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Universe ages 80M years; Big Bang gets clearer
PARIS (AP) — New results from looking at the split-second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought and provide ancient evidence supporting core concepts about the cosmos — how it began, what...
Tags: Applied Physics, Science, Science and Technology, Nobel Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes
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Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year. The increase, which starts in January, is tied to a measure of inflation released Tuesday. It shows that inflation has...
Tags: Barack Obama, Social Security, Government Health Care, Career and Workplace, Employees
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Romney Medicare plan: Key details still in flux
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the biggest changes since its creation nearly 50 years ago. With important details...
Tags: Finance, Mitt Romney, Consumers, Politics, Joe Biden
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New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Head Start, U.S. Congress, Consumers, Congressional Budget Office
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TREASURIES-Prices gain before Fed announcement
Reuters* Fed meeting in focus on signs of reduced bond purchases * Bond volatility picks up before Fed meeting * Trader says Fed may reduce purchases as Treasury cuts supply By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Confidence, Credit Ratings, Prices, Ben Bernanke
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Fed seen keeping options open on pace of bond buying
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion, while keeping their options open to scale back the program later this year if the U.S. labor market...Tags: Finance, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve, Labor Markets
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BOJ FOCUS-Kuroda to ride out market storm without more stimulus
ReutersBy Leika Kihara TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has no intention of blinking first in the face off with Japan's markets even as central bank officials grow increasingly worried about price volatility. Instead, he wants...Tags: Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Japan, Nikkei, Shinzo Abe
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Fast-food workers echo 'Occupy' spirit
Labor unions have been knocked back, knocked down and knocked out for so long that a new generation of organizers is beginning to try something new. Instead of unionizing and then protesting, they're protesting first. That may sound a little...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Occupy Wall Street, McDonald's, State of the Union Address
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Analysis: Kuroda to ride out market storm without more stimulus
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has no intention of blinking first in the face off with Japan's markets over policy even as central bank officials grow increasingly worried about price volatility. A selloff in Japanese stocks,...Tags: Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Economy, Japan, Nikkei
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TREASURIES-Prices dip before Fed meeting, inflation tame
Reuters* Prices fall ahead of Wednesday's FOMC announcement * Low inflation seen complicating Fed lowering purchases * Fed to buy $1.25 bln-$1.75 bln bonds due 2036-2043 By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Tuesday...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Prices, BNP Paribas, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve
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Consumer prices nudge up in May, but inflation remains tame
WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices rose in May for the first time in three months, but the increase was small and inflation over the past year remained tame, the Labor Department said Tuesday. The consumer price index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% last...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Natural Gas, Consumer Confidence, Food Industry, Federal Reserve
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WRAPUP 2-U.S. inflation data points to firming economy
Reuters* U.S. consumer prices rise 0.1 percent in May * Core prices up 1.7 percent in 12 months to May * Possible end to declines in core could comfort Fed By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - A gauge of underlying U.S. inflation showed signs of...Tags: Land Price, Finance, House Building, Federal Reserve, Consumers
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