Financial & Economic Blog

The dollar enjoyed a brief bounce against the euro before sliding to a new all-time low after the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate Wednesday.

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We're hard-wired to tremble when oil prices rocket, and the past few weeks have looked like another example of why. Whenever stocks fell sharply, as they did several times, traders blamed the fast-rising price of oil.

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U.S. stock futures drifted slightly higher early Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates.

U.S. stock futures drifted slightly higher early Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates.

Aren't supersmart people oh-so-seductive? They've figured out all the angles - haven't they? But sometimes even the supersmarts could use a little schooling.

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Sipping Diet Coke in a suite at New York's Mandarin Oriental hotel after a day that began with a joint interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer conducted by PBS's Charlie Rose, followed by a quick march through a luncheon speech, some one-on-ones with the trade press, and a dozen customer meetings, John Chambers doesn't look or act the way you or I would - exhausted.

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