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Jersey Shore Ready for Summer After Sandy
Almost seven months after being devastated by super storm Sandy, the Jersey Shore is looking to rebound as the summer season gets underway this Memorial Day weekend, reports CNBC's Kayla ...
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Microsoft still stamping out used games fire
Xbox reveal , though the company did not unveil every bit of information that customers were waiting for. For instance, we still do not know pricing or release date. However, the biggest urbanlegend in circulation -- that of used games -- is under attack from the console maker. On the day of the big reveal, Larry Hrybtook to his blog to assure users "While there have been many potential ...
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Wall Street Week Ahead Investors look for signs in the rallys break
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The stock market's break in its recent rally this week left investors wondering if they're seeing a turning point or just a blip in the upward ...
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Ex-Virginia bank executives guilty in financial crisis case
(Reuters) - The former chief executive of a failed U.S. bank in Norfolk, Virginia, and three others were convicted Friday on bank fraud conspiracy and other charges for concealing loan losses in a scheme that contributed to he bank's 2011 ...
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Visa MasterCard Strike Back at Swipe-Fee Settlement Foes
Visa Inc. (V) and MasterCard Inc. (MA) are firing back at retail trade groups trying to derail a pending $7.25 billion settlement over so-called merchant swipe fees.The world's largest payment networks asked a federal judge Friday to rule that their practices for setting fees paid by merchants that accept credit and debit cards aren't anticompetitive, which could limit the type of ...
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MARKET SNAPSHOT U.S. Stocks Break Four-week Winning Streak
NEW YORK – U.S. stocks fell for the first week in five as the prospects of the Federal Reserve starting to reduce its bond-buying stimulus rattled a market trading at historic highs.Friday's losses, however, were mild as investors found some support from a stronger-than-forecast report on demand for big-ticket purchases and after the prior session's improvement in jobless ...
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Argentinas Stocks End Lower Blue Dollar Strengthens
Argentine stocks fared poorly Friday in light trading while the black-market dollar continued to strengthen on media reports that banks will further restrict the ability of customers to withdraw cash while overseas.The Merval index fell 1.34% to 3,509.72 in volume totaling ARS31.3 million ($5.9 million).The power company Pampa Energia SA (PAM, PAMP.BA) led the declines, sliding 3.4% to ARS1.14. ...
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ACC leads good economic news at National party convention
The Accident Compensation Corporation's Earners and Work Accounts are now fully funded ACC Minister Judith Collins has told National Party members at their Northern Regional Conference today. Ms Collins' gave party members the "very good news" shortly after Associate Finance Minister Jonathan Coleman gave an opening speech exhorting them to explain to the public how last week's Budget ...
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Wal-Mart turns to green dots to ensure stores stay stocked
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is seeking to address its stocking problem by linking it to executive pay while developing a green-dot program to let workers know which items to focus on.The retail giant, which has reduced the number of workers at its stores, has struggled recently to keep shelves fully stocked. That, in turn, has hurt sales and driven away frustrated shoppers -- a black eye for a company ...
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Shareholders are flexing muscles over issue of high executive pay packages
A consultant advised shareholders to vote “no” this year on Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent’s $30.5 million pay package. The company responded with a plan to cap bonus awards if stock returns are ...
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Top UCSD center named Qualcomm Institute
A University of California San Diego institute that's emerged as a leader in finding better ways for people to communicate, stay healthy and protect the environment was named Friday after its largest benefactor, chipmaker ...
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Stocks to Watch Stocks to watch Tiffany United Natural Foods
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tiffany & Co. and United Natural Foods will be among the stocks to watch Tuesday after the three-day holiday ...
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Should You Pay Someone to Manage Your 401
Fidelity says the average 401(k) balance topped $80,000 for the first time in Q1, reports CNBC's Sharon Epperson. Niall Gannon, The Gannon Group, and Patricia Powell, Powell Financial Group, ...
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Visa Mastercard ask U.S. court to declare card fees are lawful
An employee stands behind a MasterCard logo during the launch of the international credit card issuer's first ATM transaction in Myanmar, in Yangon November 15, ...
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Man at centre of SNC-Lavalin fraud allegations was key hire by company
MONTREAL - When SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. chief executive Jacques Lamarre met a hot-shot engineer named Sami Bebawi for dinner in mid-1998, he was looking for someone who could help turn around the company’s money-losing construction unit after years of ...
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Take A Secret Look Inside The Cocoon As A Caterpillar Transforms To A Butterfly
0 The transformation of a lowly caterpillar into a graceful butterfly is the kind of shocking fact of nature that's used to get children excited about science, so visible is the transformation, so tangible are the lessons. But what's actually going on inside the cocoon? Typically, scientists have had to dissect them to find out, killing the organism inside as a result, a casualty of ...
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Stocks trade flat market ends week lower for the first time since April
Traders gather at the post of specialist Ronnie Howard, center, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, April 29, 2013. Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday May 15, 2013. But lower-than-expected German economic growth disappointed investors elsewhere. (AP Photo/Richard ...
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Metals and agricultural futures prices slip energy futures end mostly lower
Metals prices ended slightly lower Friday, as did agricultural futures. Crude oil ended the week down 2 percent as traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program. Gold for June delivery fell $5.20 to $1,386.60 an ounce. Other metals prices also fell. July silver fell 1.2 cents to $22.496 ...
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Energy Stocks Energy stocks fall end week off 0.5
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks fell Friday, ending the week with a loss of 0.5% as gains earlier in the week cushioned heavy losses in recent trading ...
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Iceberg Picnic Goes Wrong in Iceland
A group of American tourists have been rescued from a drifting Icelandic iceberg that broke off from land as they were trying to picnic upon it, complete with folding chairs and table. The five imperiled picnickers are safe, plucked by a small rescue boat from the ice slab floating atop deathly frigid waters of the Fjallsrln glacial lagoon in Iceland, five-and-a-half hours east of Reykjavik. ...
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Bridge Collapse Will Slam Local Economy
The collapse of a bridge on a major West Coast highway could cost the state of Washington at least $47 million in lost economic output, as well lost jobs and tax revenues similar to the impact of a flood five years ago that also shut down another section of the road, officials said Friday. Brian Bonlender, director of the State Department of Commerce, said it would be difficult to pinpoint the ...
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Wal-Mart to sell Fatburger patties
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fatburger, a chain with a devoted following on the West Coast, said Friday it will sell its branded frozen beef patties in Walmart stores nationwide.The Beverly Hills, Calif.-based chain said the beef patties are in select stores now and will roll out nationally over the next several weeks.Fatburger, which was founded in 1952, has about 150 locations globally; half of those are ...
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Infoblox profit forecast beats estimates shares rise
BLOX.N ) reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on higher demand for its network automation products and forecast current-quarter earnings above analysts' ...
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Justice Department opposes AMRs $20 million severance for CEO Horton
LCC.N ) is coming under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice over nearly $20 million in severance pay earmarked for outgoing boss Tom ...
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Bausch Lombs Ista pleads guilty over kickbacks
(Reuters) - Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc WPRISI.UL pleaded guilty on Friday to charges it used kickbacks and improper marketing to boost sales of a drug meant to treat eye pain and agreed to pay $33.5 million to settle criminal and civil liability, the U.S. Department of Justice ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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