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Calls for Stimulus Yield to Deficit Concerns (Jun-8, 21:25 EDT )-- The Obama administration is trying to promote job growth while also hailing its attempts to cut budgets and wind down stimulus programs.
Estate Tax Dormant, Billionaire’s Bequest Is Tax-Free (Jun-8, 21:15 EDT )-- Dan L. Duncan’s heirs stand to collect billions that any other year would have gone to the Treasury.
Blog Prophet of Euro Zone Doom (Jun-8, 20:50 EDT )-- For years, almost nobody paid attention to the alarms of Edward Hugh, a blogger who predicted that the euro zone could not survive. That is changing.
Economic Scene: How Democrats Fell Short in Job Creation (Jun-8, 20:46 EDT )-- Democrats entered midterm elections with the jobless rate near 10 percent and the knowledge that they had not done all they could to bring it down.
Market Place: Digging Deep for Economic and Market Clues (Jun-8, 20:46 EDT )-- In a more volatile financial world, bankers, money managers and analysts are digging ever deeper for clues about the markets.
Airlines Protest German Plan to Tax Tickets (Jun-8, 20:29 EDT )-- The tax comes at a time when European airlines are projected to lose money while airlines globally are expected to post profits.
Bargaining Power Grows for Striking Chinese Workers (Jun-8, 20:25 EDT )-- As companies bow to pressure in China for higher wages and better working conditions, the cost of doing business there will probably rise.
Energy and Chemical Companies Give Wall St. a Lift (Jun-8, 20:18 EDT )-- Increases in energy and material shares helped to offset a down day for technology.
Regulators Find That Banks Have Not Adjusted Pay Practices (Jun-8, 20:13 EDT )-- A compensation review of 28 financial companies found that many of the bonus programs that economists said contributed to the financial crisis were still in place.
G.M. Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles for Fire Hazard (Jun-8, 19:40 EDT )-- A heated washer-fluid system in vehicles from the 2006 to 2009 model years could short circuit and cause a fire.
Trial Begins in Société Générale Trading Scandal (Jun-8, 19:40 EDT )-- A former trader of the French bank is accused of gambling billions of the bank’s capital in fraudulent trades.
European Leaders Back Stricter Budget Oversight (Jun-8, 19:30 EDT )-- In two days of talks, finance ministers approved a wider safety net and tougher rules on member nations’ finances.
Switzerland Rejects Deal to Share Banking Data (Jun-8, 19:13 EDT )-- UBS, which refused to reveal the names of thousands of Americans suspected of evading taxes with the bank’s help, continued to get support from the Swiss government.
Advertising: Drinking Game Poses Query, Who’s ‘Icing’ Whom? (Jun-8, 19:06 EDT )-- A fad involving a malt beverage leaves unclear whether young consumers have co-opted a brand, or that brand has co-opted them.
BP Buys Oil Spill-Related Search Terms (Jun-8, 14:00 EDT )-- BP is purchasing advertising links that display at the top of the page when you search "oil spill" and similar terms on Google and Yahoo. Danny Sullivan, editor and chief of SearchEngineLand.com, tells NPR that BP is "almost certainly" spending...
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