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President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil won the first round of voting Sunday in Brazil’s national elections.
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Petrobra, saw more than just a garden variety sell-off on Monday morning. The stock is tied to the Brazilian election more than it is to its own fundamentals.
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The U.S. Treasury has finally made its proposed effort to deal with the waves of corporate tax inversions that have created such a stir of late.
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An important question to ask is whether Petrobras is simply becoming too much of a daily barometer for Brazil's upcoming presidential elections.
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The polls have been closed for about an hour in the Scottish referendum on independence and the votes are being tallied,
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Voters in Scotland started going to the polls at 7 a.m. local time Thursday to answer a seemingly simple question: Should Scotland be an independent country?
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24/7 Wall St. wants to explore what would happen to Scotland's economy if it does actually break away from the United Kingdom.
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury has issued its budget for the month of August 2014, showing a deficit of $128.708 billion. The report is based upon receipts (taxes and income) of $194.248 billion and...
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ThinkstockBy Claude Salhani of Oilprice.com For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive and prosper it knew...
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Emirates airline said Friday that it could continue to buy aircraft from Boeing even if the U.S. Congress does not renew the lending authorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
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The European Union is expected to adopt stricter sanctions against Russia on Tuesday in an effort to get Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine.
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Among the first items of business Congress is expected to take up when members return from vacation next week is a reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
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ThinkstockThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has projected that the current number of uninsured people is expected to decrease. The actuary report signaled that there will also be a...
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ThinkstockLos Angeles could become the third California city to take action on a proposal to raise its minimum wage. The city’s mayor, Eric Garcetti, is expected to announce a plan on Labor Day to...
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Courtesy Boeing Co.When the monthly report on durable goods orders came out on Tuesday, virtually everyone was surprised at the 22.6% improvement. However, when transportation is backed out of the...
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