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U.S. stocks were poised to open higher Thursday, as investors look past the latest European worries and await key earnings and economic reports, as well as the final pricing for Facebook’s initial public offering.
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American employers substantially stepped up their hiring in January, bringing the unemployment rate down for the fifth month in a row.
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The Justice Department charged Switzerland’s oldest bank Thursday with helping American taxpayers hide more than .2 billion from the Internal Revenue Service. The case marks the first time an overseas bank has been charged in the U.S. for aiding tax evasion.
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European stocks wavered between losses and gains in morning trading Monday, following the Standard & Poor’s downgrade of nine eurozone governments.
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U.S. stocks recovered from earlier losses to ended little changed Wednesday as concerns about Europe’s weak economy and debt crisis weighed on the market.
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that he’s concerned about European sovereign debt problems spilling over to the U.S. economy, according to senators.
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Even as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis heats up, there’s been no mass exodus of investor funds out of the eurozone this year.
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In the wake of the Congressional debt committee’s failure to find agreement, Fitch Ratings affirmed the United States’ top-notch credit rating on Monday but revised its rating outlook to “negative,” down from “stable.”
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After getting fed up with the sluggish U.S. economy, these job seekers tell their stories about trying their luck elsewhere.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The United States is on track to accrue a .3 trillion deficit this year, marking the third straight year of trillion-plus deficits, the official scorekeeper for Congress reported Wednesday.
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