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Stocks set to rise on easing European debt worries
Washington Examiner - 2 days agoFILE - In this Jan. 10, 2011 file photo, specialist Patrick Murphy, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks are headed higher as investors shake off worries about the European Debt crisis. Portugal had a relatively success…
Read more >>Rosy outlook by Alcoa points to stock gains
Washington Examiner - 3 days agoA rosy outlook by aluminum giant Alcoa is pointing to early gains in the Stock Market. The company beat Wall Street earnings estimates when it reported its Fourth Quarter results after the market closed Monday. Alcoa Inc. said that it expects a 12…
Read more >>Stock market plunge sparks protests in Bangladesh
Washington Examiner - 4 days agoBangladesh suspended trading at its main Stock Exchange Monday and security officials used batons to disperse thousands of angry investors upset over a market plunge. The benchmark Dhaka Stock Exchange general index (DGEN) rose 80 percent in 2010 …
Read more >>Paul Abrams: On the Debt Ceiling, Silence is Golden: Let Wall Street Battle the Tea Party.
The Huffington Post - 7 days ago
When asked about the Debt ceiling, the President and the Treasury should simply state that the United States of America will pay its debts, now and in the future. Always. Period. When asked again, repeat the above. And, the Senate should pass a …
Read more >>Republicans take over House, dilute cuts
Reuters - 9 days agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans scaled back plans for deep cuts in Government Spending as they took power in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, diluting a key promise that helped them to victory in November's election. A senior Republic…
Read more >>Economic Outlook: Welcome Republicans!
UPI - 3rd Jan 2011Published: Jan. 3, 2011 at 9:19 AM There is nothing like a key appointment in Washington to polarize the senses. Friday was the last day in office for National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, one of several key voices for the White Hou…
Read more >>A good year . . . to leave behind
Boston Herald - 31st Dec 2010There is the temptation to poke our heads out today, groundhog style, and say of 2010, “Is it really, really over? Can we come out now?” No, this wasn’t one of those banner years - the kind to write songs about or etch in our me…
Read more >>Economists looking approvingly at 2011
UPI - 31st Dec 2010WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Three prominent U.S. economic forecasters have pegged growth for the gross domestic product in 2011 at higher rates than 2010. Moody's Analytics, which estimated growth for 2010 at 2.7 percent, forecasts growth next ye…
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