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Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ Recap: Investors’ Inferiority Complex

Search Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” trading recommendations using our exclusive “Mad Money” Stock Screener. NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Our inferiority complex is blinding us to what’s driving stocks higher, Jim Cramer told “Mad Money” viewers Monday Continue reading

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Wall Street Week Ahead: Cyprus deal could spur S&P 500 to new peak

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks could break through to all-time closing highs next week – provided a resolution to the fiscal woes of Cyprus satisfies investors. The island nation accounts for a fraction of euro zone economic output, and yet the wrangling over a 10 billion euro($13 billion) bailout package kept markets on edge throughout this past week. Continue reading

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MARKET COMMENT: Philippine Shares +0.6%; Quarter-End Window Dressing

0309 GMT [Dow Jones] Philippine shares are advancing early Friday, with quarter-end portfolio window-dressing allowing the market to gloss over weak overseas leads. Continue reading

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Disney’s ‘Oz’ Casts Box-Office Spell

By Derrik J. Lang, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES — Oz the Great and the Powerful clicked with moviegoers Continue reading

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US moves to salvage Syrian opposition talks

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. is frantically trying to salvage a Syrian opposition conference that John Kerry plans to attend this week during his first official overseas trip as U.S. secretary of state. Continue reading

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S Korea Short-Term Debt Falls the Most Since 1998

The country’s short-term overseas debt fell to $126.7 billion at the end of 2012, down $10.7 billion from the end of 2011, the Bank of Korea said Wednesday. Continue reading

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Angolan court rejects opposition complaint on sovereign fund

LISBON (Reuters) – Angola’s constitutional court on Friday rejected a claim by an opposition party that President Jose Eduardo dos Santos had overstepped his powers to create the country’s $5 billion sovereign wealth fund. Angola launched the fund last October to invest in domestic and overseas assets by funneling the country’s vast oil wealth into infrastructure, hotels and other high-growth projects Continue reading

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£1m A Week Spent On ‘Absurd’ Child Benefits

UK taxpayers are paying £1m a week in child benefit to the parents whose children live overseas, new research suggests. Continue reading

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Nikkei falls after piercing 11,000, earnings in spotlight

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Nikkei share average dropped on Monday as investors took profit on exporters as they awaited further cues from corporate earnings after the index briefly pierced a fresh 32-month high above 11,000 in early trade. The Nikkei fell 0.9 percent to 10,824.31 after initially leaping to 11,002.86 as interest in Japanese exporters was fanned as the yen dropped to 91 versus the dollar, promising higher overseas revenues once they are repatriated. … Continue reading

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