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Hedge-fund managers are making the biggest ever bet against gold as billionaire George Soros sold holdings last quarter and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicted more declines after the longest slump in four years.
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Standard physicals are, well, pretty standard. During a visit geared more toward detecting disease than preventing it, your doctor makes you cough and checks your numbers. If there’s an abnormality -- your blood pressure has spiked or your liver enzymes are elevated -- it’s your schedule that suffers as you’re shuttled between specialists.
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GE Capital Real Estate, a unit of General Electric Co., sold 79 factories and office buildings in Toronto, encompassing all of its real estate in the city, to closely held Slate Properties Inc.
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West Texas Intermediate crude advanced to a one-week high on signals that global economic growth will accelerate, bolstering fuel consumption.
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Natural gas futures may slide next week as moderate weather subdues demand for the power-plant fuel, a Bloomberg survey showed.
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Patriot Coal Corp. can pay $6.9 million in bonuses to key employees, a judge said, rejecting a union’s claims that the payments wrongly benefit corporate insiders.
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West Texas Intermediate crude rose on speculation that central banks will bolster stimulus after more Americans than projected filed for unemployment benefits and U.S. consumer prices decreased.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, forecast second-quarter profit that was less than analysts estimated as the slow U.S. economy and higher taxes put pressure on consumers.
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Central banks should be careful what they say about the future if they want flexibility to set monetary policy.
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A round of destructive weather is expected to strike an area from Illinois to Texas next week, according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center.
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