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Weekly Wrap: Jobs and commodities
May 6, 2011
Reviewing the week on Wall Street. This week: the latest unemployment report, the drop in commodities and the market's reaction to Osama bin Laden's death.
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Senate GOP vows to block consumer bureau chief
May 6, 2011
U.S. Senate Republicans told President Obama they will block any nominee to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unless Democrats agree to structure and funding changes within the agency.
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A year on, flash crash still spooks investors
May 5, 2011
A year after the Dow plunged 600 points in minutes, professional investors fret about risks in a market where they are outmanned by machines.
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'Flash Crash' anniversary leaves unanswered questions
May 5, 2011
Regulators have put in place rules to keep stocks from tumbling to zero, but skeptics question their adequacy.
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How Wall Street has changed since the flash crash
May 5, 2011
It's been one year since the flash crash on Wall Street. The SEC's Mary Schapiro discusses the measures taken since then to try to prevent a repeat.
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The differences in growth between the stock market and the economy
May 3, 2011
Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan discusses how a growing stock market doesn't equal a growing economy.
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Weekly Wrap: The Fed's press conference
Apr 29, 2011
Reviewing the week in Wall Street. This week: what came out of the Federal Reserve's first press conference and what Congress is expected to tackle next after coming back from recess.
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Reminder: Stock market is not the economy
Apr 29, 2011
Despite the economy slowing again, stock indices are climbing.
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Buffett may get heat from once-adoring investors
Apr 29, 2011
As Berkshire Hathaway shareholders gather in Omaha, Warren Buffett faces tough questions about stock trades by his former heir apparent.
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AIG sues two money managers over losses
Apr 28, 2011
American International Group has sued ICP Asset Management and Moore Capital. AIG contends it lost millions of dollars insuring mortgage securities that the companies knew were going to fail.
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