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Low interest rates not pushing investors into stocks, study says
Perhaps Americans aren’t so enamored with the stock market. More than three-quarters of individual investors say in a new survey that agonizingly low interest rates are not coaxing them into stocks. According to the study by personal-finance...
Tags: Finance, Credit Ratings, Economy, Business and Finance
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JPL open house, felled by sequestration, costs about $400,000
Bracing for “significant impacts” to funding for public outreach programs next year, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to cancel its hugely popular open house in June. The cost savings? Roughly $400,000 for the two-day event. The...
Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Science and Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Adam Schiff
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Lawmakers raise concerns about O'Malley proposal to fund Towson baseball
Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to allocate $300,000 in taxpayer money to save Towson University's baseball team came under fire Wednesday from some legislators and key fiscal policymakers for being unprecedented and unfair to other college sports programs....
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Baseball, Finance, Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting
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Energy stocks lead a turnaround on Wall Street
Investors remained cautious at the start of a big week for company earnings on Wall Street. About a third of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, including Exxon Mobil and Apple, are reporting earnings this week. Analysts currently expect...
Tags: Financial Markets, Petroleum Industry, Companies and Corporations, Earnings Forecasts, Productivity
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Outgoing village clerk gets an emotional farewell
Trustees this month honored outgoing Village Clerk David Maher for his warmth, wit, humor and insights during 16 years of service to Orland Park. Trustee Ed Schussler used Maher's last Village Board meeting as an elected Orland Park official April 15 to...
Tags: Lake Michigan, Finance, Human Interest, Elections, Economy, Business and Finance
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The end of macro magic
WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund recently held a conference that should concern most people despite its arcane subject -- "Rethinking Macro Policy II." Macroeconomics is the study of the entire economy, as opposed to the examination of...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Financial Markets, Finance, Government Debt, Economic Policy
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JPL cancels open house because of federal budget cuts
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has canceled its popular annual open house at its La Cañada Flintridge facility because of federal spending cuts. The event, scheduled for June 8-9, typically attracts crowds of more than 15,000 each day. "Everyone here...
Tags: Space Programs, Layoffs and Downsizing, NASA, Science and Technology, Travel
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JPL open house canceled
The decision this week to suspend the hugely popular open house at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge less than two months before it was scheduled to take place was met with a huge dose of disappointment on Thursday. The event,...
Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Eryn Brown, Science and Technology, Satellite Technology
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Team takes top honors in Euro Challenge
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentA few months ago, the European Union economy was barely on their radar screens. Now a team of St. Joseph High School sophomores is first runner-up in the national Euro Challenge Competition held recently in New York. Their entry was so last-minute that...Tags: European Central Bank, Italy, Google Inc., International Monetary Fund, Federal Reserve
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IMF calls on U.S. to develop credible budget plan
WASHINGTON -- Global finance leaders agreed that nations must take stronger action to spur still-lagging and uneven economic growth and job creation. And they had a pointed message for the U.S.: For the sake of the rest of the world, address your longer-...
Tags: Public Finance, Finance, Labor Markets, Productivity, Japan
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CBOT seat prices rise on bets Fed's easing round may end
ReutersMemberships at the Chicago Board of Trade are being scooped up by trading firms amid signs the Federal Reserve may pull back their massive stimulus. Expectations of the move, that would boost Treasury futures trading, have led to significantly higher...Tags: Finance, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Grant Park, Economy, Business and Finance
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N.D. sees very large increase in land values
North Dakota cropland values increased by about 42 percent during 2012, according to Andrew Swenson, North Dakota State University Extension Service farm management specialist. His estimate is derived from the published results of a January 2013 county-...Tags: Religion and Belief, Realty, Real Estate Buyers, Values
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