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The Fed will keep its version of the monetary printing press running a while longer, though Chairman Ben Bernanke provided hints Wednesday that the days of extreme easing are coming to a close.
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Alison Cooper, CEO of Imperial Tobacco, said cigarette and tobacco sales in Germany were "excellent," despite EU weakness.
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U.S. intelligence failures can be attributed to a lack of cooperation among internal U.S. agencies. An increase in cooperation with external agencies simply isn't feasible.
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CNBC's latest Fed Survey of economists, strategists and money managers shows they expect the Federal Reserve to keep its foot on the accelerator.
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The Fed's low interest policies are enabling companies to replace people with machines, Citadel head Ken Griffin tells the Milken Institute conference.
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Cyprus's parliament voted to back an EU bailout on Tuesday, tying lawmakers to impose substantial losses on bank depositors, and wind down one of the its biggest banks.
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Hulu unveils the company's growth stats along with new shows at the upfront. The Company says its ads are just as easy to buy as TV spots.
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All eyes are on Comcast, Facebook, Viacom and Yelp as they report earnings Wednesday.
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Twitter will now enable all companies, brands and users to buy ads on its platform, said Kevin Weil, senior director for Twitter's revenue.
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The sight of a third-grader driving a $200,000 sports car in a country with crippling poverty has touched off a new round of controversy in the East over the new class of the super-rich, and the dangers of wealth gone wild.
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Yahoo CEO Mayer, who sparked an uproar and hurt her image as a working mom when she banned telecommuting 2 months ago, is now offering employees generous new family leave benefits.
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Don't let America's youngest sales force fool you. This year Girl Scout cookie sales are on pace to set yet another record, rivaling Oreos and Chips Ahoy.
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There's a few things you absolutely don't want to do when you are pitching your company to potential investors, said Fred Wilson, founder of Union Square Ventures, Tuesday at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference in New York City.
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President Obama's proposal to slow Social Security spending by calculating cost-of-living increases differently has given conservatives and liberals something in common: they hate it.
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President Obama suggests he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in its civil war.
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Members of a new app-driven service can book a seat on any of 4,000 private jets that have extra room on their flights for about what it costs to fly first-class.
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U.S. consumer confidence rebounded in April as Americans felt better about the outlook for the economy and their income prospects.
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Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who is also Britain's richest man, has bought a $100 million stake in Apple.
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U.S. single-family home prices rose more than expected in February, posting their best annual increase since May 2006.
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Pfizer reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations on Tuesday, citing the stronger dollar and the spin-off of its animal health unit Zoetis.
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The Food and Drug Administration is watching caffeinated foods and wants to know more about their safety, as new caffeine-laced products hit the market.
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Former Fed Governor Robert Heller told CNBC why Federal Reserve Vice-chair Janet Yellen should succeed Ben Bernanke.
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Three attorneys general have accused Google of helping facilitate the sale of illegal goods.
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Smithfield Foods CEO could receive nearly $46.6 million in payments as part of a planned takeover by China's Shuanghui.
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Executive Edge
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Bernanke may stay; housing starts make steady progress; the government's spying program may have foiled terrorist plans.
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Shares shot out of the gate Monday; demand appears to be pointing to oil exceeding $100 a barrel; Netflix scores big.
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Consumer sentiment sagged in June after reaching its highest level in almost six years in May.
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Politics
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The IRS is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses, despite a directive to cancel bonuses because of spending cuts.
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The CBO says the Senate's plan would bolster the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars.
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President Obama "essentially fired" Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, former Fed Governor Laurence Meyer says.
Fiscal Cliff
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The deal reached to avert the fiscal cliff in the US merely masks the bleak long-term outlook for the country, Nouriel Roubini said in an opinion piece for the Financial Times newspaper on Thursday.
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Sen. Shelby told CNBC he voted against the "fiscal cliff" deal because it moves us from one crisis to another crisis.
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The deal finally reached over the U.S. “fiscal cliff” should ultimately be positive for the U.S. stock market, according to The Gartman Letter writer and editor Dennis Gartman.
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