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With few multi-million dollar sales to go by, home appraisers are valuing properties below their selling price, stalling lending and sales.
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*Facebook games platform to publish 10 titles. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1- When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game "ChronoBlade" on Facebook last year, the San Francisco- based startup felt sure it had a hit on its hands.
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NEW YORK, Feb 1- Wall Street's current jubilant narrative is that a rush into stocks by small investors has sparked a "great rotation" out of bonds and into equities that will power the bull market to new heights. Investors pumped $20.7 billion into stocks in the first four weeks of the year, the strongest four-week run since April 2000, according to Lipper.
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HARTFORD, Conn.-- For the second year in a row, Connecticut's largest business group and labor advocates are digging in for a fight in the legislature over raising the minimum wage. Connecticut Working Families is backing legislation that would increase the minimum wage from $8.25 an hour to $9 on July 1 and to $9.75 a year later.
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NEW YORK, Feb 1- Prices for U.S.
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WASHINGTON-- Curbing guns can't ensure an end to mass slayings like December's killings of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., but it will reduce firearm deaths, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1- Only 11 of the 50 U.S. states have moved to implement new consumer safeguards under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, raising questions about how major health insurance reforms will be enforced, a report released on Friday says.
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NEW YORK, Jan 31- The euro rose to a 14- month high against the dollar on Thursday, heading for its best month in over a year as signs of recovery in the euro zone's economy set the currency on a bullish trend. The yen fell to a 2-1/ 2- year low against both the U.S. dollar and euro, extending its recent decline on expectations of further monetary easing in Japan.
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*U.S. jobless claims bounce off 5- year low. *Chicago PMI index at highest in January since April. NEW YORK, Jan 31- U.S.
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*Chicago PMI index at highest in January since April. *U.S. jobless claims bounce off 5- year low. NEW YORK, Jan 31- Prices for U.S.
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NEW YORK-- MSNBC invited viewers Wednesday to draw their own conclusions about whether the parent of a Connecticut school shooting victim was heckled at a legislative hearing but didn't address criticism that it aired a deceptively edited video of the event.
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RALEIGH, N.C.-- In a case prosecutors say highlights weaknesses in the nation's gun laws, a South Carolina man admitted Wednesday he sold dozens of powerful military-style rifles at gun shows and in a hotel parking lot without any paperwork or background checks.
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Shawn Guertin, who has been with Aetna since 2011 and was previously CFO of Coventry Health Care Inc, which Aetna is buying, will replace Zubretsky on Feb. 25. The Hartford, Connecticut company announced plans in August for the $5.6 billion acquisition of Coventry, part of a strategy to expand in government-sponsored healthcare programs like Medicare.
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Jan 31- Aetna Inc said on Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings fell sharply, as costs rose in parts of its employer-based insurance business and as it took charges for settling litigation involving its payment practices for out-of-network care.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 30- Electronic Arts Inc slashed its fiscal 2013 earnings forecast after a weaker-than-expected holiday quarter marked by disappointing sales of its "Medal of Honor" title, as the industry struggles with flagging demand.
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Jan 30- Walmart has started to limit sales of ammunition to three boxes per customer per day due to limited supplies, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Walmart U.S., is the largest unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc the world's largest retailer and the largest U.S. gun seller.
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HARTFORD, Conn.-- Connecticut's tourism advertising campaign has been honored by an international marketing group. The Hospitality, Sales and Marketing Association International gave the campaign three Adrian Awards announced Tuesday night, including a gold for television creativity.
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HARTFORD, Conn.-- Connecticut lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing mental health care following the deadly Newtown school shooting, even though they and the public have little insight into the mental state of the 20- year-old gunman.
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*Euro hits highest since December 2011, just below $1.35. NEW YORK, Jan 29- The euro scaled 14- month peaks against the dollar on Tuesday, gaining in three of the last four sessions, boosted by a more upbeat euro zone outlook and expectations the Federal Reserve will keep its ultra-easy monetary policy for some time.
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*Treasury auctions $35 billion of five-year notes. NEW YORK, Jan 29- U.S. The Treasury auctioned $35 billion of five-year notes on Tuesday afternoon after selling $35 billion of two-year notes on Monday.
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*Treasury to auction $35 billion of five-year notes. NEW YORK, Jan 29- U.S. This is a reflection of the increase of the payroll tax with the tax holiday going away, "said Craig Dismuke, chief economic strategist with Vining Sparks in Memphis, Tennessee."