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The world’s largest asset manager is far from being an activist investor, but it is starting to ask more questions, the New York Times reports.
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New car registrations increased by 1.8 percent to 1.08 million vehicles last month, marking the first rise since September 2011.
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Beaten-down gold just can't find any love. The yellow metal sold off for a sixth day, plunging nearly $30 at one point.
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The paths of Japan and Europe, which have been the sick men of the world economy for years, diverged this week: Japan showed a robust first quarter growth while Europe fell deeper into recession. Will Europe learn from Japan? The NYT reports.
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Spain may have sank deeper into recession in the first quarter, but the executive director of the euro zone's largest bank says the economy will bottom out this quarter and sees green shoots appearing.
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Honda is returning to Formula One, confirming that it will renew its partnership with McLaren and supply the British team's engines from 2015. The Financial Times reports.
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Dell reported earnings that fell far shy of market forecasts but revenue came in better than expected. Shares were little changed after-hours.
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President Obama on Thursday named White House budget official Daniel Werfel the new acting IRS commissioner.
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Tapering—or a gradual reduction in the Fed's $85 billion a month in asset purchases—is expected to be months away, but the markets are beginning to chat about it more.
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Is market froth coming to a head? Are investors about to get smacked with a sell-off?
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Retiring at an average of 61, Americans plan to stay on the job until 66, according to Gallup, an uptick that predates the 2008 recession.
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The idea of a total government monitoring is probably still the stuff of fiction, but that doesn't mean your boss doesn't have a pretty good idea of your workday habits.
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Berkshire Hathaway owns 11 percent of the ratings agency. Will this keep it from getting downgraded by Moody's?
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The food supply is under siege from a blitz of man-made hazards, from arsenic-laced chicken to dying bee colonies, and some favorites may someday vanish from the plate.
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Mercedes-Benz is digging in and putting more features into its redesigned flagship S-Class sedan. This is not just another ultra-luxury sedan.
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Parents might not recognize E. Robert Kinney by name, but they owe him a debt of gratitude for popularizing what might be the only kind of fish their kids will eat.
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A wealthy Chinese businessman hired a crew to smash his Maserati with sledgehammers to protest poor customer service, but the story is similar to another incident. Is this a trend or a stunt?
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The world's first vending machine for the digital currency is coming to Silicon Valley, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.
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Citigroup is banning some traders from accessing internal chat groups on their Bloomberg terminals, in the latest sign of concern by banks over online security issues.
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CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton told CNBC he believes his agency will be able to regulate the relationship between Bloomberg's trading business on its terminals and its news arm.
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