AP - The publisher of The Wall Street Journal went to court Tuesday seeking to overturn a 31-year ban on the release of records about how much Medicare money individual doctors receive.
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Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched an inquiry into statements put out by the state of Illinois regarding the potential long-term savings from a pension reform law, a spokeswoman for Governor Pat Quinn said on Tuesday.
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AP - Stock indexes finished about where they started Tuesday after a round of disappointing corporate earnings and another drop in home prices. Trading was muted ahead of President Obama's State of the Union speech, in which he was expected to outline a plan to reduce the deficit.
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AP - DISAPPOINTING EARNINGS: 3M lost 2 percent after the manufacturing company's income fell because of higher costs. Johnson & Johnson lost 1.8 percent after reporting a 12 percent drop in income. The maker of Tylenol and other drugs was hammered by costly recalls of its products.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:09:54 GMT]
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AP - Stock indexes finished about where they started Tuesday after a round of disappointing corporate earnings and another drop in home prices. Trading was muted ahead of President Obama's State of the Union speech, in which he was expected to outline a plan to reduce the deficit.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:08:22 GMT]
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Reuters - U.S. stocks erased losses in a late flurry of buying to end little changed on Tuesday as overall optimism about earnings offset disappointing results from blue chips 3M and Johnson & Johnson.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:53:01 GMT]
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Reuters - Shareholders of publicly listed companies will get to weigh in on executive compensation through advisory votes, under a new rule adopted by U.S. securities regulators on Tuesday.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:35:29 GMT]
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AP - Merrill Lynch on Tuesday agreed to pay a $10 million fine to settle civil securities fraud charges by regulators who accused the firm of misusing customers' order data to make trades for its own account and for failing to disclose trading fees.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:57:49 GMT]
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AP - The British pound took a hit Tuesday after official figures showed the U.K. economy unexpectedly contracted in the last three months of 2010.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:48:29 GMT]
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AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:
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AP - Federal regulators are giving shareholders at large public companies the right to register their opinions on executive pay at least once every three years.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:09:38 GMT]
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AFP - Stock markets were pulled lower on Tuesday by news of a surprise contraction in British quarterly economic growth.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:37:43 GMT]
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AFP - European stock markets mostly fell on Tuesday, with London pulled lower by news of a surprise contraction in British quarterly economic growth.
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AFP - Key stock markets rose in opening deals on Tuesday, with London gaining ground ahead of a crucial first estimate of British economic growth for the fourth quarter of last year.
[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:41:21 GMT]
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AP - Federal regulators will settle civil charges against a former chief executive at Innospec Inc., who they say approved bribes to Iraqi and Indonesian officials to get more business supplying a chemical used to refine oil.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:03:03 GMT]
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Reuters - The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating dealings between former Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill and a former top aide who now works at Goldman Sachs.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:55:42 GMT]
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Reuters - Russian stock markets and the ruble weakened on Monday after news that at least 31 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a suicide bomb blast at Russia's biggest airport Domodedovo.
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AFP - Key stocks rose at the start of trading on Monday, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gaining 0.22 percent to 5,909.32 points.
[Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:28:36 GMT]
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AP - The news last week that Apple's Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence was a big story. But something else about the company got far less attention and could be even more important to investors this year.
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Reuters - The much anticipated pullback is finally under way, some investors say, after a mid-week wobble. But the market is showing it still has some juice left -- if earnings can meet towering expectations.
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