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ThinkstockSunday’s New York Times story on the shenanigans played by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) at its aluminum warehouse in Detroit is nothing especially new. What is new is that the...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today rejected a settlement with Philip Falcone and his hedge fund firm Harbinger Capital Partners LLC that had been proposed by the...
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ThinkstockThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has crafted a proposal to develop new rules over the next two years that would put an end to many of the tax avoidance...
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courtesy Boeing Co.Last week’s fire in an unoccupied Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner at London’s Heathrow airport apparently has been traced to a malfunction in the aircraft’s emergency...
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thinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) are reportedly negotiating a settlement of $500 million with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The FERC announced penalties of about...
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Thinkstock An 80-mile-long chunk of the Vantage Pipeline system to carry ethane gas from North Dakota to Alberta has been approved by the U.S. State Department and the President. Ethane is used as a...
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ThinkstockIf you knew one thing was coming it would be that American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) would issue a statement after reports surfaced that the European Commission was drafting new proposals of...
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courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) dominates search in Europe even more than it does in the U.S. Fully 90% of all searches originating in European Union (EU) countries go to Google,...
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ThinkstockU.K.-based Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) is refusing to pay fines totaling $470 million levied against the bank by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) related to electricity...
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Wikimedia CommonsLast Friday’s announcement that AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) would acquire Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) for a total of $1.2 billion in cash ($15 a share) is not a...
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ThinkstockBy a vote of 4 to 1, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a proposed rule that would allow hedge funds, private equity firms, and other companies that raise money...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.In a U.S. District Court ruling this morning, U.S. Department of Justice charges against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for colluding to fix prices for e-books with several...
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courtesy of Sprint Corp.There has never been much question that the value of Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR), either to Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), or SoftBank,...
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Flickr - Marshall AstorMobile, Ala., has started a charm offensive to convince outsiders that it is somehow a better city than statistics show, at least based on crime and other demographic measures....
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Courtesy Chrysler Group LLCChrysler Group LLC, which is controlled by Italy’s Fiat SpA, said today that it has resolved its differences with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
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