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TREASURIES-Prices drop as U.S. data hint at recovery
Reuters* U.S. retail sales in April rise unexpectedly * Yields on 30-year bonds touch highest in more than 6 weeks * Speculation continues that Fed could be weighing exit By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - Prices for U.S. Treasuries slid early on...Tags: Employment, Federal Reserve, Japan, Career and Workplace, G7
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CME delays exploited by high-speed traders
In response to a Wall Street Journal report saying high-speed traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are exploiting a 1 to 10 millisecond advantage over other investors, CME downplayed the discrepancies but noted it was attempting to eliminate them....
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U.S. newspaper circulation down slightly
Newspaper circulation numbers released Tuesday show The Morning Call, the Lehigh Valley's largest news organization, had a sharp drop in daily circulation, which the newspaper attributes to subscription price increases in 2012 and a decrease in e-editions...Tags: Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Media Industry, Newspapers, The New York Times
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SeaWorld tax breaks shift burden to you
Things are awfully good at SeaWorld nowadays. Sales have topped $1 billion. Profits are soaring. A public stock offering wildly exceeded expectations. You might expect SeaWorld's tax bill to soar as well. After all, that's what happens to most of us...
Tags: Business, Personal Income, SeaWorld, Jim Atchison, Taxation
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Review: "A Curious Man" by Neal Thompson
In 1933, Robert Ripley crash-landed into Chicago, opening his first "Odditorium" exhibition at the World's Fair. At the showing, writes Neal Thompson in “A Curious Man,” a fascinating and fun biography of the "Believe It or Not!" creator,...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Heart Attack, Newspapers, Culture, Robert Ripley
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Yahoo scraps Dailymotion bid after French govt concerns -reports
ReutersBy Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, April 30 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has abandoned an effort to acquire a majority stake in online video website Dailymotion due to objections by the French government, according to media reports, scrapping what would have...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, France, Government, Marissa Mayer, Google Inc.
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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Business Institutions, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Natural Disasters, Public Housing
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Yahoo abandona interés por Dailymotion tras objeciones de Gobierno francés
ReutersPor Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, 30 abr (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc ha desistido de adquirir una porción mayoritaria del sitio de video online Dailymotion por objeciones presentadas por el Gobierno francés, de acuerdo a reportes periodísticos,...Tags: France, Marissa Mayer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., France Telecom
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Live Nation to acquire stake in Electric Daisy Carnival producer
Concert and ticketing giant Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire a stake in the events company that puts on the Electric Daisy Carnival dance music festival, a person with knowledge of the matter confirmed. Beverly Hills-based...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Entertainment Events, Music, Entertainment
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Taxing Internet sales
In 1998, when President Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially...Tags: Business, The Washington Post, Newspaper and Magazine, Politics, Bill Clinton
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Anchee Min on her memoir, "The Cooked Seed"
In “Red Azalea,” her best-selling 1994 memoir, Anchee Min told the compelling story of her childhood and early adulthood in China during the Cultural Revolution. The daughter of former teachers who were reassigned to jobs as manual laborers in...Tags: Entertainment Events, The Washington Post, Newspapers, Newspaper and Magazine, China
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WRAPUP 1-Syria peace conference already hitting snags - Russia
Reuters* U.S.. Russia had hoped to start conference this month * Differences surface over who should represent opposition * Armed rebels refusing to negotiate with Assad government * Russia says a May start is "impossible" (Wraps various strands together)...Tags: National Government, Government, John Kerry, Weaponry, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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