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Not everyone raving about electronic music festival
As Joliet awaits this weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival, one of the country's biggest electronic dance music festivals, many local officials have been emphasizing economics. The festival's promoter, Insomniac, has commissioned impact studies to...
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Dollar treads water as investors await Bernanke testimony
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar languished well below last week's 4-1/2-year high against the yen on Wednesday, ahead of testimony from the U.S. Federal Reserve chief after two regional Fed presidents hinted that the central bank will continue its bond-...Tags: New Zealand, China, Portugal, Economy, Business and Finance, Charles Schwab
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Fed officials dampen talk of imminent bond buying cutback
ReutersNEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the chances that the central bank would signal a readiness to reduce its bond buying at its meeting next month, dampening speculation the Fed's ultra-easy...Tags: Employment, Government Debt, Prices, Financial Markets, S&P 500
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Fed could end bond buys in autumn if jobs outlook sure: Evans
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve could continue full-speed ahead on its bond-buying program through the summer, but end it abruptly in the autumn if by then it is confident that the improvement in the jobs outlook is here to stay, a top Fed...Tags: Employment, Robin Williams, Charles Evans, Productivity, Central Bank
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Brazil plans steeper reduction of key fiscal target -document
Reuters* Gov't plans to deduct $22 bln from primary budget goal * Lower goal means gov't to up spending, give tax breaks By Jeferson Ribeiro BRASILIA, May 21 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government has further lowered its primary budget surplus target for this...Tags: Productivity, Dilma Rousseff, Finance, Brazil, Politics
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Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state....Tags: Radiation Therapy, Dwayne Johnson, Colleges and Universities, Medical Procedures and Tests, Yeast Infection
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Dow, S&P end at records on Fed officials' reassurance
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 closing at new all-time highs as Federal Reserve officials' comments eased some concerns that the central bank could start reducing its stimulus program. Dow component Home Depot...Tags: Tim Cook, Corporate Officers, Annapolis, Financing and Stock Offerings, Rupert Murdoch
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ESPN Laying Off Employees; Reports Say At Least 100 In Bristol
The Hartford CourantESPN is laying off employees in Bristol and elsewhere in a cost-saving move that is eliminate hundreds of jobs, according to multiple sources, although the company did not report the size of the cutback. Layoffs mostly happened Tuesday but were...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , The Walt Disney Co., Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Williamsburg job fair aims to help ex-offenders
The Virginia GazetteJAMES CITY – One of the groups most needing help in recovering from the recession and the lingering jobless rates is ex-offenders, those who have been in jail or prison. Area employment professionals say there's a need for programs that teach ex-...Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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COLUMN-Bernanke's dangerous optimism: James Saft
Reuters(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By James Saft May 21 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an optimist about economic growth in the coming decades, rejecting "depressing" views about a slowdown to...Tags: Apple iTunes, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Economy, Alan Greenspan
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