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Gold glitters less brightly, falling below $1,600
Gold still glitters, but a bit less brightly as it fell below $1,600 on Friday for the first time in six months. In one of the contrarian ways of the financial markets, gold has weakened as evidence has mounted that the global economy is recovering....
Tags: George Soros, Consumers, Financial Markets, Fiscal Cliff, Twitter, Inc.
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Chicken farmers sue Ukrainian investor over failed venture
When a young Ukrainian billionaire acquired the North Carolina operations of chicken processor Townsends out of bankruptcy in early 2011, the deal seemed to symbolize the increasing globalization of our food supply. Oleg Bakhmatyuk, the majority owner...Tags: Ukraine, London Stock Exchange, Tyson Foods Incorporated, Bankruptcy, Science and Technology
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An outlook for 2013 - Part 1: Top 5 opportunities
After a year of challenges - highlighted by the worst drought in more than a half-century - the U.S. red meat (beef, pork and lamb) industry is focusing on 2013 as a year of great opportunities to increase the value those agricultural exports bring to...Tags: Natural Disasters, Marketing, Global Expansion, Droughts, Mexico
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2013 State of the Union: Full prepared transcript
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...Tags: Theft, Parties and Movements, Intel Corp., Social Issues, Energy Resources
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Full text of Obama's State of the Union address
Tribune wire reportHere is the complete text of President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, as prepared for delivery on Tuesday: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber...Tags: Intel Corp., Energy Resources, Social Issues, North Miami, Terrorism
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Unions are not the answer
I take issue with much of Lane Windham's recent commentary ("If not labor unions, then what?" Jan. 29) beginning with the fundamental premise that it was the unions that provided us with economic redistribution. Like many other academicians, Ms. Windham...Tags: Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Collective Contract, Work Rules Contract Issues, Unions, North Haven (New Haven, New York)
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Investors say U.S. fiscal woes pose biggest risk to global economy
WASHINGTON -- Investors around the world say the fiscal woes of the U.S. -- highlighted by the ongoing fight over the debt limit -- pose the biggest risk to the global economy this year, according to poll results released Wednesday. More than a third of...
Tags: European Union, George W. Bush, European Central Bank, Parties and Movements, Federal Reserve
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World Economic Forum poll shows improved confidence ahead of Davos
WASHINGTON -- As major financial figures prepare to gather in Davos, Switzerland, this week, experts are a bit more optimistic about the state of the global economy, according to a survey released Monday by the World Economic Forum. The group's Economic...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Google+, Government, Politics, Heads of State
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U.S. trade deficit jumps to seven-month high
WASHINGTON -- A spike in American imports of consumer goods, autos and other products led to a sharp increase in the U.S. trade deficit in November from the prior month, the government said Friday. One immediate implication of the unexpectedly big...Tags: Computer Hardware, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Public Finance, Politics, Consumers
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College still matters
Young people and their parents are rightly nervous these days about the economy. Many wonder whether their investment in a college education will pay off. Such worries are overblown. College graduates continue to do far better, even in this difficult...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Students, Colleges and Universities, University of Baltimore, Science and Technology
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MarksJarvis: Stocks climb more than 13 percent in 2012 despite a lackluster economy
You had perfectly good reasons for being cowardly about the stock market in 2012, but caution didn't serve you well. Despite the fear that a eurozone breakup and a European bank infection would set off another global financial crisis ... despite the...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Central Bank, Career and Workplace
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Unions Losing Power In Global Economy
The Hartford CourantFor all the fury and fistfights outside the Lansing Capitol, what happened in Michigan this week was a simple accommodation to reality. The most famously unionized state, birthplace of the United Auto Workers, royalty of the American working class, became...Tags: United Auto Workers, Unemployment, Bankruptcy, World War II (1939-1945), Labor Legislation
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