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NSA director says agency programs stopped around 50 terror plots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense...
Tags: Jarmes R. Clapper, Mike J. Rogers, The Washington Post, Barack Obama, Politics
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Wall St. back over 15,000 after late rebound
Stocks rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 recovering after hitting a key technical level in volatile trading a day before the release of the government's jobs report for May. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 78.72 points, or 0.53 percent, at 15,...Tags: Stock Activities, Nasdaq Composite
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Home sales bump, earnings send stock market higher
NEW YORK (AP) — On a day that brought both good and bad news about the economy, investors chose to see the glass as half-full. U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday, pushed up by a batch of bright earnings reports and encouraging news about home sales....
Tags: Real Estate Sales, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Economy, Business and Finance, Dow Chemical Co., Services and Shopping
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Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide
NEW YORK (AP) — Protests against Wall Street spread across the country Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, in a show of anger over the wobbly economy and what they see...Tags: Boston, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Michael Jackson, Companies and Corporations
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Fed signals end to bond buys
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke outlined a path for eventually ending the central bank's unprecedented stimulus efforts after Fed officials voiced surprising optimism about the economy. At the end of their two-day meeting...
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CNH Tracker-Onshore fund squeeze could rattle "dim sum" bond cart
ReutersBy Saikat Chatterjee HONG KONG, June 20 (Reuters) - Ripples from a worsening cash squeeze in China's interbank money markets are reaching the offshore yuan market and threaten to derail a recent surge of bond sales as investors shun debt. From January...Tags: Thomson Corporation, HSBC Holdings plc, Finance, Hong Kong, Economy, Business and Finance
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Bonds, shares slump as Fed signals end to stimulus
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Bonds, shares and commodities fell sharply around the world on Thursday and the dollar rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve explicitly signaled an end to easy money and data showed China's economy slowing down. The sell-off began...Tags: Bird Flu, Economic Stimulus Plan, Moscow (Russia), World Bank Group, Bonds
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UPDATE 2-Britain to look at RBS split, start Lloyds sale soon
ReutersBy Matt Scuffham and David Milliken LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain is ready to start selling its shares in Lloyds Banking Group and will examine whether to break up Royal Bank of Scotland, Finance Minister George Osborne said on Wednesday, after...Tags: Finance, United Kingdom, Parliament, Economy, Business and Finance, Lobbying
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China's money rates hit record, PBOC squares off with market players
Reuters* PBOC refuses to use reverse repos to inject money * No easing despite signs of economic slowdown * C.bank aims to force institutions to de-leverage - traders * Panic prevails among some small institutions - traders * But conditions expected to improve...Tags: People's Bank, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, China, Business
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Instant View: Fed to keep buying bonds, boosts 2014 forecasts
Reuters(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would keep buying $85 billion in bonds per month and gave no explicit indication that it was close to scaling back the program, despite intense market speculation it could soon start drawing it to a...Tags: Labor Markets, Economy, Politics, ING Group, Employment
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Bernanke says Fed likely to reduce bond buying this year
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday the U.S. economy is expanding strongly enough for the central bank to begin slowing the pace of its bond-buying stimulus later this year. Bernanke's confirmation that the...Tags: Labor Markets, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Securities, Consumer Confidence
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Dollar stands tall as Fed prepares ground to trim stimulus
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar rose broadly on Thursday as global asset markets underwent sharp adjustments in the wake of confirmation by the Federal Reserve that it would begin to dial down stimulus this year as the economic outlook improves. The...Tags: European Central Bank, Weather Reports, Labor Markets, Germany, Consumer Confidence
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