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Economy

Stock market inches up

Stock Market Creeps Back Up as Investors Eye Black Friday

By Bill Fay | November 20, 2012

After a monumental post-election slide, the Dow Jones industrial average started to creep back up this week. Seizing onto hope that Washington will reach a deal on the so-called “fiscal…

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Nintendo Expects to Lose Money on New Wii U GamePad

By Bill Fay | November 19, 2012

As the holiday season quickly approaches, so does the fervor to track down the latest and greatest in gifts. Countless fans waited in a line three blocks long at the…

Man and his fiscal cliff

Analysts: Wall Street Picks Romney to Avoid Fiscal Cliff, Others Say Election Won’t Matter Much

By Bill Fay | November 6, 2012

With Americans casting ballots on the final day of the 2012 presidential campaign, some financial analysts are leaning toward Republican candidate Mitt Romney as the candidate who will boost the…

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Latest U.S. Jobs Report, Hurricane Sandy at Top of the News

By Bill Fay | November 2, 2012

So much news, so little time and space. It’s Friday, and the big news is two-fold: release of the final U.S. jobs report before next week’s presidential election and the…

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Massive Hurricane Sandy Changes Campaign Trail

By Bill Fay | October 30, 2012

Even though the presidential race is in its last full week, campaigning has come to a standstill across America as the east coast recovers from Sandy, a mammoth hurricane-turned-superstorm. Or…

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Hurricane Sandy to Leave Big Bill and More Debt in Its Wake

By Bill Fay | October 30, 2012

Sandy the Superstorm is still winding its way through the Northeast – it’s the biggest and baddest tempest the heavens have unleashed in a generation. But scientists warn that it…

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Markets Close as Hurricane Sandy Nears

By Bill Fay | October 29, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy creeps toward the Eastern Seaboard at 14 mph, millions of people living in coastal states – especially New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut – are preparing…

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Romney, Obama Steer Foreign Policy Debate Back to Economy

By Bill Fay | October 23, 2012

The final presidential debate was supposed to be about foreign policy, but President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney preferred to talk about domestic issues, including a slow-to-recover U.S. economy.

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Third Presidential Debate to Cover Foreign Policy

By Bill Fay | October 22, 2012

As the countdown to Election Day continues, President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney diligently prepare to duel in their final televised debate tonight. Millions of Americans plan to…

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Second Presidential Debate: Obama, Romney Cover Jobs, Taxes

By Bill Fay | October 17, 2012

With only three weeks left until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney went head-to-head Tuesday night in the second of three planned presidential debates. Held at Hofstra…