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First woman member of the NYSE dies at 80

Muriel Siebert started as a Wall Street trainee and rose to owning a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

LAST UPDATE : Aug 26, 2013, 6:57 AM EDT

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Nasdaq breakdown ramps pressure to take actions

The three-hour outage can be expected to trigger new rounds of scrutiny on computer-driven trading.

LAST UPDATE : Aug 23, 2013, 2:39 AM EDT

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Stabilizing the high-tech stock trading ecosystem

The latest trading glitch on Nasdaq highlights the need for mandated minimally acceptable standards of technological stability.

Published Date : Aug 22, 2013, 10:42 PM EDT

Creditors file objections to Detroit bankruptcy

Individual creditors who fear losing their pensions and paying more for health care began filing Monday.

LAST UPDATE : Aug 20, 2013, 12:24 AM EDT

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U.S. Fed tapering forecaster in one chart

The trend unemployment rate points to when the Fed will end its current quantitative easing.

Published Date : Aug 16, 2013, 3:16 PM EDT

Scary or not, Hindenburg Omens cluster over Wall Street

A headline-grabbing technical stock-investment indicator with a cult following that sometimes portends market crashes has appeared over Wall Street.

Published Date : Aug 15, 2013, 11:57 AM EDT

But why have America’s rich got richer than other rich countries’ rich?

Might a new class system of the not-idle rich be emerging?

Published Date : Aug 08, 2013, 6:24 PM EDT

Closing Fannie, Freddie could boost U.S. mortgage rates

Homebuyers could feel the pinch if Congress follows through on plans to shut down the mortgage giants.

LAST UPDATE : Aug 07, 2013, 6:45 AM EDT

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The ad expertise Bezos brings to the Washington Post in one chart

Jeff Bezos, the adman print publishers need.

Published Date : Aug 06, 2013, 5:28 PM EDT

What difference does it make who runs the U.S. Fed?

Al the leading candidates to succeed Ben Bernanke (above) as Fed chairman are, to one extent or another, products of a dynamic, technocratic system that has done better than most political establishments in attending to the needs of the common people.

Published Date : Aug 05, 2013, 11:42 PM EDT

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