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ThinkstockThe trade balance has begun to matter again. After all, lower energy imports and higher energy exports have been a game changer in America. That being said, should we be concerned that one...
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J.P. Morgan announced Thursday that it has received clearance from U.S. regulators to process a transfer of funds from the Russian embassy in Kazakhstan to an insurance company partly owned by...
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The government of South Korea has announced that it will seek bids for four military refueling tankers in June, and Boeing said on Wednesday that it intends to compete for the contract.
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The second-largest market for the Model S from Tesla Motors is Norway. In fact, in March the Model S sold more cars than any model ever in Norwegian history.
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In the first such action by a large U.S. financial institution as a result of sanctions against Russia, J.P. Morgan blocked a transfer of funds from a Russian embassy to an insurance company partly...
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ThinkstockHow long should a winning streak really last in the stock market? A casual market observer might think the market has a 50-50 chance of being up or down on any given day, so what about when...
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Mining giant BHP Billiton is working on a plan to spin off its underperforming assets. Shares of some of its competitors were higher Tuesday, as investors speculated the spin-off might prove...
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U.S. Department of EnergyThe U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) currently holds 695.9 million barrels of oil and has a total capacity of 727 million barrels. And unless it is under consideration...
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Workers at a German distribution center for Amazon.com have walked off the job over a pay dispute that has lasted nearly a year. At issue is how Amazon classifies its 9,000 German warehouse employees.
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ThinkstockThere are at least two stories about the skyrocketing cost of limes: one is a poor harvest in Mexico, and the other is the mob. The growers and the government want you to believe the first...
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ThinkstockWhen Chinese Internet company Alibaba announced it would hold an initial public offering, the betting in markets around the world was that the IPO would be the most valuable ever, with the...
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500.com Ltd. is supposed to be the lottery stock investment for China. It turns out that it has been a losing ticket in March, and a secondary offering is only adding insult to injury.
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All Nippon Airways, Japan's largest airline, has ordered 40 new planes from Boeing and 30 from Airbus. ANA has not purchased planes from Airbus since the 1990s.
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If you want proof that the emerging market BRIC trade strategy of Brazil, Russia, India and China is less and less opportunistic now, what does it tell you when a credit rating agency downgrades one...
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Pegatron, the Taiwan-based company that is the main manufacturer of the iPhone 5c from Apple, reported Monday morning that its earnings rose by 22% in the fourth quarter of 2013.
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