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Idiots on the loose
Has the administration gone completely off the rails in Washington? I write here of the IRS taking aim for "extra scrutiny" of tax-exempt status requests from Tea Party and Patriot groups and the outrageous Justice Department subpoena of telephone...Tags: News Media, The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Internal Revenue Service, Justice System
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Yen gains on minister's comments; rise seen as temporary
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The yen rose from a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the currency might have weakened enough, prompting some investors to pare bets against it. The yen's slight reprieve came...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Singapore, Board of Directors, Money and Monetary Policy, Insurance
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EDITORIAL: CO2 overdose
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.THE NEWS about 400 parts per million -- the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- it's just a symbolic figure that gives environmental doomsayers something to whine about, right? Well, sure, if you don't care about rising temperatures,...Tags: Weather, Conservation, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceans
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Lexington Herald-Leader John Clay column
The Lexington Herald-LeaderSaturday's Preakness Stakes was a great big welcome back to a trio of horse racing's most important names: D. Wayne Lukas, Gary Stevens and Calumet Farm. However, Brad Kelley, the owner of the latter, wasn't at Pimlico, and don't expect him to step into...Tags: Oxbow (racehorse), Equestrian, The New York Times, Triple Crown, Pimlico
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Yahoo may stumble with Tumblr
Boston HeraldTumblr, we hardly knew ye. The microblogging platform, with its coveted younger demographic, is on the market and the expected buyer, Yahoo, almost certainly would burden the site with a layer of bureaucracy that will drive away many of its 100 million...Tags: AOL LLC, Demographics, Google Inc., Media Industry, Marissa Mayer
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Chesapeake Energy hires Anadarko executive as CEO
Reuters(Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp on Monday named a top executive at rival Anadarko Petroleum Corp to head the No. 2 U.S. natural gas producer, which has suffered through a governance crisis and liquidity crunch over the last year. Chesapeake hired...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Board of Directors, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Parties and Movements
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US STOCKS-Futures little changed after records, acquisitions eyed
Reuters* Yahoo's board approves $1.1 bln Tumblr acquisition -WSJ * Actavis to acquire Warner Chilcott in stock-for-stock deal * Futures off: Dow 5 pts, S&P 0.9 pts, Nasdaq 2.25 pts NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were little changed in...Tags: China, Stock Market, S&P 500, Credit Ratings, NASDAQ
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Yahoo comprará Tumblr por 1.100 mlns dlrs en efectivo
Reuters(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc comprará el servicio de blogs online Tumblr por 1.100 millones de dólares en efectivo, dijo el lunes la compañía. El acuerdo, que usará alrededor de un quinto de los 5.400 millones de dólares que tiene Yahoo en efectivo y...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Google Inc., Computer Networking and Internet, Yahoo! Inc., Marissa Mayer
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NY regulator questions investment firms' ties to insurers: WSJ
Reuters(Reuters) - New York's top financial regulator has sent subpoenas to several firms seeking information on investments that guarantee steady payments to hundreds of thousands of retirees and other consumers, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Insurance, Investments, Newspaper and Magazine
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STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-TomTom up on report about possible takeover
ReutersShares in TomTom surge more than 7 percent in thin holiday trade on media comment that the digital map-maker could become a takeover target. Europe's largest maker of navigation devices is among the three biggest digital map-makers in the world and has...Tags: International Travel, Facebook, Travel
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Chesapeake Energy hires Anadarko executive as CEO -WSJ
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp has hired Robert Douglas Lawler of rival Anadarko Petroleum Corp as chief executive, filling the post vacated by co-founder Aubrey McClendon, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the...Tags: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Aubrey K. McClendon, Corporate Officers, Petroleum Industry
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PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - May 20
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * New York's top financial regulator subpoenaed a handful of Wall Street investment firms...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Hulu, Finance, United Kingdom, Chesapeake Energy Corp.
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