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Investors embrace restraint and lower expectations after infamous failures that led to the bursting of the dotcom bubble

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Caution puts limit on tech excesses

European countries have accused Washington of foul play after the continent’s largest aerospace and defence company pulled out of a multibillion-dollar race to supply the US military, alleging unfair ­competition

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Europe cries foul over US defence tender

In January 2000, 17 dotcom companies paid more than $2m each to advertise during the Super Bowl, the season-ending national championship game for American footbal

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Techs reflect on decade since dotcom boom

Trepp: CMBS Loan Losses to Deepen in 2010

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Trepp: CMBS Loan Losses to Deepen in 2010

The volume of commercial/multifamily property sales is expected to rise in 2010. What factor will be the biggest catalyst?

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Property sales catalyst

Chevron, the US’ second biggest oil company, said it will cut a further 2,000 positions in its refining and marketing division as it reduces its global downstream workforce by 3,900 employees or about 20 per cent over two years

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Chevron to cut 2,000 jobs

Retail Receivership Opportunities Slow to Materialize

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Retail Receivership Opportunities Slow to Materialize

Analysis: Why Blackstone’s Troubles Won’t Bruise Hilton’s Brand

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Office Rents Will Bottom Sooner Than Expected

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Office Rents Will Bottom Sooner Than Expected

It is ten years since the Nasdaq Composite peaked, crashed and burned, but we are still living with its consequences

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Short View: Price of Nasdaq’s crash

The US carmaker says it is studying a proposal from its Belgian employees to keep its Antwerp plant open to build vehicles on contract for other carmakers

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GM considers employees’ plan to rescue plant

A year to the day that the global equities markets reached their lows for the crisis, US equities opened flat or slightly lower

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Wall Street flat on anniversary of share lows

CME Group, the largest US futures exchange, deepens ties with Central and Latin American derivatives markets by agreeing a partnership with the operator of Mexico’s MexDer futures exchange

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CME agrees Bolsa Mexicana alliance

The media group strikes its second deal in the Middle East in as many weeks, forming a partnership in Abu Dhabi on the eve of an event that is intended to attract more international media investment and expertise to the emirate

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News Corp in fresh Mideast deal

Market-based and legal assaults to the group may change the terrain of the futures industry

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CME faces serious threat to its ascendancy

This was a classic ‘relief rally’ that rewarded those with the nerve to bet that big banks would not be nationalised and that desperate government measures would work. But it is over, and it is not possible to discern what comes next, writes John Authers

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Short View: One year into the rally

For Pension Funds, Crisis Spawns Search for a New Metric

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Why Supply-Constrained Markets Hold So Many Advantages

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Why Supply-Constrained Markets Hold So Many Advantages

Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers Increases Footprint in Europe

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Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers Increases Footprint in Europe

Improving sentiment around the European sovereign debt situation was not enough to send US stocks higher in the absence of significant macro or corporate news

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Wall Street struggles for direction

Recent outperformance by US small and mid-cap stocks over their bigger counterparts provides a very bullish signal for equity markets, says Mike Lenhoff

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US consumers to the rescue

Jeff Immelt’s decision comes as the conglomerate is emerging from a deep recession that has hurt its earnings and prompted its partial retreat from financial services, its main profit engine

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GE chief to forgo bonus for second year

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | William K. Black | PBS www.pbs.org The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it? With the nation wondering how to hold the bankers accountable, Bill Moyers sits down with Bill Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Black offers his analysis of what went wrong and his critique of the bailout.

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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | William K. Black | PBS

The US unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 per cent last month, reviving hopes that the economic recovery is gathering steam even as the pace of job losses accelerated slightly

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US unemployment holds steady at 9.7%

US stocks pushed higher as traders took heart at the better-than-expected February non-farm payrolls, but markets traded in a tight range and on low volumes

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Payroll figures spark Wall Street gains

Newsweek Pakistan, which will offer international and local content, is expected to hit the stands by September under a licence agreement with a local media company.

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Newsweek to launch Pakistan edition

When entrepreneur Shivaun Raff was looking last year for ways to advance her campaign against Google over what she claimed were anti-competitive practices, she found support from a deep-pocketed source: a Brussels-based lobbying group almost entirely funded by Microsoft

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Microsoft in spotlight over Google case

US stocks struggled to post gains, in spite of better-than-expected initial jobless claims and productivity figures, which helped boost investor sentiment about Friday’s non-farm payrolls data.

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Wall Street struggles to hold gains

Tips on how to spot phony sites and business tax scam cons — and how to find a tax preparer pro

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What Are the Latest Tax Scam Targets?

The retirement of Bob Lutz brings down the curtain on a legendary career in the Detroit motor industry and is part of a widening shake-up at General Motors

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Lutz to step down as GM vice-chairman

The move to drop Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Colbert Report’ will leave the internet’s most professionally-created video service without some of its most popular programmes

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Hulu loses shows in pricing clash

The exchange reveals for the first time operating margins for its futures unit of 48%, underlining the importance of its derivatives and technology businesses over traditional cash equity trading

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Liffe proves its worth to NYSE

Any chance of the Taiwan smartphone maker remaining out of the limelight has all but disappeared after it was sued by Apple for patent infringement

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Apple lawsuit wrecks HTC’s quiet life

Charlie Denson, brands president of the world’s largest sportswear company, says football could overtake basketball to become group’s biggest moneymaker

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Football goal within Nike’s sight

Investors were comforted by a report showing US companies cut the fewest jobs in two years in February and by slightly easing concerns on Greece’s sovereign debt, helping Wall Street rise for the third consecutive session

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Wall Street lifted by jobs report

Uneven Seniors Housing Recovery Taking Shape, Says NIC

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Uneven Seniors Housing Recovery Taking Shape, Says NIC

New Fund Targeting Smaller Core-Plus Properties

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New Fund Targeting Smaller Core-Plus Properties

That the overwhelming negative correlation between US stocks and the dollar has now broken down can be viewed as a step towards historical normality, writes John Authers

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Short View: US stocks and the dollar

General Motors has blamed a supplier partly owned by Toyota for a faulty car part that led to the recall of 1.3m Chevrolet and Pontiac cars in North America

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GM blames recall on Toyota supplier

US equities extended their rally as sentiment continued to improve on anticipation of a Greek bail-out, but traders remained cautious in the absence of significant positive macro or corporate data

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Wall Street extends rally on Greece hopes

Goldman Sachs made at least $100m in net trading revenues on 131 days last year – equivalent to once every other trading day, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission

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Goldman beats its record for $100m-plus days

Shares in industrial and auto parts maker continue their recent upward trajectory in spite of a caution from Jim Nicol, chief executive, that a clear recovery in demand may not occur until later in the year

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Tomkins rally goes on despite chief’s warning

Rooftop Solar Rentals Generate Power and Revenue

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Rooftop Solar Rentals Generate Power and Revenue

Landmark D.C. Building Earns LEED Gold Certification

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Landmark D.C. Building Earns LEED Gold Certification

Smart Building Solution Enhances Energy Performance, Says Johnson Controls

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Smart Building Solution Enhances Energy Performance, Says Johnson Controls

A burst of mergers and acquisitions activity moved US stocks higher, aided by stronger-than-expected consumer spending and signs that a Greek bail-out may be announced soon

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M&A burst drives Wall Street higher

Warren Buffett hits at top executives of banks and other institutions that collapsed during the financial crisis, saying they alone should be held accountable for risk management failures

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Buffett says chiefs must be held to account

U.S. Hotels Report Mixed Signals This Week

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U.S. Hotels Report Mixed Signals This Week

Freddie Mac, the US government-controlled mortgage financier, said that it would stop buying one of the exotic types of home loan that grew in popularity during the credit bubble, signalling a return to more traditional mortgages

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Freddie to snub exotic home loans

Brussels looks at whether the internet group uses its position to stifle competition

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Google taken to task over its objectivity