Stocks: Earnings and Europe back in focus
Investors may see a bounce back after 'sell in May' sentiment takes hold, especially after ECB decision to cut rates. Earnings will again hold sway.
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Stocks begin May with a sell-off
Stocks dropped about 0.9% a day after they knocked-out six consecutive monthly gains, and Wall Street is wondering whether the bulls still have more room to run.
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Congress: No unemployment data for U.S.
Republican representatives want to gut the way we collect national economic data.
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Chesapeake stock sinks despite solid earnings
The embattled natural gas company reported a profit. But skeptical investors are still not sure the turnaround is for real.
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The investment trend hedge funds want kept secret
Hedge funds are scooping up personal property tax liens from municipalities at a quick pace after big banks decided it was too risky.
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Exclusive: Atlas Venture raises ninth fund
Boston-area VC firm rebounds with new fund.
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Proof that more money does in fact buy happiness
A new study debunks the theory that money doesn't make you any happier once you've passed a certain income threshold.
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Stocks: More room to run?
The markets have just knocked-out six consecutive monthly gains and Wall Street is wondering whether the bulls still have more room to run.
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Bull-market mergers: 5,985 and counting
Dow highs aren't the only sign of stock market cheer: The wave of nearly 6,000 U.S. mergers and acquisitions that began last fall is the highest September-to-March tally since Dealogic started tracking M&A in 1995.
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Twitter will outlast the New York Times
Tech visionaries Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen disagree on the promise of Twitter but both see a relatively long lifespan for the social media firm. At least in Internet years.
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Apple prices record $17 billion bond sale
The tech giant's debt sale generated strong demand.
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Investors: Look beyond Merck's patent loss
Big Pharma is back, with shares of giant drug manufacturers doubling the returns of the broad market over the past six months. Yet Merck has been conspicuously left behind.
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Mega banks may disappear
Consultant calls recently proposed banking regulations such as Brown-Vitter "weapons of mass dissolution."
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Is JC Penney a better bet than gold?
Nothing lasts forever, as investors in gold and JC Penney are being reminded.
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Investors send Tesla shares surging to new high
Shares of Tesla hit a new 52-week high, just days before the electric car maker reports earnings.
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Europe's joblessness at new peak, prices plunge
Slumping prices and record unemployment bolster the case for Europe to ease up on austerity and cut interest rates to inject life into its stagnant economy.
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