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Sales of new homes rose to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering.
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Don't expect Samsung's new Galaxy smartphone to be a revolutionary mobile device, several analysts said. "I don't think it's a game-changer, it's an evolution," one analyst said.
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Two of every five Wall Street workers are ready to head elsewhere, and higher pay may not even help.
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The long rally in stocks has been the biggest driver of the number of millionaires, which may have already exceeded an all-time record.
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Cramer likes this rally because it's led by companies representing real commerce instead of "nightmare" inflation stocks.
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The Treasury auctioned $13 billion 30-year bonds at the highest auction yield in a year, as stronger U.S. economic data has been weighing on bond prices.
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Democrats made a mistake by not going over the "fiscal cliff" because a "grand bargain" would have been easier to achieve, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer told CNBC.
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Fast driver, slow investor? IZOD IndyCar drivers Dario Franchitti and Charlie Kimball share their investment strategies.
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Bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr was named Detroit's emergency financial manager.
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The president of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is urging caution on robotic hysterectomies.
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Here's a look at a few alternatives to Google's Reader now that it's on its way out.
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BlackBerry will offer technology to secure the mobile devices of competitors Google and Apple.
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The Carnival Dream was stuck in a Caribbean port with equipment trouble Thursday, a month after the Triumph was disabled by a fire that stranded thousands.
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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, while producer prices rose by the most in 5 months as gas prices spiked.
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One of China's largest private companies is quietly rolling out plans to establish a network of natural gas fueling stations for trucks along U.S. highways.
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Banks are repossessing fewer homes, in fact the fewest since March of 2007, but in some states that may be about to change.
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A long term bear market is around the corner and will last until 2018, with the Dow losing up to 30 percent of its current value, Kerry Balenthiran, author of "The 17.6 Years Stock Market Cycle", told CNBC.
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Acting on the Senate's first budget since President Obama took office, a Democratic-led panel is moving toward party-line approval of a fiscal blueprint that would trim the budget deficit while protecting safety net programs from slashing cuts proposed by Republicans.
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Replacing lost income with assets that produce greater total return may be the best way those behind in retirement savings to finance their needs.
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The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen by Reuters.
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The next major risk for investors is China's "colossal credit bubble, " Marc Faber, editor and publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report told CNBC on Thursday.
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If it sounds like Bernanke was dancing in his testimony, it's because he's doing figure eights, trying to signal the Fed's direction.
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The unexpected contraction in China's factory activity in May has heightened the risk of a further slowdown in the second quarter.
Big Data Download
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Home Building Comeback Favors One Region of the US
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Analyst on HP: ‘We Don’t Like the Stock Here’
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Tornadoes Quickly Turn Tide for Insurers
Executive Edge
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The Fed sends a mixed message to the markets; stingy millionaires; immigration reform inches ahead.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook faces Congress; multibillion-dollar Oklahoma tornado damage.
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Yahoo's bold bet on Tumblr, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher on easing, SAC Capital talks with government fall apart.
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Zaha Hadid: You Don’t Have to Be Polite to Succeed
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Matt Ryan, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback is expected to become the NFL’s next $100 million player.
Politics
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The House is ready to pass legislation that links college student loan rates to the financial markets.
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The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday to force approval of Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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The Fed could begin slowing its efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as summer.