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Nasdaq CEO: Markets can help in crisis, but gov't needs to 'fundamentally rethink' regulations
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The markets can help the nation emerge from the current financial crisis by providing transparency for secretive investments that helped fuel the disaster, but the government needs to put better rules in place to make that happen,...Tags: Federal Reserve, Securities, National Government, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Credit and Debt
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Analysis: Russia seems more interested in cash than politics in gas war with Ukraine
Associated Press WriterMOSCOW (AP) — Five months after Russia crushed the Georgian army in the foothills of the Caucasus, Moscow is once again embroiled in a conflict with a former Soviet neighbor: waging an economic war with Ukraine that has disrupted natural gas...Tags: Think Tanks, Energy Saving, Energy, Energy Resources, Commodity Markets
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Bank of Korea cuts key interest rate to record low 2.5 percent to boost economy
AP Business WriterSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's central bank cut its key interest rate Friday for the fifth time in just three months to help shore up the country's sagging economy. The Bank of Korea lowered the benchmark seven-day repurchase rate to 2.5...Tags: Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Central Bank, Economic Policy
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Finding a new job becomes harder as layoffs mount; unemployment expected to rise further
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The number of laid-off workers who are continuing to draw unemployment checks jumped more than expected to 4.6 million at the end of December and is likely to keep climbing this year — fresh evidence that people are finding...Tags: Walgreen Co., Wachovia Corp., Economy, Layoffs and Downsizing, Los Angeles
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Stocks end mostly higher as mortgage deal eases some worries from Wal-Mart profit warning
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — A deal to help head off more mortgage foreclosures pulled Wall Street out of a slump Thursday, giving stocks a mostly higher close. Democratic lawmakers reached an agreement with Citigroup Inc. on a plan to let bankruptcy judges...Tags: Government Debt, Financial and Business Services, Foreclosures, New York Mercantile Exchange, Economy
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Audi sells more than 1M cars in 2008
German automaker Audi AG said Thursday it sold a record of more than 1 million vehicles globally in 2008, up 4.3 percent from the previous year despite the global financial crisis and a tough U.S. market. Ingolstadt-based Audi, part of Volkswagen AG,...Tags: Vehicles, Volkswagen AG, Audi, Volkswagen
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German billionaire
Associated PressBERLIN — German billionaire Adolf Merckle threw himself in front of a train after his business empire, which included interests ranging from Volkswagen cars to pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into trouble in the global financial crisis, his family...Tags: Corporations, Volkswagen AG, Automotive Equipment
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Stocks' slide erases 2009's gains
From Tribune news servicesFrom Tribune news services U.S. stocks slid, erasing most of the market's 2009 gain, as companies from Alcoa Inc. to Intel Corp. spurred concern that corporate America's earnings outlook is worsening. Oil futures, meanwhile, tumbled 12 percent, the...Tags: Time Warner Inc., Energy Saving, Alcoa Incorporated, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Marketing
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Stock traders' tough floor routine
The stock market has been placid for most of the day, but Peter Kenny holds his breath as the final hour of trading approaches.
A professional trader at Knight Capital Group Inc. who buys and sells stocks for large investors such as mutual funds, Kenny...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Mutual Funds, Dining and Drinking, New York Stock Exchange, Stock Activities
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The Federal Reserve is allowing more companies to take part in a program aimed at bolstering the money market mutual fund industry. The Fed says newly eligible participants now include a range of money market investors, rather than just money market...Tags: Connecticut, Vermont, Credit Ratings, Newington, Corporate Crime
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State reconsiders Port of Miami's tunnel project
Miami HeraldTALLAHASSEE -- The $1 billion Port of Miami Tunnel project is not quite dead yet. Besieged by Miami-area lawmakers and county Mayor Carlos Alvarez, the Crist administration on Wednesday said it was reconsidering the embattled project to build twin...Tags: Charlie Crist, Lobbying, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami International Airport, Bouygues
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EU Commission proposes euro3.1 billion bailout loan to help Latvia out of financial crisis
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The European Commission proposed a euro3.1 billion (US$4.2 billion) loan Thursday to help Latvia out of its financial crisis. The loan would be given on condition that Latvia carry out tough economic reforms and reduce...Tags: European Union, Economy, Economic Policy
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