U.S. stocks and the euro retreated for a third day as concern about Italian banks kept Europe’s debt crisis in focus and Oracle Corp. led technology shares lower. Italian, Irish and Spanish bond yields surged, while the rate Treasury notes decreased to 2011 lows.
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Meet the entrepreneurs behind 25 companies that aim to turn a profit while helping to solve social ills
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Businesses that aim to tackle social ills and turn a profit are getting attention from mainstream investors. Our third annual roundup profiles 25 ventures
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Meet the women and men, aged 30 and under, who are running companies that could become the next Google or Facebook
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota said it would be “desirable” to lift the target for the benchmark U.S. interest rate by a “modest amount” this year, based on his inflation forecast.
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Although the national economy has been sputtering, America’s population continues to grow. Find out which U.S. cities grew fastest from 2000 to 2010
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Yngo del Norte. Mejor obediencia con 94 puntos en el Campeonato de España 2011 de trabajo del Club rottweiler España
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Equity futures are pointing higher this morning with the Dow Jones Industrial Average looking to open 15 points higher while the broader S&P500 index is looking to open over 2 points higher. Moving fast in the pre-market session are shares of Royale Energy up over 8% on rising crude oil prices. Shares of Hudson City Bancorp are down over 3% after Jim Cramer said the stock lacks growth on ‘Mad Money’; shares of MetLife are down over 5% as AIG looks to speed up the sale of the company’s shares; and shares of Weatherford International are down over 15% after the company filed to delay its 10-K, citing weak internal controls over reporting for income taxes, and said it needs more time to conduct added testing on tax accounts. BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) reported Q4 EPS of .95, ex-items, ahead of consensus estimates of .92 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 7% year-over-year to .90 billion, missing consensus estimates of .98 billion.
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