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Orioles look to profit as enthusiasm carries over from surprising 2012
Baltimore baseball fans flocked back to Camden Yards and merrily decorated themselves in orange and black as the Orioles authored baseball's most surprising story of 2012. Now, signs abound that the enthusiasm from last fall — when the team...
Tags: New York Yankees, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Boston Red Sox, Buck Showalter, Major League Baseball
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Regulators roll out streamlined mortgage modification program
In a push to simplify mortgage modifications, federal regulators announced a streamlined process that doesn't require borrowers to prove a hardship. "This new option gives delinquent borrowers another path to avoid foreclosure," Edward J. DeMarco,...
Tags: Kamala D. Harris, Financial and Business Services, Finance, Fannie Mae, Money and Monetary Policy
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Bernanke warns Congress that budget cuts pose danger [Updated]
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned Tuesday that the upcoming budget cuts under the so-called sequestration would create a "significant" burden on an economy that is growing only moderately. In his semi-annual economic report...Tags: Employment, Government Debt, Money and Monetary Policy, Bonds, U.S. Congress
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The True National Debt
WASHINGTON -- How big is the national debt? You'd think this would be an easy question. Surely we know how much the government owes. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. The true national debt could be triple the conventional estimate, anywhere from $11...
Tags: Finance, Social Security, Gross Domestic Product, U.S. Congress, National Government
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California will tap bond market for $2.7 billion
California will sell $2.7 billion worth of bonds in March, tapping the bond market for the first time since its credit rating was boosted earlier this year. The Golden State will sell $2.2 billion worth of general obligation bonds, which are tax-exempt,...
Tags: Bill Lockyer, Bonds, Ratings, Credit and Debt, Credit Ratings
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Financial crisis deal makes Buffett a major Goldman shareholder
Warren Buffett, the ultimate buy-and-hold investor, is grabbing a big chunk of stock in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. — without having to buy it. The deal would make Buffett’s Omaha-based investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., one of Goldman&...Tags: Finance, Federal Reserve, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Investments
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Death sentence upheld in 1993 Indian bombing that killed 257
NEW DELHI -- India’s lumbering legal system delivered its final verdict Thursday in a 1993 serial bombing attack in Mumbai that killed 257 people and injured 700, upholding the death penalty for one of the accused masterminds and reducing to life in...
Tags: India, Punishment, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Mumbai (India)
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The Cyprus confusion
WASHINGTON -- Logically, what happens in Cyprus should stay in Cyprus. With a population of just over 1 million and an economy that's a mere 0.2 percent of the 17-nation eurozone, the country seems too small to matter on the world stage. Yet, that's where...Tags: International Monetary Fund, Finance, Gross Domestic Product, Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Economy, Business and Finance
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Fed policymakers increasingly divided over monetary stimulus
WASHINGTON -- An increasing number of top Federal Reserve officials are worried about the downside of their economic stimulus efforts, raising the possibility that the central bank could curb its monthly bond purchases sooner than financial markets are...
Tags: Finance, Career and Workplace, Employment, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve
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MarksJarvis: Gold's fade prompts some to say bull market is ending
Are the golden years over for gold? With prominent hedge fund managers such as George Soros selling large quantities of gold, and the price down about 16 percent from 2011's all-time peak of more than $1,900, some experts think gold's best days could be...
Tags: Mario Draghi, Finance, U.S. Congress, Gold and Precious Material, European Central Bank
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MarksJarvis: Dow dips, but big downturn isn't expected
Ten isn't the charm. The Dow Jones industrial average set records for eight days and rallied 10 days, but on Friday the market lost it, declining 25 points to 14,514. Analysts attributed some of the downturn to a slide in consumer confidence to 71.8...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Consumers, Mutual Funds, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Finance
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USCA concludes first fly-in of 2013 to D.C.
The United States Cattlemen's Association (USCA) concluded its first fly-in of 2013 to Washington, D.C. recently. Members representing Virginia, Montana, North Dakota, Maryland, Kansas and Indiana made the trip to D.C. for the week's schedule of meetings....Tags: Securities, MF Global, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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|Story| Aberdeen News
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