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The Right and the Climate
The New York Times
| Climate change legislation has been dying in the Senate for months now, but Harry Reid’s decision to finally admit as much — in the midst of an endless East Coast heat wave, no less — has supporters of cap-and-trade casting about for somebody to blame. They’ve blamed the Ob...
In this Jan. 13, 2010 photo, a TV cameraman films an electric stock board indicating the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 144.11 points, or 1.3 percent, to 10,735.03 while passersby check the share prices in Tokyo, Japan. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, that China and other developing Asian economies are leading a global recovery that is faster and stronger than expected, but warned that money rushing into emerging markets could lead to asset bubbles. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
(photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Asian Stocks Up on Results of Europe's Bank Tests
The New York Times
| Filed at 10:48 p.m. ET | TOKYO (AP) -- Asian stock markets rose Monday amid relief that most European banks passed the much-anticipated ''stress tests'' aimed at clearing up worries over the region's financial system. | Investors took heart from Friday's results that only seven out of 91 banks flu...
Fashion Nation: What Retailers Know About Us
Wall Street Journal
| Luxury-spending data can tell us a lot about the state of the nation—and our own neighborhoods. A Nation of Shoppers | View Interactive | Take Detroit—not the city where one might expect to see the strongest recovery. Yet when American ...
Two local construction companies honored
Business Journal
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Kline Goes Extra Mile
Wall Street Journal
By STEVEN KURUTZ | When Kevin Kline was growing up in St. Louis, culture was piped into his parents' home each week in the form of the Metropolitan Opera's radio broadcast. Soon after graduating from Indiana University in 1970, he moved to the city t...
HealthPlan Services partners with Freelancers Union
Business Journal
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With a list of school supplies and calculator in hand, Diamond Emory, left, compares prices of erasable markers with her five-year-old son Eric at a Wal-Mart store Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
AP / Kiichiro Sato
U.S. Markets Struggle as Consumer Confidence Falls
The New York Times
| Shares on Wall Street wandered Tuesday morning after a report showed the consumer confidence continue to erode last month. | Exchanges in Europe were higher on better-than-expect...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a final media conference after an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 16, 2008.
AP / Michel Euler
An Excess of Ambition for Sarkozy
The New York Times
| PARIS — At a cabinet meeting last week, the French government issued a decree creating a general secretariat to serve France’s upcoming turn at the rotating presidenc...
In this April 12, 2010 photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures are falling Thursday, April 15, as investors pause after five straight days of gains
AP / Richard Drew
Stocks edge higher on gain in new home sales
The Examiner
Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Stocks rose moderately Monday after the government reported a better-than-expected jump in new home sales and shipping giant FedEx Corp. raised its ...
Dow ends 4-day win streak on Fed economic report
The Examiner
Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Investors cashed in some of their recent gains Wednesday after the Federal Reserve gave them more confirmation that the economic recovery is slowing. | The Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 40 points after the F...
BP's waning Britishness causes few ripples in UK
The Boston Globe
| LONDON-Its chairman is Swedish, a growing chunk of its revenue comes from Russia and its incoming chief executive speaks with an American accent. So goes the Britishness in the company once known as British Petroleum. | BP PLC's appointment of Mana...
Hidden signs of life in the economy
CNN
July 28, 2010: 1:08 PM ETThe Buzz is now on Twitter! Follow me @LaMonicaBuzz | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If the economy is a three-legged stool, people could take comfort in the fact that even though two of those legs (the government and consumers) ...
Business
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner briefs reports before the start of the the G-20 summit, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 in Pittsburgh.
(photo: AP / J. David Ake)
Geithner Dismisses Concerns on Letting Tax Cuts Expire
The New York Times
| WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner pressed the case on Sunday for letting Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire later this year. Blog | The Caucus | The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. More Politics News | In appearances...
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In this Jan. 13, 2010 photo, a TV cameraman films an electric stock board indicating the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 144.11 points, or 1.3 percent, to 10,735.03 while passersby check the share prices in Tokyo, Japan. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, that China and other developing Asian economies are leading a global recovery that is faster and stronger than expected, but warned that money rushing into emerging markets could lead to asset bubbles. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
(photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Asian Stocks Up on Results of Europe's Bank Tests
The New York Times
| Filed at 10:48 p.m. ET | TOKYO (AP) -- Asian stock markets rose Monday amid relief that most European banks passed the much-anticipated ''stress tests'' aimed at clearing up worries over the region's financial system. | Investors took heart from Friday's results that only seven out of 91 banks flunked the tests, suggesting that Europe's banking s...



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