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Bloomberg - 2 minutes ago
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Short-term municipal bonds are bouncing back from declines at the start of the quarter as investors escaping record-low money-market payouts help lower yields on benchmark tax-exempt debt due in the next few years.
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Daily Breeze - 4 minutes ago
LONDON - World stock markets rose Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei up around 4 percent, after Bank of America Corp. said it will repay $45 billion of government bailout money and as investors prepared for a crucial policy statement from the European Central Bank.
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Bloomberg - 4 minutes ago
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- J.C. Penney Co. , the third-largest U.S. department-store chain, is dumping stocks from its retirement plans and gradually boosting bonds to 100 percent of investments from 20 percent as federal requirements to plug pension gaps take effect.
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MarketWatch via Yahoo! Finance - 10 minutes ago
The Dow Jones Industrial Average pushes into the red, as data show that the U.S. service sector's growth slowed in November.
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Market Watch - 24 minutes ago
The equity market is helped by a decline in jobless claims, and Bank of America's agreement to repay $45 billion in federal bailout funds boosts financials.
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Bloomberg - 39 minutes ago
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hanesbrands Inc. , the maker of Hanes underwear and the Wonder Bra, may sell debt as soon as today after high-yield, high-risk bonds returned less than equities and U.S. Treasuries in November.
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New York Times - 40 minutes ago
Wall Street gained in early trading as the government reported that new jobless benefit claims fell unexpectedly for a fifth week.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 43 minutes ago
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt.----Rochville University, an online college lacking proper accreditation, awarded an MBA to a dog earlier this year. Yet Rochville diplomas continue to be touted by professionals on the resumes they post to the LinkedIn networking site, warns GetEducated.com.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 45 minutes ago
DUBLIN----Cooper Industries plc , a global diversified manufacturer, today announced it would participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Global Industries Conference held in New York City on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 45 minutes ago
LAKE FOREST, Ill.----Pactiv Corporation today announced that Richard Wambold, chairman and chief executive officer, and Ed Walters, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will speak to the investment community at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Global Industries Conference on December 9 at 8:00 a.m.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 45 minutes ago
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research today announced the hiring of Priya Misra as head of U.S. Rates Strategy Research. In this role, Misra will be responsible for the strategy and development of our U.S. rates research product and recommendations.
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Bloomberg - 54 minutes ago
(Corrects high-yield issuance in ninth paragraph.) Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Hanesbrands Inc. , the maker of Hanes underwear and the Wonder Bra, may sell debt as soon as today after high-yield, high-risk bonds returned less than equities and U.S. Treasuries in November.
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The Day - 56 minutes ago
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority reduces
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Baltimore Sun - 1 hour 1 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it plans to repay its $45 billion in government bailout funds in the next few days, a move that will help the troubled bank recruit a new CEO. The bank said in a statement it would use available cash and raise $18.8 billion in capital to repay the money, which it received during the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of ...
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 2 minutes ago
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries fell for a third day, the longest losing streak in almost a month, as initial jobless claims unexpectedly declined and the U.S. prepared to announce the amounts of next week’s three note and bond sales.