The travails of two Michigan companies illustrate the tough choices their community bank must make.
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The battle over U.S. sugar quotas is flaring once more as the gap between domestic and much-lower global prices reaches its widest level in at least a decade.
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Chinese premier Wen Jiabao warned other countries not to pressure China over its exchange-rate policy, and argued strongly that the yuan isn't undervalued.
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Janet Yellen and two other likely nominees are expected to be a key counterweight to the Fed's most 'hawkish' policy makers.
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Retail sales increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in February from a month earlier. Sales excluding the volatile autos sales increased 0.8%. Compared with a year ago, sales rose 4%.
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Charles Schwab warned first-quarter earnings will fall short of fourth-quarter levels as the brokerage said February trading fell 14%.
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U.S. exporters are reporting serious delays as ship companies whose profits are under pressure idle vessels and reduce the frequency of service between the U.S. and Asia.
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Economists say stimulus helped but cite U.S. central bank's key role in jump-starting growth.
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U.S. household debt fell 1.7% last year, its first annual drop since records began in 1945, amid defaults that could clear the ground for a stronger recovery.
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Financially strapped states are getting more aggressive with tax scofflaws, hoping that stepped-up enforcement and the posting of the names of delinquents online will push more people to pay up.
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Only slightly fewer U.S. workers filed first-time claims for jobless benefits last week, a sign that the job market's revival remains tenuous, while a separate report showed the U.S. trade gap narrowed in January as exports and imports fell.
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Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.) spoke with the Wall Street Journal about the bill Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) plans to introduce Monday to overhaul financial market regulation.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) spoke with the Wall Street Journal on Sunday about the bill he plans to introduce Monday to rewrite financial market regulations.
House prices across the globe still have room to fall, but the U.S. may be in better shape than other developed nations, according to an International Monetary Fund research article.
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U.S. manufacturing has staged an impressive rebound, but the improvement hasn't been evenly spread, with sectors heavily exposed to the ailing housing market still hurting.
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Resurgent tourism within Asia is helping to drive economic recoveries, and demonstrating the growing power of regional consumers.
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