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Greece settles terms with EU to get $14B bailout for banks + MORE Nov 17th
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– canadianbusiness.com
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In a slow-growth world, technology stocks are trending again
NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks are trending big-time as investors latch on to innovative companies racing ahead in a slow-growth world.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq is the best performing major U.S. stock index this year, gaining 6 per cent as the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial averages have wavered between small gains and losses.
The industry has re-established itself as the dominant sector in the U.S. stock market and currently accounts for 20 per cent of the value of the S&P 500 index.
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Greece’s euro partners approve billions in new loans
BRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers of the 19-nation euro single currency group on Friday approved the first 26 billion euros ($29 billion) of a vast new bailout package to help rebuild Greece’s shattered economy.
Ten billion euros will be available to recapitalize Greece banks, while a second slice of 16 billion euros will be paid in installments, starting with 13 billion euros by Aug…
In a slow-growth world, technology stocks are trending again
NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks are trending big-time as investors latch on to innovative companies racing ahead in a slow-growth world.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq is the best performing major U.S. stock index this year, gaining 6 per cent as the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial averages have wavered between small gains and losses.
The industry has re-established itself as the dominant sector in the U.S. stock market and currently accounts for 20 per cent of the value of the S&P 500 index.
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Greece’s euro partners approve billions in new loans
BRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers of the 19-nation euro single currency group on Friday approved the first 26 billion euros ($29 billion) of a vast new bailout package to help rebuild Greece’s shattered economy.
Ten billion euros will be available to recapitalize Greece banks, while a second slice of 16 billion euros will be paid in installments, starting with 13 billion euros by Aug…
Willie Sutton Could Have Been a Regulator
– online.wsj.com
A New York contretemps shows how the war on the banks has become a revenue shakedown.
