Market & Economy

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CFO June 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan	Plenty of Ammo Left in Buyback Plans U.S. firms have repurchased more than one-third the dollar amount of shares that their buyback programs allow.
CFO June 15, 2012	Defending Finance The world would be a much poorer place without advances in finance, argues a prominent economist.
CFO June 15, 2012 Vincent Ryan	U.S. Deal-Making Chills Except in select industry sectors, merger-and-acquisition activity in North America remained muted in May.
CFO June 15, 2012 Kathleen Hoffelder	"Flush with Cash" Has New Meaning A rise in Corporate America's free cash flow and capex could be a healthy sign.
HBS Working Knowledge June 13, 2012 Maggie Starvish	HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's dominated the credit ratings industry for decades. Could the recession weaken their hold?
AFP eWire June 12, 2012	Growth in U.S. Foundation Giving Fails to Keep Pace With Inflation Giving by U.S. foundations showed a modest increase in 2011, totaling an estimated $46.9 billion and up 2.2 percent from the year before. After accounting for inflation, however, contributions by U.S. foundations were down slightly from 2010.
Chemistry World June 11, 2012 Laura Howes	Nobel Prize Amount Cut Recently, returns on the capital of the foundation have fallen short of the amount needed to support the prizes.
Registered Rep. June 7, 2012 Brad Zigler	All That Glitters, May Not Glitter For Long No shine in gold's future, chart prophet says.
Financial Advisor June 2012 Stevens et al.	Economic Good Times Could Be Bad For Your Health Deaths among the elderly may rise in robust economic times because frontline caregivers in nursing homes leave for better-paying jobs elsewhere, which can compromise care given to the elderly in those facilities.
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth	Muni Forecast: Lots of Clouds Despite Whitney's prediction of a near-term disaster, it will probably take a decade or two to test whether states and municipalities can meet their obligations to both retirees and bondholders. The biggest single factor in the interim will be stock market returns.
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