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BLOOMBERG News, Mar 07, 2012

Bloomberg Defends Grading System Derided by Restaurateurs
New York Times
Nineteen months after the Bloomberg administration began issuing letter grades to the city's 24000 restaurants, the bright “A,” “B” and “C” signs have become commonplace and polarizing presences, embraced by discerning customers but despised by ...
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New York Times
Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Top 20 Daily Ranking
Bloomberg
Following are the results of the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking the world's 20 wealthiest individuals. ========================================================================== Rank Name US$ B $ Chg. % Chg YtD % Top 20 ...
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Gates Beats Ellison in Daily Ranking of Technology Billionaires
Bloomberg
The chairman of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, was worth $61.3 billion as of the close of US trading yesterday, down $805.4 million for the day, according to a daily ranking of the industry's wealthiest titans compiled by Bloomberg News.
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Bloomberg
Worker Productivity in U.S. Rises at Slower Pace, Pushing Up Labor Costs
Bloomberg
Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg A contractor at a construction site in San Diego on Feb. 28, 2012. The productivity of US workers rose at a slower pace in the fourth quarter and labor costs jumped, indicating businesses are reaching the limit of wringing ...
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Bloomberg
Investors With 58% of Greek Bonds Agree to Swap
Bloomberg
That brings the total so far to at least 120 billion euros ($157 billion), based on data compiled by Bloomberg from company reports and government statements. The goal of the exchange is to reduce the 206 billion euros of privately held Greek debt by ...
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Mayor Bloomberg says restaurant letter grades are preventing food poisoning
SILive.com
By Staten Island Advance STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Those letter grades in restaurant windows are making a big difference, Mayor Bloomberg says. View full sizeAssociated PressHealth Commissioner Thomas Farley post the first "A" grade award for sanitary ...
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SILive.com
NYC Restaurant Letter Grades And Decline In Salmonella Food Poisoning Linked ...
Huffington Post
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas A. Farley and other health officials announced initial data Tuesday showing salmonella infections decreased by 13.5 percent over the first full year the city has used letter grades.
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Bloomberg Television anchor Margaret Brennan
Siliconrepublic.com
Bloomberg Television anchor Margaret Brennan is one of the most recognizable faces of Irish America. As well as covering major international events, such as the Arab Spring, Brennan has immersed herself in covering the global economic storm.
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U.S. Companies Added 216000 Jobs in February, ADP Employer Services Says
Bloomberg
The median estimate in the Bloomberg News survey called for a 215000 increase this month. Further employment gains would help generate the wage gains necessary to sustain household spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of the economy.
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Polish Central Bank Leaves Main Repurchase Rate at 4.5% for Ninth Month
Bloomberg
The decision matches the forecasts of all 36 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The bank will hold a news conference at 4 pm in Warsaw, where a guideline for an updated economic outlook will also be released. “Unchanged rates seem to be the most ...
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Private Investors With 58% of Greek Bonds Agree to Debt Swap
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Investors with 58 percent of the Greek bonds eligible for the nation's debt swap have so far indicated they'll participate, putting the country on the verge of the biggest sovereign restructuring in history.
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Recovery on Commercial Property Fueled by Apartments: Mortgages
Bloomberg
Scott Eells/Bloomberg The interest rate for a 10-year fixed multifamily loan designated for purchase by Fannie and Freddie was 4.1 percent, as of March 2, according to New York real estate investment banking firm Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman ...
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Bloomberg's Maloney on Major US Stock Indexes
Washington Post
6, 2012 - March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Bill Maloney provides a technical analysis of the the Standard & Poors 500 Index, the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Russell 2000 Index. Maloney speaks with Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television's ...
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US Stocks Advance Amid Increased Hiring
Bloomberg
The median projection of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for an advance of 215000. A report later this week may show that payrolls increased by 210000 last month after rising 243000 in January. Optimism about Greece's debt swap helped lift...
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FTSE Stocks Advance as US Employers Add Jobs; Admiral, Cobham Lead Rally
Bloomberg
British American Tobacco Plc, TUI Travel Plc and CRH Plc are among London-listed stocks that are trading today without the right to their latest dividend, according to Bloomberg data. Societe Generale SA, France's second-biggest bank, ...
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Bloomberg & TFF Announce TFF-Bloomberg Best Fund Award Winners
MarketWatch (press release)
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Mar 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bloomberg LP and the Taipei Foundation of Finance (TFF) announced today the winners of the 2012 TFF-Bloomberg Best Fund Award in Taipei. The award recognizes asset management funds for their track record ...
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Stocks Rise After ADP Says Employment Grew; Treasuries Retreat
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rose, rebounding from the biggest drop of 2012, while Treasuries declined after a report showed US companies increased hiring and more investors signed on to a Greek debt swap. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index climbed 0.3 ...
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Stocks, Commodities Rise Before Employment Data; Treasuries Fall
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose, rebounding from the biggest drop since November, and commodities advance while Treasuries declined before a report that may show American companies increased hiring. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 0.5 ...
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Societe Generale, UniCredit Join Firms Participating in Greece's Debt Swap
Bloomberg
Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg The Societe Generale headquarters in the La Defense business district in Paris. Societe Generale SA (GLE), France's second-biggest bank, Assicurazioni Generali SpA and UniCredit SpA (UCG) joined firms saying they would ...
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Grading Eatery Grading
Wall Street Journal
By MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL In advance of an expected barrage of criticism from the restaurant industry, Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended New York City's restaurant inspection and grading system, declaring Tuesday that food-safety practices are improving...
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Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg Won't Criticize Christie's Criticism Of NYPD Surveillance Of Muslims
CBS Local
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Chris Christie (credit: Edward Reed / Mayor's Office, Tim Larsen / Governor's Office) “Anything we've done in New Jersey, we have done under an agreement with the state of New Jersey that was signed by a previous ...
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SocGen Joins Generali Taking Part in Greece's Debt Swap
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Societe Generale SA, France's second-biggest bank, Assicurazioni Generali SpA and UniCredit SpA joined firms saying they would participate in Greece's debt swap as the country threatened to compel holdouts to take part.
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Romney Beats Santorum in Ohio as Results Signal Long Race
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney won a close vote in Ohio, the most coveted prize on Super Tuesday, even as his weaknesses were again exposed in a Republican presidential race where the fight for delegates may drag on for months.
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Investors With 39% of Greek Debt Agree to Join in Swap, IIF Says
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Investors with holdings amounting to 39.3 percent of the Greek bonds eligible for the nation's debt swap agreed to sign on, moving the country closer to the biggest sovereign restructuring in history.
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Putin's Great Russia Design May Intensify Tensions With West
San Francisco Chronicle
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Vladimir Putin reclaiming Russia's presidency will probably exacerbate tensions with the US and Europe as they try to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions and halt bloodshed in Syria, strategists from Moscow to New York said.
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M&A reporter leaves Bloomberg News « Talking Biz News
By Chris Roush
Jonathan Keehner, a reporter on the finance team at Bloomberg News who covers restructuring and mergers, has left the news organization for a public relations firm. Keehner has gone to work for Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, ...
Talking Biz News
Bloomberg, Uncovered : CJR
Bloomberg, along with Thomson Reuters, is one of the biggest business-news organizations on the planet, and the media is a big business. Which raises the question: Can you really cover an industry and not write about one of the biggest ...
CJR
Mike Bloomberg Backs John Liu -- Now ... - New York Daily News
Mayor Bloomberg isn't exactly knocking himself out supporting city Comptroller John Liu, one of the guys who might like to win his office next year, in perpetuity. “We work well with him,” Hizzoner said at an event in the Bronx, according to our ...
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Opinion: Bloomberg's Billionaire Index May Spur Social Good ...
By Andy Markowitz
The instant popularity of the Global Daily Ranking of Billionaires by Bloomberg News could have a significant philanthropic upside, the head of a major global investment firm writes in the Huffington Post. Mohamed El-Erian, the chief executive ...
Philanthropy Today
Bloomberg Parents Deserve to Know Teacher Evaluation Results ...
By B. A. Birch
Mayor Bloomberg has spoken out about the new teacher evaluations law, saying that he would have stood in the way of laws that restrict parents' right to know.
Education News
US Stocks Rise as Companies Increase Hiring – Bloomberg
By nyse - Google News
Proactive Investors USA & CanadaUS Stocks Rise as Companies Increase HiringBloombergThe Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 26.15 points, or 0.2 percent, to 12785.30. About 1.2 billion shares changed hands on US exchanges ...
Daily Financial News
Pandora stock plummets after company sales sales will not live up to ...
By By Andy Fixmer Bloomberg News
By Andy Fixmer Bloomberg Newscontracostatimes.com. Posted: 03/06/2012 03:32:35 PM PST. March 7, 2012 3:10 PM GMT Updated: 03/07/2012 07:10:16 AM PST. Pandora Media, the Oakland-based Internet radio pioneer, forecast fiscal ...
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Asia Stocks, Europe Futures Retreat – Bloomberg - Financial News ...
By nyse - Google News
BloombergAsia Stocks, Europe Futures RetreatBloombergAsian stocks fell for a third day, the longest stretch this year, while the euro gained before a deadline on Greece's debt swap and as Australian growth missed estimates. European ...
Financial News Today
Bloomberg Restates Support for Letter Grades Before City Council ...
By James Mulcahy
Bloomberg Restates Support for Letter Grades Before City Council Meeting. ... Food News - Restaurant News | Zagat Buzz ... Well, Mike Bloomberg - who championed the system - didn't hesitate to weight in before the gavel goes down.
Food News - Restaurant News | Zagat Buzz
Fuel Fix » Iraq expects Exxon response soon on possible Kurdistan ...
By Bloomberg
... new alliances. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) ... new alliances. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) ... least a decade. Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg News (BLOOMBERG NEWS) ...
Fuel Fix
Wall Street Bonus Withdrawal Means Trading Aspen for ... - Bloomberg
Andrew Schiff was sitting in a traffic jam in California this month after giving a speech at an investment conference about gold. He turned off the satellite radio, ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../wall-street-bonus-withdrawal-means-t...
Bloomberg's Billionaires Index: How We Crunch Net-Worth Numbers
Bloomberg News editorial policy is to not cover Bloomberg LP. As a result Michael Bloomberg, the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../bloomberg-s-billionaires-index-how-...
Bloomberg Defends Grading System Derided by Restaurateurs
Not to be upstaged, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg scheduled a news conference of his own on Tuesday to defend the inspection program, one of the more ...
www.nytimes.com/.../restaurant-grading-system-under-fire-get...
Bloomberg Takes Coalition to New York Capital to Back Cuomo ...
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg led a group of local officials to Albany today to tell lawmakers that if they don't change the state pension system, it will ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../bloomberg-takes-coalition-to-new-yo...
U.S. Service Industries Unexpectedly Expand to a One-Year High ...
Readings above 50 signal expansion, and the median forecast of economists surveyed byBloomberg News was 56. A sustained pickup in the industries that ...
www.businessweek.com/.../ism-services-gauge-in-u-dot-s-dot-...
China Hearsay on Bloomberg News | China Hearsay
Followers of the iPad dispute (and China Hearsay) may wish to check out this Bloomberg interview I did yesterday.
www.chinahearsay.com/china-hearsay-on-bloomberg-news/
M&A reporter leaves Bloomberg News « Talking Biz News
Jonathan Keehner, a reporter on the finance team at Bloomberg News who covers restructuring and mergers, has left the news organization for a public ...
www.talkingbiznews.com/?p=31212
Twitter / Bloomberg News: BREAKING: Google said to p ...
BREAKING: Google said to pick Dennis Woodside as Motorola Mobility CEO | http://t.co/CNpfDT3d $GOOG.
https://twitter.com/bloombergnews/.../172746285009481728
AT&T Sets Speed Caps for Heavy Users on Unlimited Wireless Plans
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc. said it will start slowing the data speeds of ... Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index · News ». Today ...
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Medicare audits targeting overpayments to health plans ...
Medicare audits targeting overpayments to health plans. Article by: ALEX WAYNE , Bloomberg News; Updated: February 26, 2012 - 3:47 PM. 0 · comments ...
www.startribune.com/business/140372293.html
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