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US rate on 30-year mortgages rises to 3.59 pct.

Average rates on fixed mortgages rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery.

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 06:51pm EDT

House backs variable rate student loans

House approves student loan rates linked to financial markets despite a veto threat

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 06:10pm EDT

Stocks end lower as investors reassess Fed worries

Stocks end lower after bumpy trading day, investors reassess Fed worries, China economy

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 06:00pm EDT

Big stores nix credit card settlement, file suit

Major retailers opt out of fee-fixing settlement with Visa and MasterCard, file own lawsuit

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 05:01pm EDT

Sony mulls hedge fund's entertainment sale idea

Sony CEO says board mulling hedge fund boss Loeb's proposal to spin off entertainment business

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 05:00pm EDT

IMF chief Lagarde in court in fraud probe

IMF chief Lagarde appears in court in French fraud investigation over arbitration deal

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 04:53pm EDT

Appellate court: Berlusconi ran illegal scheme

Appeals court says Berlusconi headed illegal operation to avoid taxes on movie rights

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 04:41pm EDT

Oil tracks gains in stocks, erases early losses

Oil tracks gains in stocks, erases early losses; US pump price at $3.66 as weekend nears

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 04:29pm EDT

Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 fine

Shareholder adviser firm paying $300,000 to settle charges of failing to protect client data

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 04:10pm EDT

Kerry Kennedy, farmworker protest Wendy's in NYC

Kerry Kennedy joins Fla-based farmworker protest outside Wendy's NY stockholder meeting

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 03:20pm EDT

Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions

Turkish lawmakers debate restricting alcohol sales and ads as critics warn of Islamization

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 03:20pm EDT

Survey shows China manufacturing contracting

Survey shows China manufacturing contracting, adding to signs economy cooling

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 02:30pm EDT

US stock market recovers most of an early loss

US stock prices ease, recovering most of an early swoon, after Chinese manufacturing contracts

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 12:33pm EDT

Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

Microsoft reveals Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment console, last of 3 major systems unveiled

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 12:24pm EDT

EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation

In PR shambles, EU scraps mocked proposal to regulate olive oil bottles in restaurants

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 11:20am EDT

Stock slump continues on Wall Street

Uncertainty about Federal Reserve's commitment to economic stimulus sends markets lower

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 10:48am EDT

Fox show brings messy workplaces to television

Fox reality show puts employees at risk of being fired on television

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 10:44am EDT

ECB official: New bank authority 'indispensable'

A top European Central Bank official is calling for quick creation of an agency with powers to restructure and wind down busted banks, in an apparent pushback against Germany's insistence that such fundamental changes should take time.

Friday - 09/16/2011, 03:48pm EDT

Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 340K

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth.

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 11:08am EDT

US equities sell-off goes on; futures slump

US equities sell-off carries over as stock futures tumble; global markets sliding

Thursday - 05/23/2013, 09:48am EDT

Stocks pull back from record levels on Wall Street

Stocks pull back from record levels on Wall Street as a market advance slows

Friday - 05/10/2013, 02:02am EDT

Japan Nikkei jumps as dollar passes 100-yen mark

Japan's Nikkei index jumps after dollar passes 100-yen mark for first time since April 2009

Friday - 05/10/2013, 01:08am EDT

Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study

Baxter drug Gammagard fails to slow Alzheimer's disease in big study; hints of benefit in some

Thursday - 05/09/2013, 10:10pm EDT
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