Fed unlikely to redraw markers for rate hike

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers have cooled to the idea of explicitly raising the bar on future interest rate hikes, a sign the U.S. central bank is angling for a...

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Fed unlikely to redraw markers for rate hike

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers have cooled to the idea of explicitly raising the bar on future interest rate hikes, a sign the U.S. central bank is angling for a return to more subtle -- and familiar -- ways of explaining how it plans to steer the economy.

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White House to showcase HealthCare.gov fixes at crucial juncture

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Two months after Obamacare's disastrous launch, senior administration officials on Sunday will seek to showcase the repairs to the government's troubled website meant to...

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China probes official of state-owned insurance firm for graft

BEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China is investigating an executive at the China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation for graft, the ruling Communist Party's corruption watchdog said on Sunday, making...

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China's November factory growth clings to 18-month high

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory growth held at an 18-month high in November on firm domestic and foreign demand, defying expectations the economy faces a modest slowdown as 2013 draws to a close.

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UPDATE 2-Global recovery still too weak, S.Korea data shows

SEOUL, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Exports by industrial powerhouse South Korea showed virtually no growth last month, underlining a still fragile global economy squeezed by a depressed Europe as growth slows...

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Global recovery still too weak, South Korea data shows

SEOUL (Reuters) - Exports by industrial powerhouse South Korea showed virtually no growth last month, underlining a still fragile global economy squeezed by a depressed Europe as growth slows in emerging markets.

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U.S. airlines give China flight plans for new defense zone

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U.S. retail sales up at start of holiday season: ShopperTrak

(Reuters) - U.S. shoppers visited more stores and spent more money across Thanksgiving Day on Thursday and on "Black Friday" than they did in 2012, research firm ShopperTrak said on Saturday.

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WRAPUP 3-U.S. airlines give China flight plans for new defense zone

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - U.S. airlines United , American and Delta, have notified Chinese authorities of flight plans when traveling through an air defense zone Beijing has declared...

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U.S. retail sales up at start of holiday season: ShopperTrak

(Reuters) - U.S. shoppers visited more stores and spent more money across Thanksgiving Day on Thursday and on "Black Friday" than they did in 2012, research firm ShopperTrak said on Saturday.

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