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WASHINGTON, April 22- The United States will become more reliant than ever on imported food if it does not pass immigration reforms to assure there are enough workers to harvest fruit and vegetable crops and milk cows, a farm coalition told senators on Monday.
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April 19- Unemployment rates dropped in most U.S. states in March from the year before, including California where joblessness fell to a four-year low, as the recovery picked up in places hit hard by the housing downturn.
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April 17- Bank of America Corp has reached a record $500 million settlement with investors who claimed they were misled by its Countrywide unit into buying risky mortgage debt.
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*China Q1 GDP, industrial output undershoot forecasts. NEW YORK, April 15- Gold slumped anew on Monday, racking up its worst two-day loss in 30 years, and investors dumped stocks and other commodities after weaker-than-expected Chinese data raised concerns about the global economic outlook.
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NEW YORK, April 15- Gold slumped anew on Monday, racking up its worst two-day loss in 30 years, and investors dumped stocks and other commodities after weaker-than-expected Chinese data raised concerns about the global economic outlook. Gold took other metals lower with it as its price plunged to a two-year low.
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*Dish Network offers $25.5 billion for Sprint, whose shares jump. *Citigroup shares gain after bank posts rise in first-quarter profit. NEW YORK, April 15- Wall Street stocks were lower for a second straight session after data in China and the United States added to a spate of recent indications the global economy may be slowing.
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*Dish Network offers $25.5 billion for Sprint, whose shares jump. *Citigroup shares gain after bank posts rise in first-quarter profit. NEW YORK, April 15- U.S. stocks were poised for a lower open, putting the S&P 500 on track to dip for a second consecutive session after data showed growth in China and manufacturing growth in New York state were slower than expected.
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Circuit Judge Carlos Bea wrote for a three-judge panel that Congress did not intend to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission broad power to displace the claims, citing lawmakers' "deliberate efforts to preserve traditional areas of state regulation of the natural gas industry."
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*Ethanol advocates to meet with members of Congress. Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol trade group, said producers from Illinois, Colorado, Iowa and other Midwestern states would meet with their representatives in Congress to parry what they called a "desperate" attempt by oil companies to stamp out renewable fuel use.
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WASHINGTON, March 26- Tax revenues of U.S. state and local governments grew for the 13th quarter in a row at the end of 2012, rising 2.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Census data released on Tuesday. Tax revenue totaled $399.7 billion, compared with $389.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011. For states alone, the increase was sharper.
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NEW YORK, March 24- U.S. stocks could break through to all-time closing highs this week, but it could depend on a solution to Cyprus' fiscal woes. Cyprus faces a Monday deadline to avert a collapse of its banking system.
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NEW YORK, March 22- U.S. stocks could break through to all-time closing highs next week- provided a resolution to the fiscal woes of Cyprus satisfies investors.
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March 21- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc has won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of making misleading statements to investors that ultimately resulted in a financial restatement and a regulatory inquiry.
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March 21- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc has won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of making misleading statements to investors that ultimately resulted in a financial restatement and a regulatory inquiry.
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*Baucus warns of growing impatience in Congress. Richard Gilfillan, who is overseeing the initiative at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told the Senate Finance Committee that his agency is now testing three-dozen care delivery models involving 50,000 healthcare providers and more than 1 million beneficiaries.
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*Bipartisan opposition in full Senate will likely kill it. *Legislation drafted in response to Newtown massacre. President Barack Obama' s bid to renew a ban against military-style assault weapons narrowly won the backing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and now goes to the full Senate, where it was expected to fail.
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*Similar proposals in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Wyoming was the first to make the leap this year, raising its tax to 24 cents per gallon from 14 cents on Feb. 15.
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*About $200 million to go into actively-managed derivatives. March 13- The largest public pension in Los Angeles is investing $800 million in commodities over the next two years, a quarter in actively managed derivatives, as it tries to profit from markets that have frustrated many institutional investors.
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*About $200 million to go into actively-managed derivatives. March 13- The largest public pension in Los Angeles is investing $800 million in commodities over the next two years, a quarter in actively managed derivatives, as it tries to profit from markets that have frustrated many institutional investors.
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NEW YORK, March 8- The Dow's run to record highs in the stock market's rally this year may not mean it's time for investors to go on a buying spree. "We're telling clients to take a more defensive approach to the market right now," said Frank Fantozzi, chief executive of Planned Financial Services, an independent wealth manager in Cleveland.