AP – Americans stepped up their spending in February, boosting sales at many stores and offering the latest sign that shoppers are feeling more confident in the economy.
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Strong retail sales are sign of improving economy
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AP – He predicted the tech-stock collapse. He foresaw the housing bust.
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Economist who foresaw burst bubbles voices caution
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AP – Brazil has extended a tax on short-term foreign loans in a bid to curb the strengthening of the country;s currency.
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Brazil extends tax on foreign loans
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AP – Gold and silver climbed Thursday, recovering some of the ground they lost the day before after the Federal Reserve issued an optimistic assessment of the U.S. economy.
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Gold, silver recover some of Wednesday’s losses
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Reuters – U.S. manufacturing cooled in February and consumer spending was flat for a third straight month in January, suggesting the economy lost more steam early this year than expected.
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Factory growth cools, spending stagnant
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AP – Pump prices kept marching toward $4 a gallon Thursday and signs of a stronger U.S. economy helped push the price of benchmark oil past $108 per barrel.
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Gasoline and oil prices continue to march higher
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AP – The dollar was mixed against other major currencies Thursday after the U.S. job market improved last week, but the unemployment situation within the 17 countries that use the euro worsened.
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Dollar mixed after US, eurozone jobs data
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AP – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has adjusted a recently released report on state business incentives to show almost six in 10 recipients of economic development grants, tax credits and other perks have met the conditions of their state agreements.
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Ohio AG adjusts report on business incentives
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Reuters – Individual investors moved back into the markets in February to take advantage of rising stock prices as the economic recovery gained steam and risk aversion eased, said the head of one of the top U.S. discount brokers.
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Retail investors jump back into stocks in February
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AP – Germany’s public-sector workers are set to walkout next week over a pay dispute with the government, a trade union said Thursday.
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German public-sector union calls strikes
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