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Wall Street Wander After 2 Reports on Industry (Sep-15, 09:40 EDT )-- The Empire State Manufacturing Survey on manufacturing slipped while the Fed report on industrial production rose slightly.
Rival Candy Projects Both Parse Cocoa’s DNA (Sep-15, 09:20 EDT )-- Two separate groups are vying for credit in what some might consider the research arm of a chocolate war.
Hiding Losses, Via the Calendar (Sep-15, 09:14 EDT )-- Using the calendar to manage earnings: A study finds the companies that change fiscal years often bury losses in "orphan months" that will not be included in many databases.
Industrial Growth Slows In August (Sep-15, 08:56 EDT )-- Industrial production rose modestly in August and the manufacturing sector grew for the 12th time in 14 months. Output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities edged up 0.2 percent last month, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. It rose 0.6...
Japan Acts to Weaken Yen (Sep-15, 08:51 EDT )-- Japan moved to weaken the yen to aid its economy, its first intervention in the currency markets since 2004.
Equal Pay for Equal Work? Not Necessarily (Sep-15, 08:41 EDT )-- From my perspective, the pay disparity can be traced to a single moment, the moment when I'm sitting in the job interview and I ask the applicant what kind of money he or she is looking for.
Previewing the Income Report (Sep-15, 07:46 EDT )-- It is likely to show another drop in median household income, aggravating an unimpressive, decade-long trend.
F.D.A. Approves New Drug for Gout (Sep-15, 07:21 EDT )-- The drug, called Krystexxa, is expected to be available later this year, according to its developer, Savient Pharmaceuticals.
Deutsche Telekom Is Focus of Corruption Investigation (Sep-15, 06:40 EDT )-- Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic are examining whether Deutsche Telekom pressured government officials in Macedonia to keep competitors out of the market.
Europe Proposes Rules to Help Steady Markets (Sep-15, 06:00 EDT )-- The European Commission proposed clamping down on certain kinds of trading that governments have blamed for destabilizing the economy and endangering the euro.
Census Effect Contradicts Keynesians (Sep-15, 05:00 EDT )-- The impact of the 2010 census on employment seems to contradict the Keynesian view that government hiring has a multiplier effect, an economist writes.
BP's Hayward To Testify To U.K. Lawmakers On Spill (Sep-15, 03:24 EDT )-- Outgoing CEO Tony Hayward will come under scrutiny Wednesday over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, months after he offered few explanations for the accident at a testy hearing in Washington.
Study: Video Games Help With Decision Making (Sep-15, 03:00 EDT )-- A new study finds that playing action-packed video games help people make fast and accurate decisions. In the journal Current Biology, researchers say video games might be a good way to train people who need to make decisions quickly -- everyone from...
Women Outnumber Men Earning Doctoral Degrees (Sep-15, 03:00 EDT )-- Women already outnumber men among college undergraduates. They've been earning more masters degrees than men for more than a decade. And according to a new report, they now are earning more doctoral degrees.
2 Years Ago, Lehman Brothers Filed Bankruptcy (Sep-15, 03:00 EDT )-- For the second anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Linda Wertheimer talks to Financial Times editor Peter Chapman, author of The Last of the Imperious Rich, about what happened, what's changed and whether letting Lehman fail was the right...
Small Businesses Fuss Over Increased Paperwork (Sep-15, 03:00 EDT )-- Small business groups lost a round on Capitol Hill Tuesday. A bill to increase lending to small businesses cleared a hurdle in the Senate but an amendment small businesses had supported failed. The amendment would have killed a reporting requirement...
Lawsuit On Health Overhaul Likely To Go To Trial (Sep-15, 03:00 EDT )-- The legal fight over President Obama's health care overhaul is now before a federal judge in Florida. Twenty states have challenged the law as unconstitutional. Tuesday, the Justice Department sought to have the lawsuit thrown out. But a conservative...
Amid Blight and Scavenging, ‘Old G.M.’ Plants Linger (Sep-15, 01:40 EDT )-- The General Motors bankruptcy gave birth to two different G.M.’s, and one of them is struggling in the shadow of the other.
Global Wealth Gap Narrows (Sep-15, 01:31 EDT )-- A new report on global wealth finds that, for once, the poor are getting richer faster than the richer are getting richer.
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