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MarksJarvis: Investors seek encouraging words in quarterly reports
Investors have been ducking for two days — laying low while they hope that corporate executives assure them during the next few weeks that companies have come through a soft patch and can produce strong profits in 2013. The market has entered...Tags: Finance, Technology, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Earnings, Alcoa Incorporated
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Retail sales up 4.5% in December; merchants say discounts hurt
Wary holiday shoppers forced retailers to heavily discount items during December, ultimately handing merchants decent sales but raising worries about consumer spending in the new year. Major chain stores posted a 4.5% sales increase in December compared...
Tags: Target Brands, Inc., Holidays, Kohl's, Economic Indicator, Costco Wholesale Corporation
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'Obamacare,' fiscal cliff leads to small business optimism plunge
American small business owners are in a sour mood, with optimism at one of its lowest levels since 1986, but don’t blame Superstorm Sandy. It’s the fiscal cliff’s fault, according to a new report from the National Federation of...
Tags: Small Businesses, Philosophy, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Religion and Belief, Fiscal Cliff
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BlackBerry parent Research in Motion loses subscribers for first time
For the first time, struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion saw a decline in its subscriber base, reporting that the number of customers declined to 79 million in its fiscal third quarter. Three months ago, the Canadian company had 80 million...Tags: New Products, Nokia Corp., BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.
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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: Citigroup Incorporated, China, Mutual Funds, Globalization, Mario Draghi
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Consumer confidence rises to highest level since 2008
WASHINGTON -- Americans continued to shake off fears of the looming fiscal cliff, with a gauge of consumer confidence rising slightly this month to its highest level since early 2008. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index edged up to 73.7...
Tags: Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Economic Indicator, Fiscal Cliff, Google+
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India's leaders urge calm after rape victim dies
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.NEW DELHI -- Indian riot police blocked major roads, imposed restrictions on “illegal assembly” and shut down subway stations Saturday as they braced for fresh demonstrations even as politicians appealed for calm following the overnight death...Tags: Prosecution, Assault, Murder, Singapore, Sex Crimes
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Indian protesters clash with police over rape case
NEW DELHI — Thousands of people demonstrated outside the Indian president’s residence in New Delhi on Saturday, breaching barricades and clashing with police over the brutal rape of a 23-year-old girl before authorities drove them back with...Tags: National Government, India, Politics, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Consumer confidence tumbles to 5-month low on 'fiscal cliff' fears
WASHINGTON -- Consumer confidence plunged this month amid fears that politicians would be unable to resolve the fiscal cliff, triggering another recession next year, according to survey data released Friday. The closely watched consumer sentiment...
Tags: Philosophy, George W. Bush, Religion and Belief, Fiscal Cliff, Economic Indicator
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Durbin: Feds to write $165 million check to state for unused prison
Clout StreetU.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said today that under President Barack Obama’s directive, the federal Department of Justice will purchase the long-unused Thomson prison in northwestern Illinois, cutting a check and bypassing the objections of a veteran...Tags: Mitt Romney, Operation Fast and Furious, Politics, Eric Holder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Paul Ryan on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Chris Christie on 3 shows
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelPaul Ryan, left, and Mitt Romney campaigned in Vandalia, Ohio, on Tuesday. Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images THIS ITEM HAS BEEN UPDATED: The guest list for Sunday morning: Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is a guest on “Fox News... -
Windsor-based SS&C Acquires Mass.-based Gravity Financial
The Hartford CourantWindsor-based SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. continued its spree of acquisitions in buying a Canton, Mass.,-based boutique fund administrator, Gravity Financial. The acquisition, for an undisclosed price, adds 40 customers and 10 staff to SS&C as part...Tags: Mutual Funds, Companies and Corporations, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Agriculture
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