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Oil traded near its lowest in a week in New York on speculation that an increase in U.S. crude stockpiles signaled slowing demand in the world’s biggest consumer of the commodity.
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By Grant Smith and Ramsey Al-Rikabi |
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The U.S. Small Business Administration has added a new award – the Small Business Exporter of the Year award – to the National Small Business Week 2013 awards celebration.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stock futures advanced, after the longest weekly rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since March, amid better-than-estimated corporate earnings.
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By Rita Nazareth |
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Providence-based GreenBytes Inc. has named Chris Maher as chief operating officer to lead “ongoing market expansion,” the computer hardware and software pioneer announced Thursday.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Oil dropped in New York as rising Spanish borrowing costs pushed the dollar higher, adding to concern that Europe’s debt crisis will curb crude demand.
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By Lananh Nguyen and Ben Sharples |
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U.S. stock-index futures dropped, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will fall for a third straight day, after a Federal Reserve report showed manufacturing in the New York area unexpectedly contracted.
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By Namitha Jagadeesh and Lu Wang |
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The current-account deficit in the U.S. narrowed more than forecast in the second quarter, helped by a pickup in exports and a bigger income surplus.
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By Shobhana Chandra |
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Exports from the Ocean State decreased 13.8 percent in September to $177.1 million on a month-to-month, seasonally adjusted basis after rising 20.7 percent in August, according to an international trade statistics report from e-forecasting.com.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stock futures fell, indicating the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will trim its biggest weekly advance in more than a month, as Microsoft Corp. and General Electric Co. posted sales that missed estimates and euro-area leaders agreed on a banking regulation timetable.
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By Inyoung Hwang and Sarah Jones |
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The trade deficit unexpectedly widened in November as American retailers stocked up on imported goods for the holidays and demand for foreign automobiles rebounded following superstorm Sandy.
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By Michelle Jamrisko |