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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks, bonds and currencies took a wild ride on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. central bank's massive bond-buying program would remain in place for now, even as the Fed considers cutting back...

Target Corp., like many other retail rivals, was laid low in its first fiscal quarter by cold spring temperatures that discouraged seasonal shopping and caused the chain to underperform by even its own metrics. The Minneapolis company said sales at...

Real-time equity news [E U] U.S. stock market report 0721 ET 22May2013-Economic and earnings diary for May 22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Economic data expected on Wednesday includes existing home...

(Corrects paragraph 2 to say net income rose to $822 million, not $1.24 million, from $734 million, not $1.11 million. Third-quarter earnings per share was $2.71, not 2.71 cents. The comparable figure for a year earlier was $2.42, not 2.42 cents) May...

LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone will reinvest a $3.2 billion dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to counter weakness in southern Europe that contributed to the largest ever quarterly fall in the group's main revenue measure. The British firm is trying to...

* Central bank cash fuels index gains despite weak data * Rally defies earning downgrades, nasty data surprises * Market tolerance seen unlikely to last past year-end By Simon Jessop LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Central bank cash may not be enough to...

WASHINGTON — Apple Inc., one of the most successful and valuable companies on the planet, will be tested Tuesday when Chief Executive Tim Cook testifies about the company's controversial tax practices before a hostile Senate subcommittee. Should...

Apple found itself in the uncomfortable position Monday of being labeled a corporate bad guy, drawing fire from senior senators in both parties for using subsidiaries in Ireland to reduce its tax bill. But if Apple has its way, its bitter rival Google...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc will argue for a comprehensive corporate tax reform that will levy a "reasonable tax" on foreign earnings and is not dependent on a company's revenue when it goes before a Senate panel on Tuesday to explain its offshore...

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details WASHINGTON -- Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes on $44 billion in foreign income over the past four years,...

NISSAN MIDEAST TO RECALL NISSAN, INFINITY VEHICLES IN UAE: The UAE economy ministry has said several 2013 models of Nissan's Pathfinder and Infinity's JX are to be recalled due to a faulty brake torque member, Emirates 24-7 has reported. The decision...

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.'s top executive, R. Neal Black, earned $2.9 million last year, a decrease from the $4 million in compensation Black earned in 2011, the Hampstead-based men's apparel retailer said. Executive compensation for CEO Black, who...