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Wikimedia CommonsBitcoin received a blow last week after the online exchange MtGox suspended withdrawals of bitcoins on its exchange. Now there is another foe that has arisen, and one that may seem a...
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courtesy of USPSIf the U.S. Postal Service was a stock, it might have the highest short interest of any on Wall Street. The good old USPS just keeps turning in losses, keeps having inverted liability...
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A landmark settlement has been reached in the high-profile case between Google and EU antitrust regulators. Google has agreed to provide comparable prominence in online search results to services...
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With decades-old restrictions removed, Southwest Airlines now can fly to all 50 states. It is free to challenge the huge, merger-created U.S. carriers such as United Continental, Delta Air Lines and...
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Late last year, a merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US seemed likely. In the wake of comments by William Baer, the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust chief, it looks like there may not be a deal.
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ThinkstockThe wait has been long, and still there is no resolution. On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Department of State released its supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) related to the...
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A donkey meat recall earlier in January at some Walmart Chinese stores has resulted in the company's adoption of tighter controls on its Chinese suppliers. Walmart will begin DNA testing of the meat...
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A worker at a Los Angeles McDonald's outlet will attend President Obama's State of the Union Tuesday evening as the guest of California Representative Linda Sanchez. The White House has indicated...
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More than 400 Boeing 767 planes face further safety checks, by order of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), due risks of malfunction in flight-control systems that could cause pilots to lose...
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The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council has begun looking at Berkshire Hathaway to determine whether the financial powerhouse is important enough to the global financial system to require...
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ThinkstockVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is on the winning end of an argument about Net Neutrality. A US appeals court has overturned certain aspects of the so-called Net Neutrality laws,...
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Some 300,000 West Virginia residents are unable to drink local water because of a recent chemical spill. The state is so poor, and its government so strained by efforts to dig people out of poverty,...
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Bank of America was another Dow Jones Industrial Average component that was booted in 2013. The real question is what lies ahead in its ongoing recovery. 24/7 Wall St. takes a look at the bullish and...
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Retail giant Walmart has issued a recall notice for about 73,400 folding table and chair sets in the U.S., and in China it recalled donkey meat following tests that showed that the product had been...
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courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has not really enjoyed itself in the raging bull market of 2013. Its stock has managed gains of almost 11% so far this year, but...
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