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A look back at Margaret Thatcher’s economic record
April 8, 2013 Margaret Thatcher, who served as the United Kingdom’s first — and, to date, only — female prime minister from 1979 to 1990, has died at age 87.…
Sherrod Brown and David Vitter have a new bipartisan bill to end Too Big to Fail. Here’s what it does.
April 9, 2013 Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohiol) and David Vitter (R-La.) have been working on a bill to block the largest banks and financial firms from receiving federal subsidies for…
Winners and losers in the White House budget
Every federal budget is an exercise in trade-offs — especially budgets that aim to shrunk the deficit. Some programs get pared back. Others get protected or even expanded. Some taxpayers end up…
Stock market closes at record high, led by technology; Dow gains 128, the most in a month
April 10 NEW YORK — Technology stocks roared back Wednesday, driving the Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Jones industrial average to record highs. The industry has lagged the broader market…
Suu Kyi visit highlights Japan’s push to raise profile, tap business opportunities in Myanmar
April 12 TOKYO — Japan’s long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader…
Did underwater mortgages kill the economy?
April 18, 2013 The housing market, finally, is recovering. Home prices are up 8 percent over the past year. And that is providing relief to a particular set of homeowners…
SeaWorld makes waves on the NYSE as stock climbs after $702 million IPO
April 19 NEW YORK — SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. made a splash Friday in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The owner of theme parks famous for…
Manager of top-performing Matthew 25 Fund was confident a rebound would come
April 12 When the Matthew 25 Fund fell 40 percent in 2008, it kept Mark Mulholland awake at night. Mulholland, the founder and sole manager of the mutual fund — named after…
Thermo Fisher to buy Life Technologies in $13.6 billion cash deal
April 15 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. plans to pay about $13.6 billion for Life Technologies Corp. in a deal that will position the scientific instrument maker to benefit from the expected…
Correction: Thermo Fisher-Life Technologies-Acquisition story
In an April 15 story about Thermo Fisher Inc.’s plan to buy Life Technologies Corp., The Associated Press misidentified the gender of Morningstar analyst Charlie Miller, who is a woman.…
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