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Sens. Reid and Dodd may pay a price for their clout on health care, financial regulation
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them....Tags: Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, American International Group, Rob Simmons, Harry Reid
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Support grows to limit the size of financial institutions
Momentum is growing in the United States and abroad to deal with the problem of gigantic financial institutions deemed too big to fail by breaking them up preemptively.
"The era of the big bank is over," said Simon Johnson, an MIT professor and former...Tags: Barack Obama, Wells Fargo & Co., American International Group, Al Green, Financial and Business Services
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Stocks rise on home sales data, interest rate assurances
Associated PressStocks rose sharply Monday, ending a three-day losing streak, on better-than-expected home-sales data and further signs that the Fed plans to keep interest rates low for some time. The Dow jumped 132.79 points, or 1.3%, to 10,450.95, a 13-month high....Tags: Stock Activities, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Financial Markets, Mortgages, Central Bank
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Stocks move sharply higher on weak dollar, jump in home sales; Dow touches fresh 13-month high
AP Business WritersNEW YORK (AP) — The stock market ended a three-day losing streak Monday, closing broadly higher as a weaker dollar and upbeat home sales numbers encouraged investors to take on more risk. Major stock indexes soared more than 1 percent, including...Tags: Stock Activities, France, Holidays, Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy
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Home sales surge in October as buyers rush to take advantage of tax credit
AP Real Estate WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — First-time buyers taking advantage of a special tax credit gave sales of existing homes in October their biggest surge in a decade, raising hopes for a turnaround in the housing market and pleasing Wall Street. While rising...Tags: Stock Activities, Credit and Debt, ZipRealty Incorporated, Mortgages, Raleigh
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6-month Treasury rates hit lowest point on record as federal debt limit approaches
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Interest rates on six-month Treasurys hit their lowest level on record and three-month bills their lowest point in 11 months in Monday's auction of T-bills. The declines are good news for the government's efforts to hold down...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, National Government, Economy, Government, Auction Service
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October home sales up 10.1 percent, beating expectations as tax credit spurs sales
AP Real Estate WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2½ years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit. Home sales nationwide are now up nearly 36 percent from...Tags: Real Estate, Credit and Debt, Wells Fargo & Co., ZipRealty Incorporated, Crossroads
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Decline of safe-haven buck back as housing data spurs markets, Fed official supports low rates
NEW YORK (AP) — The safe-haven dollar began the week lower as a Federal Reserve official urged the continuation of stimulus programs and as home sales in October greatly exceeded market expectations, revving up traders' taste for higher-yielding...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Metal and Mineral, Credit Ratings, Central Bank, Gold and Precious Material
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Gold reaches new high as dollar tumbles, other metals finish at highest levels of the year
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — A weaker dollar carried gold prices to a new record Monday and also boosted silver and copper to their highest levels of the year. Oil prices finished slightly higher, while agricultural futures fell. Gold for December delivery...Tags: Metal, Chicago Board of Trade, Credit Ratings, Foreign Exchange Market, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Virginia governor meets with state revenue panel to hear fiscal projections
Associated Press WriterRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's fiscal picture remained dim, as a panel of state legislators and business leaders got another look at prospects for the state's upcoming budget. Gov. Timothy Kaine on Monday met with his Advisory Council on Revenue...Tags: Executive Branch, State Budgets, Bob McDonnell, Government, Regional Authority
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America's leadership deficit
Bigger than the budget deficit, America has a leadership gap.
The economic recovery is not creating jobs; unemployment is rising; and the president and Congress offer little more than nostrums and platitudes.
Republicans push tax cuts that experience...Tags: Energy Saving, Barack Obama, People's Bank, Conservation, Money and Monetary Policy
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More holiday cards are debit; be careful how you use them
Dallas Morning NewsWhen consumers step up to the cash register to pay for their holiday purchases this year, a large percentage will pay with a debit card. Debit cards have overtaken credit cards and other noncash methods as the payment of choice among consumers. Visa,...Tags: Consumers, Consumer Electronics Industry, National Government, Credit and Debt, Government
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