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Foreclosures Plunge to Five-Year Low in U.S. Recovery: Mortgages – San Francisco Chronicle »

Google Inc. 04:42 pm | ABC NewsForeclosures Plunge to Five-Year Low in U.S. Recovery: MortgagesSan Francisco ChronicleMay 17 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosure filings in the US fell to a five-year low last month as lenders sought to avoid seizing…

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Sears returns to profit, JC Penney bombs in record stock slide – Los Angeles Times »

Google Inc. 04:29 pm | USA TODAYSears returns to profit, JC Penney bombs in record stock slideLos Angeles TimesBy Tiffany Hsu Sears Holding Co. may be back from the brink, once again earning a profit in its first…

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Jobless claims steady, mid-Atlantic factories sag – Reuters »

Google Inc. 04:29 pm | MiamiHerald.comJobless claims steady, mid-Atlantic factories sagReutersBy Jason Lange | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for jobless benefits last week held at levels suggesting sluggish growth in hiring and factory activity in the mid-Atlantic…

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Stocks drop as Europe overshadows US economic news – USA TODAY »

Google Inc. 04:22 pm | msnbc.comStocks drop as Europe overshadows US economic newsUSA TODAYBy Pallavi Gogoi, AP NEW YORK – Stocks slipped Thursday as unease over Europe overshadowed an encouraging report on unemployment claims and good results from…

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FOREX-Euro slammed by Greece, Spain bank fears – Reuters »

Google Inc. 04:21 pm | Sydney Morning HeraldFOREX-Euro slammed by Greece, Spain bank fearsReuters* Worries about Greece euro exit, banking sector hurt euro * Euro hits 4-month low vs firmer dollar, 3-month low vs yen * Spain's Bankia…

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Finance News

Escaped zoo penguin spotted alive, healthy … and free »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 04:18 pm | A young penguin that pulled off a miraculous escape from an aquatic park in Japan has been spotted alive…

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Police: Gunman in Savannah standoff surrenders »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 03:59 pm | A gunman surrendered after barricading himself inside a landmark restaurant in a standoff that closed parts of the 18th-century…

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Report: Disco legend Donna Summer dead at age 63 »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 03:40 pm | TMZ is reporting that Donna Summer has passed away in Florida this morning. She was reportedly battling cancer.…

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Missing man found in woods a week after car crash »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 03:31 pm | Against the odds, a missing California man was found alive in a wooded area a week after his car…

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Trayvon Martin case: Lawyers want all records released »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 03:23 pm | The attorney for Trayvon Martin's parents is calling for all of the documents related to the death of their…

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Minority babies now majority, surpassing whites for first time »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 02:43 pm | For the first time in history, there were more minority children born in the United States than white, according…

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‘God bless America’: Will Smith baffled by proposed French tax hike »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 02:01 pm | During an interview this week with a French TV station, actor Will Smith said he supported the idea of…

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Photos: Holocaust survivors celebrate belated Bar Mitzvah »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 01:27 pm | Holocaust survivor Yoel Levinger (R), 85, sits with other survivors during their Bar Mitzvah ceremony at a synagogue in…

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We had a controversial long bias for yesterday’s session »

Amplify Trading 12:57 pm | S&P 500 (Jun 12) INTRADAY Review We had a controversial long bias for yesterday’s session but our long entry level was not reached until after 18.00BST. Before then equity indices had the most positive period seen in the last week. However, the p...…

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Man Utd earnings hit by poor cup runs »

Stock Markets News Headlines - Yahoo! News 04:13 pm | LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United, rated by Forbes as the world's most highly-valued sports team, showed the first effects of a rare barren season when reporting a dip in quarterly revenue and underlying profit.…

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Escaped zoo penguin spotted alive, healthy … and free »

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines 04:18 pm | A young penguin that pulled off a miraculous escape from an aquatic park in Japan has been spotted alive and well in the nearby Tokyo Bay. "You can see it's got the same ring around its flipper and identical facial patterns," said Kazuhiro Sakamoto, de...…

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Foreclosures Plunge to Five-Year Low in U.S. Recovery: Mortgages – San Francisco Chronicle »

Google Inc. 04:42 pm | ABC NewsForeclosures Plunge to Five-Year Low in U.S. Recovery: MortgagesSan Francisco ChronicleMay 17 (Bloomberg) -- Foreclosure filings in the US fell to a five-year low last month as lenders sought to avoid seizing property and a housing recovery sho...…

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Forex

We had a controversial long bias for yesterday’s session »

Amplify Trading 12:57 pm | S&P 500 (Jun 12) INTRADAY Review We had a controversial long bias for yesterday’s session but our long entry level was not reached until after 18.00BST. Before then equity indices…

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The EUR/USD consolidated this week’s sell-off in yesterday’s »

Amplify Trading 07:09 am | EUROSTOXX 50 (Jun 12) INTRADAY Review Yesterday’s session entailed two halves for most equity indices. Having opened lower to reflect the previous…

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The better than expected GDP data from the Eurozone »

Amplify Trading 12:49 pm | S&P 500 (Jun 12) INTRADAY Review Our neutral long strategy worked very well yesterday prior to the extended sell off in the…

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The EUR/USD continued to lose ground in yesterday’s session »

Amplify Trading 10:36 am | EUROSTOXX 50 (Jun 12) INTRADAY Review The Eurostoxx traded lower in yesterday’s session following an initial upward spike that was driven by…

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Our Short strategy on the S&P worked well yesterday » INTRA-DAY GBP/USD OUTLOOK » INTRA-DAY GBP/USD OUTLOOK » Friday was a surprisingly range bound day » INTRA-DAY GBP/USD OUTLOOK »

Stock Market

Wall Street edges lower on Europe, data »

Stock Markets News Headlines - Yahoo! News 03:47 pm | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Thursday, with the S&P on track for a fifth straight day of declines as weak…

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Bankia says sees no run on deposits »

Stock Markets News Headlines - Yahoo! News 01:08 pm | MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's fourth largest bank Bankia said on Thursday in a statement to the stock market regulator that clients can…

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Man Utd earnings hit by poor cup runs »

Stock Markets News Headlines - Yahoo! News 04:13 pm | LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United, rated by Forbes as the world's most highly-valued sports team, showed the first effects of a rare barren season when reporting a dip in quarterly…

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