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3 hrs ago | Reuters

Hedge funds back to selling gold after propping market a month ago

Hedge funds and other big speculators in commodities have started selling gold in a big way, trade data showed on Friday, just a month after they had supported the precious metal amid a record tumble in its price.

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Related Topix: Corporate / Securities Law, Law

7 hrs ago | South China Morning Post

Google Maps leads abducted Chinese boy home to family 23 years later

Amy Li began her journalism career as a crime news reporter in Queens, New York, in 2004.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Journalism, Queens, NY, New York, NY,

11 hrs ago | Reuters

COMMODITIES-Up broadly on strong US economic data; gold slumps

Gold fell, touching a 1-month low and closing down for a seventh straight session as the dollar hit its highest levels since 2008 after some Federal Reserve officials said the central bank should end its stimulus for the U.S. economy.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Financial Markets

15 hrs ago | Reuters

SAC Capital won't fully cooperate with government: letter

Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation.

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17 hrs ago | AlertNet

UN Security Council mulls Syria cross-border aid push

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, World News

21 hrs ago | Reuters

Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs

Job seekers stand in line to meet with prospective employers at a career fair in New York City, October 24, 2012.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois, Illinois Government, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC, 9

Fri May 17, 2013

AlertNet

Amtrak suspends New York-Boston service after train accident

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Related Topix: Fairfield, CT

AlertNet

U.S. Navy SEAL dies in Fort Knox training accident

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Fort Knox, KY

Common Dreams

Canadian PM Harper: Tar Sands Are Awesome

Canada's right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in New York on Thursday championing tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline, saying "global emissions" from the crude are "almost nothing" and that the flow of tar sands from Canada's Mordor into the U.S. is an absolute certainty.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Stephen Harper, US News, Liberal Political News

Globe and Mail

Premarket: Gold slides as U.S. stock futures rise

A Bloomberg terminal displays news while traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange A Bloomberg terminal displays news while traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday, indicating the S&P 500 will rebound from its worst decline in nearly three weeks, keeping the index on track for ... (more)

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Related Topix: Financial Markets

Reuters

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

** U.S.-insurer New York Life is in exclusive negotiations with Yuanta Financial to sell its Taiwan assets, two sources with close knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Friday.

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Related Topix: Sempra Energy, Energy, Caterpillar, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

The Globe and Mail

Citi bans forex traders from using Bloomberg internal chat groups

Citigroup will move its traders, many of whom are based in London or New York, on to an internal platform by the end of the month.. Citigroup will move its traders, many of whom are based in London or New York, on to an internal platform by the end of the month.. Citigroup is banning traders in its foreign exchange division from accessing internal ... (more)

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Related Topix: Financial Services, CitiMortgage, Citigroup, Banking

Thu May 16, 2013

Rediff.com

Mobile phone sales: Samsung TOPS, Nokia FALLS

The worldwide mobile phone sales totaled nearly 426 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0.7 per cent from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Consulting, Gartner

The Gazette

Reuters wrote a new blog post: Lifestyle change may ease heart risk from job stress

Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research confirms - but putting down the beer bottle and going for a walk may help.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY

AlertNet

Tornadoes tear through Texas towns, killing six

Authorities warned the death toll could rise from the storms, which struck from early evening to around dusk, flattening homes and uprooting trees across at least four counties near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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Related Topix: Texas, Weather, Tornado, Natural Disasters

AlertNet

Us Stocks Snapshot-Wall St opens flat after data, Cisco ...

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Related Topix: Financial Markets

The Gazette

Jon Erickson, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier wrote a new blog post:...

A woman walks out of the Internal Revenue Service building in New York in this May 13, 2013 photo.

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Related Topix: Tax, Cedar Falls, IA, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King, Democrat, Representative Bruce Braley

Reuters

Factory, wholesale price data flag economy's woes

A customer shops along the fruits department in a Sam's Club store, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, in Bentonville, Arkansas June 2, 2011.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Bentonville, AR, Financial Markets

Wed May 15, 2013

Digital Video Editing

Hedge fund billionaire Loeb says Sony reminds him of Yahoo

Billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb says Sony Corp reminds him of Yahoo Inc before he waged a bitter proxy fight that triggered a boardroom shake-out at the Internet company last year.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Citizen Sports, Facebook, Google

South China Morning Post

'Pilot missing after Shandong helicopter hijacked by 20 men'

Amy Li began her journalism career as a crime news reporter in Queens, New York, in 2004.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Queens, NY, New York, NY, Southwestern University, World News, China, Asia

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