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BLOOMBERG News, Aug 18, 2011


Discrimination Suit Against Bloomberg LP Is Rejected
New York Times
By DAVID W. CHEN In a major victory for Bloomberg LP, the financial and media services giant founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a federal judge has dismissed claims that the company engaged in a pattern of discrimination against pregnant women and ...
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Asia Stocks Decline on Yen, Growth Concerns
Bloomberg
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Geoffrey Yu, a foreign-exchange strategist at UBS AG, discusses the outlook for the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and euro. He talks with Mark Barton on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown. ...
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Consumer Prices in U.S. Probably Stabilized as Economy Slowed
Bloomberg
17 (Bloomberg) -- Susan Wachter, a real estate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, talks about the outlook for the US housing market. Wachter speaks with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack. ...
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Yoga Helps Portfolio Manager Sweat Away Market Stress
Washington Post
18 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Pintar, a fixed income and currency portfolio manager at Cura Capital Management LLC, talks about practicing Bikram Yoga and how it affects his life.¶ Pintar spoke withBloomberg's Lydia Winkler at Bikram Yoga NYC in New York. ...
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Asian Currencies Drop as Reports Signal Weaker Economic Outlook
Bloomberg
The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index fell the most in a week after reports showed Japan's exports shrank more than economists expected, Malaysia's economy grew at the slowest pace since 2009 and Singapore's overseas sales slumped for the first time ...
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Fed Dissenters, Euro Transaction Tax, Zynga, Apple, Melanoma: Compliance
Bloomberg
“It was inappropriate policy at an inappropriate time,” Plosser, 62, said yesterday in a radio interview on “Bloomberg Surveillance” with Tom Keene and Ken Prewitt. Plosser spoke in his first interview since he dissented from a Fed decision on Aug. ...
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AOL at 57 Cents on Dollar Gets Last, Best Hope in Private Equity: Real M&A
Bloomberg
By Joseph Ciolli and Rita Nazareth - Thu Aug 18 02:39:04 GMT 2011 An AOL Inc. employee works at the company's headquarters in New York, US Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg AOL Inc. signage is displayed while pedestrians enter the company's headquarters ...
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Malaysia's Economic Expansion Slows
Bloomberg
Photographer: Goh Seng Chong/Bloomberg Construction workers labor on a site in Kuala Lumpur. Construction workers labor on a site in Kuala Lumpur. Photographer: Goh Seng Chong/BloombergThe monorail train travels along an elevated track as traffic ...
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Black Eyed Peas' Central Park Concert Is Back On
New York Times (blog)
By ADRIANE QUINLAN Michael Appleton for The New York TimesMayor Michael R.Bloomberg and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas on Wednesday announced a Sept. 30 concert in Central Park, along with the parks commissioner, Adrian Benepe. ...
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New York Times (blog)
Stocks in India Decline on U.S. Stimulus, Interest-Rate Increase Concerns
Bloomberg
The median of 22 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 9.2 percent increase. Reserve Bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has to weigh the risks to expansion posed by Europe's debt crisis and a faltering US recovery against tightening monetary ...
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Council Members Call for Change to Marijuana Possession Law
New York Times (blog)
Criticizing the Bloomberg administration's aggressive pursuit of marijuana possession arrests as “racially biased” and costly, a group of City Council members gathered in front of City Hall on Wednesday to introduce a resolution aimed at curbing the ...
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New York Times (blog)
Citadel Followed Paulson, Fairholme in Pre-Rout Wager on Regions Financial
Bloomberg
The firm, whose results improved in the first and fourth quarters, drew investors with a stock “inexpensive versus its normalized earnings power,” said Thomas Brown, chief executive officer of Second Curve Capital LLC and a Bloomberg Television ...
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (file / credit: Spencer T Tucker ...
CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor Mike Bloomberg's popularity has hit a sinkhole. His job approval rating is the lowest it has been in six years. So why is it that many New Yorkers currently don't like Mike? Talk about taking the plunge. ...
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New Commissioner for City's Environmental Protection Agency
New York Times (blog)
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER Carter H. Strickland Jr., who has helped lead theBloomberg administration's efforts on environmental sustainability, has been named commissioner of the city's Department of Environmental Protection, Mayor Michael R.Bloomberg ...
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New York Times (blog)
Hong Kong Stocks Swing Between Gains, Losses on US Concern
Bloomberg
Of the 86 companies in the Hang Seng Composite Index that have released semi-annual net income since July 11, about 80 percent reported positive growth and 57 percent exceeded analyst estimates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...
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European Stocks Fall From 2-Week High
Bloomberg
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's pledge last week to keep interest rates near zero until mid-2013 was “inappropriate policy at an inappropriate time,” Charles Plosser, president of the Fed Bank of Philadelphia, said yesterday in a Bloomberg ...
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Dollar Holds Drop Versus Franc Before Reports on Inflation, Jobless Claims
Bloomberg
13 to 400000, economists predicted in a Bloomberg poll before today's Labor Department data. The number of applications for unemployment insurance payments climbed 5000 in the week ended Aug. 13 to 400000, economists predicted in a Bloomberg poll ...
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China Stocks Hit By Economic Growth Concerns
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Thu Aug 18 05:52:32 GMT 2011 Investors monitor and trade stocks at a securities exchange in Shanghai, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg China's stocks fell for a third day after Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank AG cut their ...
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Copper Stockpiles Rebound in China's Bonded Warehouses as Imports Increase
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Thu Aug 18 05:05:26 GMT 2011 Stockpiles of copper held in bonded warehouses in China, the world's biggest user of the metal, may have rebounded since June as imports increased amid a lull in manufacturing over the summer. ...
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Lenovo Net Income Beats Analyst Estimates on Office Computer, China Sales
Bloomberg
Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), China's biggest maker of personal computers, reported first-quarter profit almost doubled, beating analysts' estimates, after it boosted sales in emerging markets and increased shipments to ...
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Brazil's Economy Contracted in June for First Time Since Crisis of 2008
Bloomberg
The contraction was greater than the -0.05 percent median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 10 analysts. “This reinforces the thesis that the economy is slowing, as the central bank expected,” said Newton Rosa, chief economist at SulAmerica ...
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Disney sells $350 million in bonds to investers searching for security
Vancouver Sun
By Sapna Maheshwari, Bloomberg August 17, 2011 Walt Disney Co. is taking advantage of demand for the longest maturity debt with its first 30-year bond sale in almost a decade after the Federal Reserve pledged to hold interest rates at record lows ...
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Biden Meets China's Xi Jinping to Build 'Personal Relationship'
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Thu Aug 18 06:58:03 GMT 2011 Xi Jinping, China's vice president, right, attends a welcoming ceremony with Joe Biden, US vice president, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. ...
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Sina Second-Quarter Net Misses Estimates as Costs for Weibo Service Climb
Bloomberg
Profit missed the $14.5 million average of 10 analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales rose 20 percent to $119 million. Sina is increasing spending on China's most-popular microblogging service to add features such as a virtual currency and ...
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Most US Stocks Fall Amid Dell Drop
Bloomberg
Photographer: Jin Lee/Bloomberg Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser speaks about the central bank's policy and the US economy. Plosser, speaking with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance ...
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Wall Street Sweats Stress With 106-Degree Yoga That Assuaged Richard Nixon
Bloomberg
Photographer: Guy Calaf/Bloomberg Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Pintar, a fixed income and currency portfolio manager at Cura Capital Management LLC, talks about practicing Bikram Yoga and how it affects his life. Pintar spoke with Bloomberg's Lydia ...
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Crude Oil Falls in New York on Signs Slowing Economy Will Curb Fuel Demand
Bloomberg
They were forecast to decline 1.18 million barrels, according to the Bloomberg News survey. Stockpiles typically shrink in summer amid the May-to-September peak driving season. Refinery use dropped to 89.1 percent of capacity from 90 percent. ...
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Financial Turmoil Increases Allure of Europe's Most Valuable Real Estate
Bloomberg
Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Tribeca bought Cartier Ltd.'s store on Old Bond Street for 18.7 million-pounds. Tribeca bought Cartier Ltd.'s store on Old Bond Street for 18.7 million-pounds. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg A road sign hangs ...
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Chile May Keep Rate for Second Month as Inflation, GDP Slow
Bloomberg
The five-member board, led by bank President Jose De Gregorio, will keep the overnight rate at 5.25 percent today, according to all 21 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The bank paused last month after raising borrowing costs faster in 2011 than any ...
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Let Greece, Ireland, Portugal Default So That Others Don't, Kashkari Says
Bloomberg
17 (Bloomberg) -- Neel Kashkari, managing director at Pacific Investment Management Co., discusses the outlook for the US economy and the European sovereign debt crisis. Kashkari, speaking on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan," ...
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Selling Burns 401(k) Investors Who Dumped Stocks, Fidelity Says
BusinessWeek
By Bloomberg By Margaret Collins Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- US investors who sold equities in their retirement accounts during market volatility in 2008 and 2009 did worse than those who stayed in stocks, Fidelity Investments said. ...
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Carlyle seeks IPO valuation like Blackstone: report
Reuters
N), Bloomberg reported citing sources. The buyout firm, which hopes to file its IPO prospectus with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in the third quarter, is expected to pick JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) Citigroup Inc (CN) and Credit Suisse ...
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Gilt Yields Decline to Record as BOE Policy Makers Scrap Tightening Call
Bloomberg
Yields on 10-year government securities fell 13 basis points to 2.43 percent at 5:02 pm in London, the least since Bloomberg began compiling the data in 1989. Two-year yields dropped seven basis points to 0.6 percent. The pound advanced 0.8 percent to ...
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China July Home Prices Fell in 14 Cities From June Amid Government Cooling
Bloomberg
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Home prices in Beijing and Shanghai stopped rising for the first time this year, signaling measures to cool the property market are beginning to work. New home prices in the nation's capital and financial center were ...
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DTCC, Markit Start Instant Cash Transfer for Loan Trades
BusinessWeek
17 (Bloomberg) -- The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., the US clearinghouse, and Markit Group Ltd. are offering a service where loan trades are cleared and settled simultaneously. The service ensures a loan seller is paid as soon as the buyer takes ...
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Judge rules for Bloomberg in bias case « Talking Biz News
By Chris Roush
David Chen of the New York Times writes, “Judge Loretta A. Preska of United States District Court in Manhattan ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs had failed to present sufficient evidence that discrimination was Bloomberg L.P.'s ...
Talking Biz News
Asia Stocks Fall on High Yen – Bloomberg | Wall Street Financial News
By Google Inc.
Asia Stocks Fall on High Yen – Bloomberg. Share Reuters Asia Stocks Fall on High Yen BloombergJapanese 10000 yen notes are displayed for a photograph in Tokyo, Japan. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Ashok ...
Wall Street Financial News
U.S. Stocks Retreat as Dell Leads Technology Companies Lower ...
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Eastman Kodak Co. surged 21 percent as analysts and investors told Bloomberg News its patents may make it a takeover target. The SP 500 rose less than 0.1 percent to 1193 at 3:16 p.m. in New York, after gaining as much as 1.3 percent ...
Popular Science
Kinetic Concepts merger: Bain Capital takes itself out of the ...
By MassDevice staff
Bain Capital LLC bows out of Kinetic Concepts pursuit, according to Bloomberg news service.
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Overman Hawaii Intl » Stockpiles at U.S. Companies Show Smallest ...
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since May 2010 and followed a revised 0.9 percent gain in May that was less than initially estimated, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. The median projection in a Bloomberg Newssurvey was for a 0.5 percent rise. ...
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BofA weighs $1B sale of real estate assets, another foreclosure ...
... and settling on a foreclosure agreement that would still allow New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to continue his ongoing probe into the bank's foreclosure practices, according to two separate Bloomberg News reports. ...
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Judge Dismisses Bloomberg L.P. Discrimination Suit
By Noah Davis
Bloomberg L.P. is a financial software, news and data company founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, which now controls approximately a third of the global financial data market. The company generates a profit from providing. ...
Business Insider
Black Eyed Peas reschedule Central Park concert | U.S. News Las Vegas
By admin2
The Black Eyed Peas singer and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a joint news conference to unveil the new date and tell the 54000 ticket holders to the benefit concert that they could now claim new tickets. ...
U.S. News Las Vegas
NY judge: Discrimination claim at Bloomberg failed - San Diego ...
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Bloomberg News | Accountancy for Business Owners
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NY judge: Discrimination claim at Bloomberg failed - News Talk 990 ...
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Bloomberg News » Lean HR
(Hat tip to Bloomberg News for the info.) This is more than a public declaration of feelings. This is a powerful person reaching out to other powerful ...
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NY judge: Discrimination claim at Bloomberg failed - News ...
A federal judge has ruled that there is insufficient evidence to show that the financial services newscompany founded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...
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Bloomberg challenges Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst Census miscounts ...
If the city's contested Census count is adjusted upwards, residents may have the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst to thank.
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