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Whatever Ben Bernanke says on Wednesday threatens to rock some part of the financial markets. "Tomorrow is dangerous," said veteran trader Art Cashin.
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Wells Fargo reported a 23 percent jump in first-quarter profit on Friday as the bank set aside less money to cover bad loans and it held down costs.
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European Union finance ministers agreed on Friday to extend the maturities of emergency loans extended to Ireland and Portugal by the European Union by seven years.
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Herbalife has already provided one of the best stock market dramas in years. Now, through no fault of its own, it could become a catalyst for change in the auditing profession. The NYT reports.
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A U.S. government agency said North Korea has a nuclear weapon it can mount on a missile, adding an ominous dimension to tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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U.S. business inventories rose less than expected in February, suggesting restocking of warehouses could give a smaller boost to economic growth in the first quarter than analysts had forecast.
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Google has launched a tool that lets users decide what happens with their email, Google Plus and other accounts after they die or become inactive online.
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The value of Bitcoin continued to plunge as trading resumed at Mt Gox, the world's largest virtual currency exchange.
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Immigration requirements in the emerging Senate bill could end up excluding hundreds of thousands from the path to citizenship, a Senate aide said.
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Rumors that the country had asked for a further 10 billion euros of aid added to the growing storm over the country's bailout.
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If the Masters golf tournament is any indication of how the U.S. economy is faring, then things seem to be looking up. At least for some.
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The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler — Olympic rowers, nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg — are laying claim to a new title: bitcoin moguls. The New York Times reports.
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The Bank of Japan's monetary bazooka has investors bracing for a flood of liquidity into risk assets. It may not happen, analysts say.
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The U.S. investment bank has added to the exuberance over Tokyo markets, upgrading its 12-month target for stocks on expectations of bumper earnings growth.
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Economic pressures rather than moral values are thought to be the principal US problem, a new NBC/WSJ poll finds.
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Troubled J.C. Penney has hired Blackstone financial advisory arm to explore how best to position the firm financially, three sources said on Thursday.
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Nasdaq OMX Group said it slashed the 2012 annual bonus of Chief Executive Robert Greifeld by $542,100 over the botched handling of Facebook's initial public offering last year.
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Scott London, former auditor at KPMG who was fired and arrested this week amidst allegations of insider trading, has been released on a $150,000 bail.
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Following the 40 million dollar lottery win, of Canadian, Maria Carreiro, the Squawk Box team debates whether lottery winners should ever go public.
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The monetary easing in the U.S. is having a limited impact on the economy, according to the President of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, who says easing costs far outweigh the rewards.
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Traders will be watching two consumer reports and earnings from JPMorgan and Wells Fargo Friday morning. Will it be a blowout quarter or a bust?
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The Fed’s bond-buying program is looking more lackluster and disruptive to market functioning, a CNBC survey found.
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The FOMC meeting kicks off on Tuesday. Mad Money host Jim Cramer explains why this week isn't make or break it for the economy.
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Former KPMG auditor Scott London, at the center of an insider-trading probe, said he received about $70,000 in kickbacks.
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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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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke "deserves a break," former Fed Governor Frederic Mishkin tells CNBC.
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G8 leaders said today that world economic prospects remained weak even though downside risks have lessened.
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The fiscal crisis in Michigan is setting up as a gigantic clash, the NYT reports.
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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