 percent. Homebuilders such as D. R. Horton Inc , Pulte Group Inc and Lennar Corp have forecast an improving housing market. Also, data released on Tuesday showed permits to build homes rose to a near 3-1/2 year high in February. However, new U.S. single-family home sales fell in February, but reported a jump in prices to their highest level in eight months. ... |
| Opel labor urges management to return to talks Posted:
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| Jobless rates fall in most metro areas Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unemployment rates in almost all metropolitan areas dropped in January from a year earlier, and a majority were lower than the national rate, the Labor Department said on Friday. Jobless rates decreased in 345 of the 372 areas, which typically include a city and its surrounding suburbs, and those in Decatur, Alabama, and Monroe, Michigan, dropped the most. At the same time, 201 areas recorded January unemployment rates below the U.S. rate of 8.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted. ... |
| Zynga shareholders to sell 43 million shares Posted:
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| Government to appeal WTO meat ruling in Canada, Mexico case Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will appeal a World Trade Organization ruling against a U.S. law on meat labeling in a case brought by Canada and Mexico, a U.S. trade official said on Friday. The U.S. law requiring mandatory country of origin labeling, or COOL, went into effect in 2008, resulting in a sharp drop in U.S. cattle and hog imports. A WTO dispute settlement panel in November ruled the provision violated WTO rules on technical barriers to trade. "Although we were pleased that the COOL panel report ... ... |
| Euro zone seeks middle ground on rescue fund size Posted: BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers are moving closer to agreeing a combined rescue fund of around 700 billion euros ($924 billion) in Copenhagen next week and anything higher would probably be too ambitious, euro zone diplomats said on Friday. The EU's top economic official, Olli Rehn, is pushing for a big fund capable of bailing out indebted euro zone countries such as Italy and Spain, should they be cut off from the markets, despite resistance in Germany, the bloc's paymaster. So far, Germany has refused to countenance any combination of the various rescue funds. ... |
| Economic growth gauge held 7-month high last week: ECRI Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A measure of future economic growth edged up last week to hold a seven-month high, while the annualized growth rate also improved, a research group said on Friday. The Economic Cycle Research Institute, a New York-based independent forecasting group, said its Weekly Leading Index rose to 125.7 in the week ended March 16 from a downwardly revised 125.0 the previous week. That was originally reported as 125.1. Last week's reading was the highest level since early August. The index's annualized growth rate gained to minus 0.4 percent from minus 1.4 percent a week earlier. ... |
| New home sales slip, prices at eight month high Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New single-family home sales fell in February, but a jump in prices to their highest level in eight months kept hopes alive of a recovery in the housing market. The Commerce Department said on Friday sales slipped 1.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted 313,000-unit annual rate. January's sales pace was revised down to 318,000 units from the previously reported 321,000 units. Sales for November and December were revised up a bit. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast sales at a 325,000-unit rate in February. Compared to February last year, new home sales were up 11. ... |
| Bank regulators agree more leeway on liquidity rule: sources Posted: (Reuters) - Global regulators are expected to allow banks greater flexibility to meet new short-term liquidity rules, according to sources with knowledge of the discussions. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision met on Tuesday and Wednesday this week to discuss how banks will have to build up new liquidity buffers to withstand rocky markets for up to a month without help. It is part of a wider reform of bank safety buffers known as Basel III which will be phased in from next year. ... |
| IEA sees no disruptions in oil markets Posted:
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| Analysis: Global oil outages at 1.2 million bpd in March: survey Posted:
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| Fed officials clash on view of economy Posted:
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| Financier Allen Stanford loses bid for new trial Posted:
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| T-Mobile USA closing call centers, cutting staff Posted:
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| L'Oreal heiress's ex-wealth manager held in custody Posted: BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - L'Oreal SA heiress Liliane Bettencourt's former wealth manager was remanded in custody on Friday after a judge heard new allegations in a long-running investigation into illicit political party financing, prosecutors said on Friday. Patrice de Maistre, who had already been placed under investigation in December over allegations of fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and possession of stolen goods, was previously alleged to have made a 150,000 euro ($198,000) payment to former French budget minister Eric Woerth on Bettencourt's behalf. ... |
| AIG says repaid government $1.5 billion Posted:
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| Brazil oil regulator: Chevron leak not "negligence" Posted:
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| Share issuance of volatility product to resume: Credit Suisse Posted:
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| Securities watchdog probes high-frequency trading firms: report Posted: (Reuters) - The U.S. securities watchdog is looking at whether some high-frequency trading firms have used their close links to computerized stock exchanges to gain an unfair advantage over other investors, the Wall Street Journal said. The Securities and Exchange Commission is focusing on computer-driven trading platforms of exchanges, including BATS Global Markets Inc , the paper said, citing people familiar with matter. Specifically, it will examine whether firms collude to limit competition or manipulate markets, it quoted a person with knowledge of the matter as saying. ... |
| Fed should not over-commit to easy policy: Bullard Posted:
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| Three-way World Bank race seen as deadline looms Posted:
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| Hot Topic gets Hunger Games lift but may not last Posted:
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| Spain's Iberia unveils low cost Iberia Express Posted: Spanish carrier Iberia on Friday unveiled a new low-cost airline, Iberia Express, which aims to claim a stake in the highly competitive no-frills sector of the European market. |
| Stocks bounce around on global economic worries Posted:
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| Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank Posted:
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| Electric cars risk losing green sheen in Japan Posted:
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| Spain moves toward freedom of information law Posted: Freedom of information in Spain came one step nearer Friday after the recently-elected government agreed to introduce a bill in response to widespread disgust over corruption and mismanagement by elected officials of both main political parties. |
| For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head Posted:
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| Mounting global growth concerns push markets lower Posted:
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| Milestones in the price of gasoline Posted: Milestones in the price of gasoline. Price is the nationwide average for a gallon of unleaded regular. |
| US new-home sales fell in February for 2nd month Posted: Sales of U.S. new homes fell in February for the second straight month, a reminder that the depressed housing market remains weak despite some improvement. |
| Oil jumps on Iran export report Posted: Oil prices briefly spiked near $108 per barrel following a report that Iranian oil exports dropped significantly this month. |
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