*China Life Insurance hit by Credit Suisse downgrade. HONG KONG, Jan 17- Mainland Chinese shares retreated further on Thursday from a 7-1/ 2- month high struck two days earlier, weighing on Hong Kong markets, with growth-sensitive counters leading the slide ahead of a slew of major Chinese economic data due on Friday.
*China Life Insurance hit by Credit Suisse downgrade. HONG KONG, Jan 17- Onshore China shares retreated further from a 7-1/ 2- month high on Thursday, reversing early Hong Kong gains, with growth-sensitive counters leading the slide ahead of a slew of major Chinese economic data being released on Friday.
TOKYO, Jan 16- Japanese government bond prices rose on Wednesday, with benchmark yields falling to a four-week low, as a sharp pullback in Japanese stocks and heightening anticipation of more Bank of Japan stimulus lifted sentiment.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan 10- In a dramatic about-face, Florida's health agency now says the cost to state taxpayers of expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law would be barely more than a tenth of its original estimate.
BEIJING/ HONG KONG, Jan 8- HSBC's sale of its $9.4 billion stake in Ping An Insurance to Thailand's CP Group has been thrown into jeopardy after state-run China Development Bank voiced concerns over funding for the deal, sources told Reuters.
Jan 8- The Federal Reserve has granted MetLife Inc a third extension to submit its capital plan as the insurer moves closer to completing the sale of its deposit-taking business to a unit of General Electric Co's GE Capital. MetLife has a bank holding charter because of its online banking business and is therefore overseen by the Fed.
HONG KONG, Jan 8- Hong Kong shares are set to start lower on Tuesday dragged by a 1.1 percent loss for China Life Insurance, topping losses among Chinese financials among Hang Seng Index components. The Hang Seng Index was set to open down 0.3 percent at 23,264 points.
Jan 4- With the fiscal cliff avoided and U.S. tax rates rising for higher income households, financial advisers have gone into overdrive to help their clients mitigate the negative effects while trying to benefit from the greater clarity.
WASHINGTON, Jan 4- It is not easy if you have. dedicated most of a journalism career to writing about money to read "Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry." This new book by New York journalist Helaine Olen surveys all that she believes is wrong with the financial advice industry.
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Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 6:40 PM ETYou say the name of a stock, and Mad Money's Jim Cramer tells you whether to buy or sell.