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Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said a stable Japanese debt market is "extremely desirable" and that the central bank will work to head off volatility in bond yields.
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Rio Tinto has cut about 100 jobs at its copper operation in Utah and warned further positions will be cut later this month to reduce operating costs after a pit-wall collapse in April.
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The new chief executive of the Chicago Board Options Exchange said Thursday that he plans to take its highly prized volatility franchise global and is open to deal making to bolster the company's leading position in stock-options trading.
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Shiite fighters, primarily from Lebanon, Iran and Iraq, are flowing into Syria to defend the al-Assad regime but more fundamentally to protect the Shiite faith from what they see as a regional Sunni onslaught.
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Bartitsu, an obscure Victorian system of gentlemanly self-defense practiced by Sherlock Holmes, has a new generation of practitioners.
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A move by regulators that put the biggest bank merger of 2012 on ice is sending a chill through midsize financial institutions.
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Goldman said at its annual meeting that it has adopted 39 initiatives aimed at strengthening its business practices in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, as shareholders voted to approve executive pay.
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The government issued subpoenas to four senior executives of SAC Capital Advisors who are part of Steven A. Cohen's inner circle, including the firm's president and chief compliance officer.
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Some homeowners are finding an unusual way to get major home makeovers free and attract plenty of interest from the market: They allow charities to turn their homes into designer show houses.
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China's labor market has been a bright spot amid economic gloom, but there are signs employment is beginning to weaken too.
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