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  • Georgia's jobless rate drops to 8.2 percent Friday, 17 May 2013 | 9:59 AM ET

    ATLANTA-- Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent in April, state labor officials said Thursday. The figure is down from 8.4 percent in March, and 9.1 percent a year ago, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. Georgia's unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been since December 2008, Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said.

  • Georgia governor engaged in Bible dispute Friday, 17 May 2013 | 8:57 AM ET

    ATLANTA-- When Ed Buckner and his family went to a north Georgia state park to celebrate his son's birthday, he was surprised and concerned to find Bibles in the state-owned cabin he had rented.

  • Brady Campaign sues Ga town over mandatory gun law Friday, 17 May 2013 | 8:50 AM ET

    NELSON, Ga.-- A group that supports gun control filed suit Thursday against a north Georgia town that recently passed a law requiring gun ownership that it said is mostly symbolic. The Washington- based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a federal lawsuit against the town of Nelson, about 50 miles north of Atlanta, claiming the law is unconstitutional.

  • NEW YORK, May 17- In the financial world, arbitrage is a trading strategy that earns profit by exploiting price differences between markets. "That's the way we look at it," says Prescher, who lives with his wife, Suzan Haskins, in an apartment with a view of Mount Imbabura. "

  • *Consumer price index slips 0.4 percent, biggest drop since December 2008. NEW YORK, May 16- U.S.

  • NEW YORK, May 16- U.S. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday- the biggest jump since November.

  • Senate bill would clear Savannah harbor obstacle Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 10:47 AM ET

    SAVANNAH, Ga.-- A water-projects bill approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate contains a provision that would remove a bureaucratic obstacle to deepening the Savannah harbor if the measure becomes law.

  • WASHINGTON, May 16- The U.S. economy showed worrisome signs as jobless claims rose sharply last week while ground-breaking at home construction sites tumbled in April and a gauge of underlying inflation pointed to weak demand.

  • NEW YORK, May 16- U.S. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. "There's plenty of slack in the labor market," said Tanweer Akram, senior economist with ING U.S. Investment Management in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • WASHINGTON, May 15- A Republican-controlled panel in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the biggest cuts in food stamps for the poor in a generation and a potentially expensive expansion of federally subsidized crop insurance. The House Agriculture Committee approved a five-year, $500 billion farm bill on a 36-10 vote.

  • NEW YORK, May 15- Qatar Airways' top executive said the Middle Eastern carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing Co's forthcoming 777 X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline plans to open at least three new routes to the United States in the next 12 to 18 months. "

  • Qatar Air wants to be launch customer for Boeing 777X-CEO Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 2:54 PM ET

    NEW YORK, May 15- Qatar Airways' top executive said the Middle-Eastern carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing Co's forthcoming 777 X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline plans to open at least three new routes to the U.S. in the next 12 to 18 months. "

  • YOUR MONEY-Low costs lure U.S. college students abroad Monday, 13 May 2013 | 11:55 AM ET

    BOSTON, May 13- Looking for a low-cost college option? Patrick Finger, a high school senior from Southern California, did just that. He estimates his total expenses in Germany will amount to what he would spend in less than one year in the United States. "

  • Tri-state water feud plays out in Congress Monday, 13 May 2013 | 10:32 AM ET

    ATLANTA-- The water dispute between Alabama, Florida and Georgia is provoking hardball politics in Congress, where Georgia lawmakers derailed a proposal that could restrict metro Atlanta's water supply.

  • DETROIT, May 12- Six weeks into his work as Detroit's emergency manager, former bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr has found the city's finances in worse shape than expected, with long-term debt at $15 billion, $2 billion worse than figures disclosed before he took the job.

  • The yen's weakening against the dollar prompted selling of Japanese government bonds, so that Treasuries, Bunds and gilts "sold off in sympathy with JGBs," said Thomas di Galoma, senior vice president and head of fixed income rates sales at ED&F Man Capital Markets in New York.

  • The yen's weakening against the dollar prompted selling of Japanese government bonds, and Treasuries, bunds and gilts "sold off in sympathy with JGBs," said Thomas di Galoma, senior vice president and head of fixed income rates sales at ED&F Man Capital Markets in New York.

  • TREASURIES-Bond prices drop as dollar jumps v yen Friday, 10 May 2013 | 3:41 PM ET

    The yen's weakening against the dollar prompted selling of Japanese government bonds, and Treasuries, bunds and gilts "sold off in sympathy with JGBs," said Thomas di Galoma, senior vice president and head of fixed income rates sales at E D& F Man Capital Markets in New York.

  • May 10- Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc, two of Dell Inc's biggest shareholders, have proposed an alternative to a $24.4 billion buyout led by founder Michael Dell that will take private the world's No. 3 PC maker.

  • NEW YORK, May 10- Treasuries prices fell on Friday, pushing yields to their highest levels in nearly a month and a half, after the dollar rose to a 4-1/ 2- year high against the Japanese yen, breaking through the key 100- yen mark and spurring selling in longer-dated government debt.