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Maple Leafs need win against Canadiens to stave off potential doom and gloom

April 14, 2013

It seems North American food doesn’t entirely agree with Mikhail Grabovski.
But regardless how well he’s feeling, the Leafs centre always plays a feisty game against the Montreal Canadiens. He’s says he’s ready to play against his former team on Saturday at the Air Canada Centre.
Grabovski, 29, stayed behind in New York to see a specialist […]

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UK official delivers another austere budget

March 20, 2013

Britain’s Treasury chief unveiled another tough budget Wednesday despite weakness in the economy that raised fears of a third recession in a little more than four years.
Though he offered beer drinkers and car drivers a tax break _ no doubt a popular move among some _ and provided incentives for home-buyers and investments in infrastructure […]

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Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani out for the season with elbow injury

March 13, 2013

Andrea Bargnani’s worst season of his NBA career is over.
The Toronto Raptors announced Wednesday that forward Bargnani is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of season with an “avulsion sprain” of the right elbow.
This injury isn’t related to his previous right elbow injury which forced him to miss 26
games starting in December.
Bargnani […]

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Stocks close higher despite more Europe worries

November 23, 2012

Stocks closed out a quiet pre-Thanksgiving trading day higher as investors focused on positive U.S. economic numbers instead of renewed questions over Greece’s solvency.
European finance ministers failed to finalize the details of a debt-reduction package for Greece before the close of their meeting Wednesday.

Still, the Dow Jones industrial average, the […]

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Treasury Secretary Geithner will staying inauguration

November 12, 2012

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is staying in his job until at least the Jan. 21 presidential inauguration to help leaders reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, a top White House aide said Friday.
Geithner, 51, the last holdover from President Obama’s original economic team, has made clear he’s ready to leave […]

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Bailout CEOs: Only 2 survive on Wall Street

October 17, 2012

Another bailout CEO bites the dust.
With the departure of , Fortune 500) Vikram Pandit on Tuesday, only two of the nine original CEOs still lead the big banks that received $125 billion in bailouts during the height of the financial crisis.

, Fortune 500)’ Lloyd Blankfein and , Fortune 500)’s […]

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Romney’s pledge: No tax cut for the rich

October 8, 2012

The first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney was a fire hose of fiscal issues that nonetheless left many questions unresolved.
Romney did try to answer one unequivocally: He said he will not cut taxes for the rich.
Quiz: What the rich really pay in taxes

“I will not reduce the share […]

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Jobless claims sharply higher

September 14, 2012

The number of people filing for their first week of unemployment benefits rose to the highest level since July, the government said Thursday, in another sign of a weakness in the jobs market.
The Labor Department said 382,000 people filed first-time jobless claims in the week ended Sept. 8. That was sharply higher […]

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The iPhone 5 is coming … will sales mean saga continues?

September 12, 2012

Industry analysts are already predicting that Apple’s iPhone 5, widely expected to be unveiled on Wednesday, will be the best-selling smartphone of all time. Each new iPhone has outsold the previous version, and the iconic device has been the top-selling mobile phone since its 2007 debut.
That raises the question: How much longer […]

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Home construction hitting its stride

August 17, 2012

Home construction, a key component in any U.S. economic recovery, is picking up.
Building permits rose 6.8% to an annual rate of 812,000 permits in July, the highest rate in four years, according to a Census Bureau report issued Thursday. The number was up 29.5% compared with July 2011.

The number came […]

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