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19 May 2013 | 5:34 pm
Given the more generous subsidies offered in other states and countries, major studios including NBCUniversal, Paramount and Disney all have large-scale, long-term expansion plans.
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19 May 2013 | 5:26 pm
Yahoo’s move aims to make up for years of missing out on the growth of social networks and mobile devices.
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19 May 2013 | 5:20 pm
After a lackluster 2012-13 season, network television is relying on family related comedies and the supernatural to attract viewers.
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19 May 2013 | 5:04 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to[…]
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19 May 2013 | 4:55 pm
Executives from Silicon Valley say that the Senate immigration bill imposes too much regulatory control over a company’s hiring of temporary foreign worker or laying off an American worker.
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19 May 2013 | 4:53 pm
CBS NewsReport: Yahoo board approves deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1BPCWorldYahoo's board of directors has approved spending US$1.1 billion in cash to buy popular blogging site Tumblr, according to The Wall Street Journal. The plan is for Tumblr to operate[…]
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19 May 2013 | 4:45 pm
A law school professor is on a permanent campaign to argue that the telecom and cable industry has been overtaken by monopolists who resist innovation and overcharge consumers.
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19 May 2013 | 4:32 pm
Globe and MailJudgment due on Jamie DimonGlobe and MailFor Jamie Dimon, it has all come down to this: A couple of hours in suburban Tampa will determine whether he emerges humiliated or triumphant. On Tuesday, Mr. Dimon, the chief executive[…]
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19 May 2013 | 4:22 pm
AFPRepeat: China April House Price Rises Slower On Govt CurbsMNI NewsBEIJING (MNI) - Chinese house price inflation showed signs of easing in April due to fresh curbs imposed by local governments, but economists still warned of persisting upward pressure. Prices[…]
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19 May 2013 | 4:03 pm
Boston GlobeRail Corridor Hit With Major OutageWall Street JournalAmtrak officials said service would remain out indefinitely between New York City and New Haven, Conn., because of Friday's derailment and collision affecting the nation's busiest passenger rail corridor. The National Transportation[…]
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19 May 2013 | 3:50 pm
NewsdaySen. Gillibrand proposes bill lowering student loan debtmyfoxny.comU.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced a new legislation to reduce debt on federal loans. Gillibrand is proposing the "Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act" which will enable students and graduates to refinance their[…]
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19 May 2013 | 3:46 pm
NBC ChicagoRiders Begin to Feel Effects of CTA Red Line ConstructionNBC ChicagoNine Red Line stops closed Sunday and will remain closed for five months as part of the Red Line South Track Renewal Project. Riders Begin to Feel Effects of[…]
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19 May 2013 | 3:37 pm
Mr. Rose will host a half-hour program called “Charlie Rose Weekend,” which will replace “Need to Know” on Friday evenings.
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19 May 2013 | 3:34 pm
Sky News AustraliaEconomic Reports for the Week AheadNew York TimesECONOMIC REPORTS Data will include sales of existing homes for April (Wednesday); weekly jobless claims and sales of new homes for April (Thursday); and durable goods orders for April (Friday). CORPORATE[…]
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19 May 2013 | 3:30 pm
The Swedish retail giant H&M faced public pressure to accelerate its efforts to improve garment-factory conditions, though it had no ties to a disaster in Bangladesh.
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19 May 2013 | 3:28 pm
Ed Cunningham, an ESPN sports analyst, tapped the crowdfunding service Kickstarter to finish what has been a nearly six-year labor of love.
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19 May 2013 | 2:58 pm
By Christine Stebbins CHICAGO (Reuters) - Financial trading in world markets has grown so lightning-fast that effective regulation is growing tougher by the second, increasing the threat of crashes sparked by hoaxes, electronic glitches or yet-unknown causes. The latest alarm[…]
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19 May 2013 | 2:25 pm
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make Japan[…]
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19 May 2013 | 1:59 pm
By James Pomfret and Matthew Miller ZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy[…]
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19 May 2013 | 1:35 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday. Such an[…]
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19 May 2013 | 1:22 pm
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.
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19 May 2013 | 12:54 pm
In an address to graduates at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, the Fed chairman says nothing about his day job, but he sketches a world in which competition to produce innovations yields ever-greater rewards.
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19 May 2013 | 12:34 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs.
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19 May 2013 | 12:06 pm
natmonitor.comOne year after IPO, Facebook employees give Mark Zuckerberg high marksnatmonitor.comFacebook's IPO was a complete debacle. The Associated Press notes that the social media network's IPO was predicted to be larger than some of the biggest companies' IPO in U.S.[…]
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19 May 2013 | 11:49 am
Foxwoods seeks a financial win with Mass. casinoHouston ChronicleHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's Foxwoods Resort Casino faces daunting hurdles as it joins a crowded race for the lucrative destination resort business in Massachusetts. It's been grappling with falling revenue and[…]
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19 May 2013 | 11:34 am
With a growing population of Americans over the age of 65, but a lack of trained home health care workers, more and more people could opt to hire robots to do the job.
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19 May 2013 | 11:27 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.
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19 May 2013 | 11:18 am
By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and[…]
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19 May 2013 | 10:36 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.
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19 May 2013 | 10:07 am
Maker of 'pink slime' continues to struggleEnquirerheraldThe beef-processing company that makes the product that critics call "pink slime" continues to struggle more than a year after the initial stories on the lean bits of beef that Beef Products Inc. produced.[…]
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19 May 2013 | 8:35 am
By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which lawmakers fear have dented[…]
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19 May 2013 | 8:25 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for[…]
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19 May 2013 | 7:42 am
By Allison Martell (Reuters) - Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war[…]
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19 May 2013 | 6:51 am
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is far from being an activist investor, but it is starting to ask more questions about companies in which it has stakes.
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19 May 2013 | 6:21 am
By Manuela Badawy NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the world's biggest central banks driving yields on safe assets to near zero, some investors are tossing caution to the wind and rushing to buy illiquid and previously overlooked bonds sold by[…]
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19 May 2013 | 5:01 am
By Ann Saphir and Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) - The beginning of the end of the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program might come sooner than many investors think if recent gains in the U.S. labor market do not prove fleeting. Much[…]
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18 May 2013 | 4:01 pm
A document due Monday is the latest of three studies by the British government meant to sway opinion in Scotland ahead of a planned referendum next year on independence.
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18 May 2013 | 1:33 pm
Awash in hits, but not in profits, a proud Hollywood studio has suddenly found itself in the cross hairs of an activist investor who wants to spin it off from Sony.
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18 May 2013 | 1:04 pm
Economists have studied the stock market extensively, but that does not necessarily make them good stock pickers.
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18 May 2013 | 1:01 pm
A reader responds to “Friend of the Corporation” (May 5).
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18 May 2013 | 12:50 pm
The chief executive of OrphanAid Africa, a nonprofit that helps children separated from their families, started her professional life at Vogue magazine.
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18 May 2013 | 12:47 pm
It’s hard to tell if Japan’s new experiments in economic policy will work in the long run, but they have already caused world markets to take notice.
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18 May 2013 | 11:50 am
Alienated from the broader Internal Revenue Service culture and given little direction, specialists in a Cincinnati office struggled with the caseload of groups seeking tax exemptions.
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18 May 2013 | 11:30 am
Beyond providing fuel for the workday, our daily coffee rituals can say much about our personal finances and attitudes.
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18 May 2013 | 11:16 am
Two groups of M.I.T. entrepreneurs were working on similar ideas for high-tech clothing. But instead of becoming rivals, they combined their efforts into a single, growing company.
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18 May 2013 | 11:06 am
Shareholders of PennyMac, a real estate investment trust, have profited since it went public, but not as much as its C.E.O., who also leads the financial services company that manages it.
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18 May 2013 | 10:54 am
Harry Herington of NIC Inc., a provider of online services for government, says that by seeing their leaders as humans, employees can better build trust in them.
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18 May 2013 | 9:48 am
ROME (AP) — A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to spur job creation.
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18 May 2013 | 9:26 am
Grass-roots protests against Chinese oil projects are worrying Beijing as it competes for influence in Myanmar with the United States.
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18 May 2013 | 1:29 am
By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the broad S&P 500 Index gliding once again into uncharted territory and posting four straight weeks of gains, the talk of Wall Street's rally inevitably hitting a ceiling is starting to get[…]
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18 May 2013 | 12:09 am
BERLIN (AP) — Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved.
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17 May 2013 | 7:33 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications.
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17 May 2013 | 6:15 pm
NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's[…]
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17 May 2013 | 3:14 pm
Frank Lloyd Wright may have died in 1959, but his architecture is alive and well. A recent story in the Wall Street Journal revealed the cost to upkeep some of his historic homes may be more than buyers bargain for,[…]
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12 Apr 2013 | 12:19 pm
The judge presiding over the lawsuit against Martha Stewart and J.C. Penney ruled on Friday allowing the sale of Martha Stewart merchandise in J.C. Penney stores.
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