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Asian shares slid on Tuesday as investors waited on tenterhooks for news of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee's plans for its stimulus program - with the mere suggestion of fine-tuning it enough to ...
- Obama says Bernanke has 'stayed a lot longer' than he wanted at Fed Reuters
President Barack Obama hinted in an interview aired on Monday that he may be looking for a new chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, saying current Chairman Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than ...
- Analysis: Companies may turn to courts on U.S. natural gas export push Reuters
U.S. companies hoping to export natural gas are frustrated by lengthy delays and rule changes as they await U.S. Department of Energy approval of their applications and may turn to the courts to speed ...
One of Smithfield Foods' largest investors is pressuring shareholders to vote against the company's agreement to be purchased for $34 a share.






