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Roche Holding AG (ROG) won the backing of the U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the RoActemra rheumatoid arthritis drug after agreeing to provide a discount to the state-run medical system. RoActemra may be used at additional stages of treating the disease under new draft treatment guidelin... | 202 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Roche’s RoActemra Wins U.K. Backing for More Arthritis Patients","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/roche-s-roactemra-wins-u-k-backing-for-more-arthritis-patients.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 95 |
Chilean students marched in downtown Santiago today, clashing with police and blocking traffic for much of the day, after negotiations with the government over education reforms broke down last night. “This has been one of the most violent marches” after four months of demonstrations, newspaper La Tercera quoted Santia... | 283 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Chile Student March Turns Violent as Government Talks Stall","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/chilean-students-prepare-march-after-government-talks-break-down.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 96 |
Tropical Storm Philippe is nearing hurricane status in the Atlantic southeast of Bermuda though it poses no threat to land, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm, about 455 miles (735 kilometers) from Bermuda, is moving north-northeast at 8 miles per hour with 70 mph winds, the Miami-based center said in a 5 a.... | 195 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Philippe Close to Hurricane Strength in Atlantic, Storm Forms Off Mexico","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/philippe-close-to-hurricane-strength-in-atlantic-storm-forms-off-mexico.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 97 |
David Beckham ’s earning power is climbing in his soccer career’s twilight. The 36-year-old former England captain paid himself an extra 2.6 million pounds ($4 million) last year from new endorsement deals, according to a filing today by his London- based company, Footwork Productions Ltd. He endorses Adidas AG (ADS) a... | 230 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"David Beckham’s Endorsement Income Rises as Galaxy Contract Approaches End","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/david-beckham-s-endorsement-income-rises-as-galaxy-contract-approaches-end.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 98 |
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed amending cross-state emissions rules for power companies today, easing off on pollution caps for Texas and nine other states. Texas, which sued to block the measure set to take effect next year, would be allowed to have power plants emit 29 percent more sulfur dioxide than i... | 677 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"EPA Eases Off Cross-State Air Pollution Rules for Power Utilities","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/epa-eases-off-cross-state-air-pollution-rule-for-texas-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 99 |
Foreign-exchange strategists comment on the Bank of England ’s decision to expand bond purchases to 275 billion pounds ($421 million) from 200 billion pounds, the first increase in the so-called quantitative easing program since 2009. Twenty-one of 32 economists in a Bloomberg News survey forecast no change, and the re... | 383 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"BOE Bond Program Boost a ‘ Bearish’ Signal: Analyst Comment","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/boe-bond-program-boost-a-bearish-signal-analyst-comment.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 100 |
Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1) and NYSE Euronext may need to offer concessions to quell formal European Union concerns over their plan to create the world’s largest exchange, lawyers said. Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext yesterday received a statement of objections listing the European Commission’s “provisional position” o... | 817 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Deutsche Boerse, NYSE May Need to Give Ground to EU on Deal","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/deutsche-boerse-nyse-may-need-to-make-concessions-to-appease-eu.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 101 |
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Republican asked Philip Falcone and his LightSquared wireless venture for records of contacts with the White House and U.S. regulators to put “questions of improper influence” to rest. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa made the request in letters to Falcone and LightSquared Chief Exe... | 369 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Grassley Asks Falcone for Records of FCC, White House Contacts","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/grassley-asks-falcone-for-records-of-fcc-white-house-contacts.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 102 |
Following is the detailed table for Japan ’s all household spending for high-value products and services from the government’s statistics bureau in Tokyo. NOTE1: Figures are not seasonally adjusted. Total spending figures are calculated by Bloomberg News. NOTE2: Includes agricultural, forestry, and fisheries households... | 58 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Japan Aug. All Households High-Value Product Spending","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/japan-aug-all-households-high-value-product-spending-table-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 103 |
Romania ’s government approved a five- year extension for exploration licenses for eight blocks of natural-gas producer Romgaz SA, which committed to invest at least $520 million in the eastern European country. The government also approved seven oil and gas concession agreements with companies, including Ireland-based... | 121 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Romania Extends Romgaz Licenses, Approves 7 Concession Accords","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/romania-extends-romgaz-licenses-approves-7-concession-accords.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 104 |
Emergency room visits for head injuries among U.S. youth athletes surged 60 percent in nine years, led by bicycling, football and playground accidents. Traumatic brain injuries rose to 248,418 cases in 2009 from 153,375 in 2001, according to a report by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Acci... | 455 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Brain Injuries in U.S. Youth Athletes Surge 60% Over Nine Years, CDC Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/brain-injuries-in-u-s-youth-athletes-surge-60-over-nine-years-cdc-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 105 |
UBS AG (UBSN), Switzerland’s biggest bank, is hiring four bankers from Credit Agricole SA (ACA) ’s investment banking unit for its corporate advisory group in Dubai, two people familiar with the matter said. UBS is recruiting Kanhaiya Rathi, Kawtar Benkhraba, Pravin Chelluri and Rami Barazi from Credit Agricole, France... | 272 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"UBS Said to Hire Four Bankers From Credit Agricole in Dubai","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/ubs-said-to-hire-four-bankers-from-credit-agricole-in-dubai.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 106 |
Rallye SA (RAL) said that it has increased its stake in Cia. Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar to 48.1 percent. The figure includes preferred shares, American depositary receipts and call options, Rallye said in an emailed statement. | 57 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Rallye Says Total Stake in Grupo Pao De Acucar Now 48.1%","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/rallye-says-total-stake-in-grupo-pao-de-acucar-now-48-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 107 |
The rand is poised to weaken against the lira as Turkey ’s central bank sells more dollars to curb the currency’s drop and South Africa ’s Reserve Bank refrains from stemming the rand’s decline, Societe General SA said. Investors should sell the rand for the lira at 4.33 on anticipation the South African currency will ... | 321 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Rand to Lag Lira on Turkey Dollar Sales, Societe Generale Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/rand-to-lag-lira-on-turkey-dollar-sales-societe-generale-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 108 |
Oracle Corp. (ORCL), the world’s second- biggest software maker, agreed to pay more than $199.5 million to settle allegations it overbilled the U.S. government for nine years. The accord resolves a lawsuit claiming Oracle induced the General Services Administration to buy $1.08 billion in software from 1998 to 2006 by ... | 718 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-07","headline":"Oracle to Pay U.S. $199.5 Million to Settle False Claim Act Investigation","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/oracle-to-pay-u-s-199-5-million-to-settle-false-claim-act-investigation.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 109 |
European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet said banks should take full advantage of state support. “Where necessary, they should take full advantage of government support measures, which should be made totally operational, including the possibility in future for the European Financial Stability Facility to le... | 76 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Trichet Says Banks Should Take Full Advantage of State Support","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/trichet-says-banks-should-take-full-advantage-of-state-support.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 110 |
Apple Inc. (AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs ’s death yesterday at age 56 follows years of health struggles that began in 2003, when he was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Jobs had a neuroendocrine tumor, which is less aggressive than some other types of pancreatic malignancies. He eventually resigned as ch... | 518 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Jobs Waged Eight-Year Health Fight After Rare Cancer Diagnosis","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/jobs-s-death-follows-eight-year-health-fight-after-rare-cancer.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 111 |
U.S. sugar stockpiles are shrinking to the lowest in 37 years after rain and freezing weather damaged the beet crop, potentially reversing a price slump and forcing the government to ease import limits. Farmers in Minnesota, the biggest beet grower, will reap 19 percent less than last year and output will drop in four ... | 1,568 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-07", "headline": "Crop Death Shrinks Sugar Stockpiles to 37-Year Low: Commodities", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/crop-death-shrinks-sugar-stockpiles-to-37-year-low-commodities.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_idx": 0, "split_parent... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 112 |
The U.S. economy will expand 1.4 percent next year, compared with 1.7 percent in 2011, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a report Oct. 3. The bank had previously expected growth of 2 percent in 2012. Six Months The USDA can only change sugar quotas in the second half of the marketing year that began Oct. 1. The country ... | 1,568 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-07", "headline": "Crop Death Shrinks Sugar Stockpiles to 37-Year Low: Commodities", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/crop-death-shrinks-sugar-stockpiles-to-37-year-low-commodities.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_idx": 1, "split_parent... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 112 |
Apple Inc. (AAPL) security officials met with police in Palo Alto, California, this week to notify them that Steve Jobs was close to death, a spokeswoman with the police department said. Following the meeting, the police devised a plan to put patrols in the area around the former Apple chief executive officer’s Palo Al... | 602 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-07","headline":"Apple Security Officials Talked to City Police Days Before Jobs’s Death","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/apple-security-deparment-met-with-palo-alto-police-days-before-jobs-died.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 113 |
Open Range Communications Inc., formed to provide high-speed wireless Internet service to rural communities in 17 states, sought bankruptcy protection from creditors after failing to retain funding and bandwidth. The Greenwood Village, Colorado-based company won approval in 2009 for a $267 million U.S. Department of Ag... | 330 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Open Range, Rural Wireless Provider, Files for Bankruptcy","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/open-range-rural-wireless-provider-files-for-bankruptcy-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 114 |
SJM Holdings Ltd. (880), Asia ’s biggest casino operator, and Sands China Ltd. (1928) led gains in Hong Kong- listed gambling stocks on speculation the plunge earlier this week went too far given growth prospects. SJM climbed as much as 23 percent, the biggest intraday gain in almost three years, to HK$13.14 before clo... | 284 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"SJM, Sands China Lead Casino Stock Rally on Growth Outlook","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/sjm-galaxy-lead-gains-in-macau-casino-stocks-in-hong-kong.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 115 |
The dollar’s dominance may give way to a “multipolar” currency system as power shifts in the world economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “We all know that the international currency system is a system in transition, that it will probably move in the future from a currency system that’s very strongly concentrat... | 159 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Dominant Dollar May Give Way to ‘Multipolar’ System, Merkel Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/dominant-dollar-may-give-way-to-multipolar-system-merkel-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 116 |
Carbon-dioxide emissions per barrel of oil produced from Alberta’s oil sands will probably fall to levels of conventional drilling in as little as a decade, Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) ’s Chief Executive Officer Rick George said. “With these new technologies, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we can actually get to convent... | 418 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Oil-Sands CO2 to Match Conventional in Decade, Suncor CEO Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/oil-sands-co2-to-match-conventional-in-decade-suncor-ceo-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 117 |
Accor SA (AC) Chief Executive Officer Denis Hennequin forecast slowing growth at Europe ’s largest hotel company as consumers and businesses reduce spending on lodging next year. “In 2012 we expect a slowdown but still positive growth,” the CEO said in an interview yesterday in London. “I’m cautious, not pessimistic.” ... | 440 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Accor’s Hennequin Sees Slowing Growth","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/accor-s-hennequin-sees-slowing-growth-cautious-outlook-for-2012.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 118 |
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), the lender that’s expanding investment-banking operations as rivals scale back, hired two mergers-and-acquisitions bankers. Bora Sila, previously with UBS AG (UBSN), will head consumer and retail M&A, and Adam Berger will lead health-care M&A, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo said today in a sta... | 420 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Wells Fargo Hires UBS’s Sila, Leerink’s Berger for M&A Roles","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/wells-fargo-hires-ubs-s-sila-leerink-s-berger-for-m-a-banking.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 119 |
The European Central Bank ’s move to keep euro-area banks afloat is buying governments more time to recapitalize them as Greece edges closer to default. The ECB said yesterday it will reintroduce yearlong loans, giving banks access to unlimited cash through January 2013, and resume purchases of covered bonds to encoura... | 1,318 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-07", "headline": "Trichet Keeps Banks Afloat as Governments Confront Risk of Greek Default", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/ecb-buys-governments-time-on-banks-as-greece-moves-closer-to-debt-default.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_id... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 120 |
“There finally seems to be a plan in Europe and what the ECB did yesterday certainly complemented that,” said Gilles Moec, co-chief European economist at Deutsche Bank in London. “The ECB has always been ready to step up to the plate if governments show a willingness to shoulder responsibility. It wasn’t always the cas... | 1,318 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-07", "headline": "Trichet Keeps Banks Afloat as Governments Confront Risk of Greek Default", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/ecb-buys-governments-time-on-banks-as-greece-moves-closer-to-debt-default.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_id... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 120 |
Singapore’s Straits Times Index advanced 2.9 percent to 2,603.12 at the close. Thirteen stocks rose for each that fell in the index of 30 companies. The following shares were among the most active in the market. Stock symbols are in parentheses after the company names. Commodity suppliers: The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies... | 526 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Singapore Stocks: Biosensors, Jardine Cycle, Noble, Wilmar","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/noble-singapore-post-tiger-airways-singapore-stocks-preview.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 121 |
Greggs Plc (GRG), the U.K.’s biggest bakery chain, advanced the most in almost seven months after saying that sales growth accelerated in the fiscal third quarter as it sold more meal deals and breakfast items. Greggs rose 4.8 percent, the most since March, to close at 483.2 pence at 4:30 p.m. in London. Revenue climbe... | 361 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Greggs Rises After Saying Third-Quarter Sales Increased","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/greggs-shares-gain-on-sales-signs-inflation-to-slow-next-year.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 122 |
London ’s Metropolitan Police, which is probing phone hacking at News Corp. (NWSA) ’s News of the World tabloid, won a U.K. court ruling to avoid informing hundreds of victims about a judicial review of police handling of evidence. Lawyers for U.K. Labour party lawmaker Chris Bryant and four other public figures had so... | 432 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"News Corp. Hacking Victims Lose U.K. Ruling Over Police Alert","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/news-corp-hacking-victims-lose-u-k-ruling-over-police-alert.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 123 |
Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in Thailand trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the 4:30 p.m. close in Bangkok. The SET Index surged 51.07 points, or 5.9 percent, to 913.72, the largest gain since Jan. 5, 2009. Oil companies: PTT Pcl (PTT), Thailand’s biggest energy compan... | 554 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Thailand Stocks: Central Pattana, Sri Trang, Siam Commercial","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/siam-commercial-sri-trang-thai-rubber-thai-equity-preview.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 124 |
A unit of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ), the bankrupt investment bank, sued a unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) over a failed $1.25 billion real estate deal. Rosslyn LB Syndication Partner LLC, a Lehman unit not in bankruptcy, accused USREO/Rosslyn Investors LLC, a Goldman Sachs unit, of terminating a trans... | 510 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Lehman Brothers Unit Sues Goldman Sachs Unit for Failed Deal","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/lehman-unit-sues-goldman-sachs-unit-over-failed-business-deal.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 125 |
Coffee futures jumped the most in seven weeks on signs that weakness in the U.S. labor market eased, bolstering demand for most commodities. Sugar fell. Claims for unemployment benefits increased less than forecast last week, government data showed. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said this week that the centr... | 322 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Coffee Rises Most in Seven Weeks on U.S. Outlook; Sugar Drops","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/coffee-rises-most-in-seven-weeks-on-u-s-outlook-sugar-drops.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 126 |
The Dollar Index, which tracks the U.S. currency against those of six trading partners, extended gains, climbing 0.6 percent to 79.447 as of 1:24 p.m. in London. | 48 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Dollar Index Extends Its Advance, Climbs 0.6% to 79.447","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/dollar-index-extends-its-advance-climbs-0-6-to-79-447.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 127 |
Steve Wozniak, who started Apple Inc. (AAPL) with high-school friend Steve Jobs in a California garage more than three decades ago, said news of his partner’s death struck him just like the shootings of John Lennon and John F. Kennedy. “I’m just totally awestruck, a bit shocked, a bit surprised,” Wozniak, 61, said in a... | 961 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Steve Jobs’s Death Struck Like John Lennon, JFK Getting Shot, Wozniak Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/steve-jobs-s-death-struck-like-john-lennon-jfk-getting-shot-wozniak-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 128 |
ESPN said it has permanently removed Hank Williams Jr.’s opening song to its “Monday Night Football” telecasts, three days after the country singer compared President Barack Obama to Hitler. “We appreciate his contributions over the past years,” the Walt Disney Co (DIS).-owned network said in a statement. “The success ... | 362 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"ESPN Drops Hank Williams Jr.’s Song From Monday Football on Hitler Remark","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/espn-drops-williams-jr-over-hitler-remark.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 129 |
Richard Cordray ’s selection to lead the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was approved by the Senate Banking Committee in a move that sets up a showdown with Republicans vowing to block any nominee for the post. Today’s 12-10 vote sends the nomination to the full Senate, where 44 Republicans have pledged to de... | 579 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Consumer Bureau Nomination Goes to Senate","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/consumer-bureau-nominee-approved-by-senate-banking-committee.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 130 |
Central Pattana Pcl (CPN), Thailand ’s biggest shopping mall developer, sold 2 billion baht of bonds ($64 million) yesterday, according to a person familiar with the deal. The sale was split into 1.2 billion baht of five-year notes paying a yield of 4.52 percent, 500 million baht of seven-year notes paying a yield of 4... | 143 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Thailand’s Central Pattana Said to Sell 2 Billion Baht of Bonds","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/thailand-s-central-pattana-said-to-sell-2-billion-baht-of-bonds.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 131 |
Turkey ’s government is preparing legislation to address problems in the operations of the country’s anti-trust authority, Hurriyet newspaper said. Industry Minister Nihat Ergun made the comments in a private meeting with executives, the Istanbul-based newspaper reported, without saying how it got the information. | 58 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Turkey Working on New Competition Legislation, Hurriyet Reports","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/turkey-working-on-new-competition-legislation-hurriyet-reports.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 132 |
Absa Group Ltd. (ASA) said the price of a medium-sized house in South Africa rose an average 5.2 percent in September froma year earlier. The average nominal price of small houses fell 1.8 percent and the price for large house increased by 0.5 percent, the Johannesburg-based lender said in an e-mailed statement today. | 74 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Medium-Sized South African House Prices Increase Average 5.2% in September","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/absa-says-s-africa-house-prices-rose-average-5-2-in-september.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 133 |
DuPont Co. options traders are more bullish than any time in two years, betting the stock will rebound from a five-month decline as investors favor companies with the highest dividends. The ratio of outstanding puts to sell versus calls to buy has dropped to 0.8, the lowest since April 2009. Ownership of contracts to b... | 1,310 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-06", "headline": "DuPont Calls at Two-Year High as Traders See Rebound: Options", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/dupont-calls-at-two-year-high-as-traders-see-rebound-options.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_idx": 0, "split_parent_id"... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 134 |
“With record profits and zero cost for capital, with low interest rates and cheaper energy costs, there are a number of bullish factors lining up,” Alan Knuckman, chief market strategist at OneStopOption.com, a Chicago-based provider of options market analysis, said in a telephone interview yesterday. “The companies th... | 1,310 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-06", "headline": "DuPont Calls at Two-Year High as Traders See Rebound: Options", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/dupont-calls-at-two-year-high-as-traders-see-rebound-options.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_idx": 1, "split_parent_id"... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 134 |
Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in Vietnam trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the 11 a.m. local-time close. The VN Index, the benchmark measure of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, rose 1 percent to 421.32, the biggest gain since Sept. 19. Dien Quang Joint-Stock Co. (D... | 294 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Vietnam Stock Movers: Dien Quang, Hoa Binh, Tay Ninh Rubber","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/vietnam-stock-movers-dien-quang-hoa-binh-tay-ninh-rubber.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 135 |
The following issue is being redeemed via the company's call option: Issuer: Freddie Mac Coupon: 1.875 percent Maturity: Oct. 14, 2014 Redemption Amount: $50 million Redemption Price: 100 percent Amount Remaining: Fully Retired Security ID: 3134G2ER9 Effective Date: Oct. 14, 2011 | 88 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Freddie Mac to Redeem 1.875% Notes Due 2014","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/freddie-mac-to-redeem-1-875-notes-due-2014.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 136 |
Media Capital SGPS SA’s TV station TVI will broadcast games of UEFA ’s Champions League from next year through 2015 on free-to-air television, the company said in a regulatory filing. | 42 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Media Capital’s TVI to Broadcast Champions League Soccer Through 2015","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/media-capital-s-tvi-to-broadcast-champions-league-soccer-through-2015.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 137 |
Vietnam ’s posted a current account surplus in the January through July period of $1.3 billion, according to a statement on the country’s central bank website dated yesterday. Vietnam had a current account deficit of $3.2 billion in the same period last year, the statement said. | 59 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Vietnam’s Jan-July Current Account Surplus at $1.3 Billion","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/vietnam-s-jan-july-current-account-surplus-at-1-3-billion.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 138 |
The Mexican Senate asked Petroleos Mexicanos to supply information about its relationship with Repsol YPF SA (REP), El Universal reported. The body’s energy committee requested Pemex provide the information within ten days and plans to call Pemex director Juan Jose Suarez Coppel to testify once the data has been analys... | 76 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Mexican Senate Asks Pemex to Testify on Repsol, Universal Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/mexican-senate-asks-pemex-to-testify-on-repsol-universal-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 139 |
UBS AG has committed to making a $176 million loan for a shopping mall in New York, persisting with efforts to boost its commercial-real estate financing even as credit market gyrations prompt other lenders to retreat. The bank originated the debt this week on the Poughkeepsie Galleria, a 1.2 million square-foot shoppi... | 480 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"UBS Said to Lend on New York Mall in Commercial Mortgage Push Amid Turmoil","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/ubs-said-to-lend-on-poughkeepsie-mall-in-cmbs-push-amid-turmoil.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 140 |
Gannett Co., publisher of newspapers including USA Today, promoted Gracia Martore to chief executive officer after Craig Dubow resigned for medical reasons. Martore, 60, has been president and chief operating officer at the company, and had overseen Dubow’s duties during his recent leave of absence, which was announced... | 333 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Gannett Names Martore CEO as Dubow Resigns Citing Disability","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/gannett-names-martore-ceo-as-dubow-resigns-citing-disability-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 141 |
(Corrects to remove statement that the official advocated a higher franc cap.) The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, part of the Economy Ministry, said capping the Swiss franc against the euro at 1.20 has brought stability, even if an exchange rate of 1.30 or 1.40 would be preferable, because this it would ... | 107 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Swiss Official Says Cap Brought Stability, T-A Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/swiss-official-says-cap-brought-stability-t-a-says-correct-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 142 |
Ghana ’s state pension fund will sell its 62 percent stake in First Atlantic Merchant Bank Ltd., a closely held lender based in Accra, to Kedari Nominees Ltd. of Nigeria for 42 million cedis ($26 million). Kedari Nominees, which is backed by a group of investment bankers in Nigeria, has paid 40 percent of the amount an... | 491 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Ghana’s Pension Fund to Sell First Atlantic Stake to Investors","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/ghana-s-pension-fund-to-sell-first-atlantic-stake-to-investors.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 143 |
Japan ’s top five electric utilities, shut out of the bond market following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, are borrowing a record 4 trillion yen ($52 billion) in loans at a premium to pay for the surging cost of fuel. Tohoku Electric Power Co., based in the tsunami-damaged northeast, will pay 1.4 percent interest on t... | 2,064 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-07", "headline": "Power Companies Borrow Record in Loans as Cost of Fuel Jumps: Japan Credit", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/power-companies-borrow-record-in-loans-as-cost-of-fuel-jumps-japan-credit.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 144 |
The risk benchmark is on course for its first decline since Sept. 30, according to CMA, which is owned by CME Group Inc. and compiles prices quoted by dealers in the privately negotiated market. Contracts to insure Japanese government debt against default for five years fell 10 to 149 yesterday. Credit-default swap ind... | 2,064 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset": "bloomberg_financial_news", "date": "2011-10-07", "headline": "Power Companies Borrow Record in Loans as Cost of Fuel Jumps: Japan Credit", "link": "http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/power-companies-borrow-record-in-loans-as-cost-of-fuel-jumps-japan-credit.html", "split_chunk_count": 2, "split_chunk_... | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 144 |
Japan ’s household spending for high-value products and services fell 5.9 percent in Aug. from the previous year, according to the figures release by the government’s statistics bureau in Tokyo. NOTE1: Figures are not seasonally adjusted. Total spending figures are calculated by Bloomberg News. NOTE2: Includes agricult... | 107 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Japan’s Aug. Survey of Household Economy: Summary","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/japan-s-aug-survey-of-household-economy-summary-table-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 145 |
Sri Lanka ’s economy may grow about 8.3 percent in 2011, Dharma Dheerasinghe, deputy governor of the island’s central bank, said in Colombo today, lowering a projection of 8.5 percent made earlier this year. The construction industry will help drive expansion, he said. He didn’t elaborate on why the central bank cut it... | 81 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Lowers 2011 GDP Growth Estimate to 8.3%","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/sri-lanka-s-central-bank-lowers-2011-gdp-growth-estimate-to-8-3-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 146 |
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) is in talks to merge its operations in Oman with Oman International Bank SAOG (OIBB), the Gulf country’s fifth-biggest bank by assets. “These discussions are at a preliminary stage,” HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, said today in a statement. HSBC in August said it would eliminate 30,000 jobs by th... | 189 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Oman International in Talks to Merge HSBC’s Oman Operations","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/oman-int-bank-in-talks-to-merge-hsbc-s-oman-operations.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 147 |
The government of Baden-Wuerttemberg violated the state constitution when it authorized 4.7 billion euros in guarantees as part of the purchase of a 45 percent stake in EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG (EBK), a court ruled. The Baden-Wuerttemberg constitutional court ruled the government shouldn’t have authorized the... | 262 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"EnBW Deal Guarantees Violated State Constitution, Court Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/enbw-deal-guarantees-violated-state-constitution-court-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 148 |
Citic Securities Co., China ’s biggest brokerage by market value, declined in its Hong Kong trading debut as the depressed valuations of rivals lured investors. Citic Securities fell as much as 11 percent to HK$11.90 and traded at HK$12.2 as of 11:01 a.m. The company, which is also listed in Shanghai, sold 995.3 millio... | 471 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Citic Securities Falls in Hong Kong Debut","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/citic-securities-falls-in-hong-kong-debut.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 149 |
XP Power Ltd. (XPP), a U.K. maker of parts that regulate power in electrical equipment, said third-quarter revenue rose 20 percent and it will pay a dividend of 11 pence a share for the quarter. | 49 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"XP Power Says 3rd-Quarter Revenue Rises 20%, to Pay 11p Dividend","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/xp-power-says-3rd-quarter-revenue-rises-20-to-pay-11p-dividend.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 150 |
The cost of hunger in the U.S., the world’s largest economy, was $167.5 billion last year as the recession in 2008 and a slow economic recovery pushed more American households into food insecurity, researchers said. The number of food-insecure and hungry Americans in 2010 rose 30 percent from 2007, Waltham, Massachuset... | 713 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"U.S. Cost of Hunger Was $167.5 Billion in 2010, Researchers Say","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/u-s-cost-of-hunger-was-167-5-billion-in-2010-researchers-say.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 151 |
Canon Inc. (7751) halted operations at its inkjet printer plant in Ayutthaya, Thailand, because of flooding and will keep the factory closed tomorrow as a precautionary measure. Hirotomo Fujimori, a Tokyo-based spokesman for the company, made the remarks by phone today. | 63 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Canon Halts Operations at Thai Inkjet Plant After Flood","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/canon-halts-operations-at-thai-inkjet-plant-after-flood-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 152 |
European Commission President Jose Barroso ruled out proposing a publicly funded European credit- ratings company as part of plans to increase diversity in the industry. | 28 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"EU’s Barroso Rules Out Publicly Funded EU Credit-Rating Agency","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/eu-s-barroso-rules-out-publicly-funded-eu-credit-rating-agency.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 153 |
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said policy makers need to “look again” at whether European banks need additional capital. Experts who say the banks are undercapitalized must be taken “very seriously” and if it turns out that banks need more capital “then it’s money well-invested,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin today... | 96 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Merkel Says European Bank Capitalization Needs Review","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/merkel-says-european-bank-capitalization-needs-review.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 154 |
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Morgan Stanley led U.S. banks higher in New York trading after Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the nation’s financial firms have strengthened and there is “absolutely” no chance of another collapsing like Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2008. Bank of America climbed 8.8 perc... | 428 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-07","headline":"BofA, Morgan Stanley Gain as Geithner Says Banks Stronger","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/bofa-morgan-stanley-rise-as-geithner-says-u-s-lenders-stronger-than-2008.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 155 |
Construction activity in Germany picked up in September, according to Markit Economics The research group’s index of German construction activity rose to 50.5 compared with 49.8 in August. An index above 50 means the number of construction firms who said business expanded was greater than the number saying it contracte... | 65 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Germany Sept. Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/germany-sept-construction-purchasing-managers-index-table-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 156 |
Canadian home sales may have fallen in September from August as home buyers in British Columbia and Alberta slow purchases, regional housing data show. September sales reported by nine major regional real estate boards show a 4.3 percent decline from August, while last year, sales at the same boards rose 1.1 percent on... | 393 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Canada September Home Sales May Have Fallen, Data Show","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/canada-september-home-sales-may-have-fallen-regional-data-show.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 157 |
Greek bank reliance on European Central Bank liquidity declined to 93.1 billion euros in August from 96.3 billion euros in July, according to a statement posted on the Athens-based central bank’s website today. | 45 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"ECB Financing to Greek Banks in August Fell to EU93.1 Billion","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/ecb-financing-to-greek-banks-in-august-fell-to-eu93-1-billion.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 158 |
OAO AFK Sistema may change its dividend policy, Vedomosti reported today, citing Mikhail Shamolin, the company’s president. A management plan, which has yet to be approved by the board, envisages paying shareholders 10 percent of the company’s net income plus 10 percent of the profit from asset sales, the newspaper sai... | 106 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"AFK Sistema May Change Its Dividend Policy, Vedomosti Reports","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/afk-sistema-may-change-its-dividend-policy-vedomosti-reports.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 159 |
DLA Piper, the world’s third-highest grossing law firm, hired Troy Doyle from Norton Rose to head its newly created restructuring and distressed investment team in Asia amid Europe ’s debt crisis. “Given the volatility, we’re seeing an increase in distressed investments across the region,” Doyle, who joined Chicago-bas... | 240 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"DLA Piper Hires Troy Doyle as Distressed Opportunities Increase","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/dla-piper-hires-troy-doyle-as-distressed-opportunities-increase.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 160 |
Asian stocks rose for the first time in five days as better-than-expected U.S. economic data and optimism European leaders will contain the region’s debt crisis boosted the earnings outlook for exporters. Sony Corp. (6758), Japan’s No. 1 exporter of consumer electronics, advanced 4.7 percent in Tokyo. Cathay Pacific Ai... | 1,238 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Asia Stocks Rise First Day in Five on European, U.S. Optimism","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/asian-stocks-advance-on-europe-optimism.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 161 |
The euro stayed lower against the dollar after the European Central Bank kept its main interest rate unchanged, an outcome predicted in a survey of economists by Bloomberg. The 17-nation currency fell 0.5 percent to $1.3284 as of 12:48 p.m. in London. | 65 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Euro Stays Lower Against Dollar After ECB Keeps Rate Unchanged","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/euro-stays-lower-against-dollar-after-ecb-keeps-rate-unchanged.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 162 |
Ethanol futures gained in Chicago as gasoline prices jumped for the second straight day and supplies of the biofuel in New York Harbor were tight. Futures have gained 1.4 percent since an Energy Department report yesterday showed production of conventional gasoline blended with ethanol rose 2 percent in the week ending... | 391 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Ethanol Rises on Higher Gasoline Prices, Lower New York Supplies","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/ethanol-rises-on-higher-gasoline-prices-lower-new-york-supplies.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 163 |
DuPont Co., the inventor of Kevlar used in body armor, said the opening of a $500 million U.S. plant today will allow for growth in other uses for the material, such as tires, auto parts and fiber-optic cables. The Cooper River Kevlar plant near Charleston, South Carolina, will initially increase global Kevlar producti... | 323 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"DuPont Boosts Kevlar Output as Non-Ballistic Applications Grow","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/dupont-boosts-kevlar-output-as-non-ballistic-applications-grow.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 164 |
Turkey ’s central bank said core inflation may peak at about 8 percent in the last quarter of this year before subsiding in 2012. The bank made the forecast for the “H” measure of inflation in a presentation to analysts in Ankara that was posted on its website today. | 60 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Turkish Central Bank Says Core Inflation May Peak at 8 Percent","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/turkish-central-bank-says-core-inflation-may-peak-at-8-percent.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 165 |
France ’s state-owned Caisse des Depots et Consignations and La Poste are joining with Dexia SA (DEXB) to create a new company to take over Dexia’s French municipal lending arm, La Poste’s union said. The company would be 65 percent owned by CDC, 5 percent by La Poste and 30 percent by Dexia, according to a statement t... | 166 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"CDC, La Poste to Form Venture for Dexia Muni Assets, Union Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/cdc-la-poste-to-form-venture-for-dexia-muni-assets-union-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 166 |
Polytan GmbH’s owners IK Investment Partners have hired Macquarie to find a buyer for the German maker of synthetic grass, Financial Times Deutschland said, without saying where it got the information. Polytan is valued at 300 million euros ($400 million) to 350 million euros including debt, the German newspaper said, ... | 148 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Synthetic Grass Company Polytan Seeks Buyer, FT Deutschland Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/synthetic-grass-company-polytan-seeks-buyer-ft-deutschland-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 167 |
Business activity in Canada slowed in Sept., according to the Ivey Purchasing Managers Index. The association’s monthly index of business activity fell to 55.7 last month, compared with 56.4 in August. An index above 50 means the number of firms who said business improved was greater than the number saying it deteriora... | 71 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Canada September IVEY Index: Summary","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/canada-september-ivey-index-summary-table-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 168 |
Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC sold its stake in six Texas office properties valued at about $2 billion to its partner, a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), a person with knowledge of the transaction said. The acquisition, completed Sept. 28, gave J.P. Morgan Asset Management full ownership of Houston Center and Th... | 627 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Crescent Said to Sell Stake in $2 Billion of Texas Buildings to JPMorgan","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/crescent-said-to-sell-stake-in-texas-buildings-to-jpmorgan-unit.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 169 |
PIK Group (PIKK), a Russian residential real-estate developer, may invest 13 billion rubles ($400 million) over four years in a new project in Moscow, Vedomosti reported today, citing Artem Eyramdzhants, the company’s first vice president. | 60 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"PIK Will Invest $399 Million in Moscow Project, Vedomosti Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/pik-will-invest-399-million-in-moscow-project-vedomosti-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 170 |
Lazard Ltd. (LAZ), the financial-advisory and asset-management firm, hired a real-estate investment team from Grubb & Ellis Alesco Global Advisors. Jay Leupp and David Ronco lead the group, which also includes Christopher Hartung to focus on investment strategy and research and Kipp Kjeldgaard for client service and bu... | 233 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Lazard Hires Real-Estate Investment Team From Grubb & Ellis","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/lazard-hires-real-estate-investment-team-from-grubb-ellis.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 171 |
Following is the monthly transaction based price changes for single family homes, attached homes only, in the U.S. from First American CoreLogic, LoanPerformance. | 31 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"U.S. Aug. Single Family Attached Home Prices","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/u-s-aug-single-family-attached-home-prices-table-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 172 |
Thailand ’s seasonal floods may cause as much as 130 billion baht of damage and reduce economic growth by up to 1.3 percentage points, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce said today. The new estimate includes the cost of flooding in southern Thailand in April and May, in addition to damage caused by a deluge... | 119 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Thai Flood Damage May Rise to 130 Billion Baht, University Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/thai-flood-damage-may-rise-to-130-billion-baht-university-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 173 |
Texas Christian University has received an invitation to become the 10th member of the Big 12 Conference, potentially setting off a new wave of colleges switching leagues. The Horned Frogs had earlier committed to join the Big East Conference beginning in July of 2012. The school will have to pay a $5 million exit fee,... | 308 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"TCU’s Invitation to Join Big 12 May Spark Wave of Switches by Universities","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/tcu-s-invitation-to-join-big-12-may-spark-wave-of-switches-by-universities.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 174 |
Absa Group Ltd. (ASA), Barclays Plc (BARC) ’s South African bank, combined its retail and business divisions to boost efficiency and named a joint committee with its British parent to oversee growth in Africa. Bobby Malabie, head of Absa business banking, will lead the combined unit, Chief Executive Officer Maria Ramos... | 456 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Barclays’ Absa Merges Banking Units, Names Africa Committee","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/barclays-absa-merges-banking-units-names-africa-committee-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 175 |
Canada ’s dollar fell versus a majority of its major peers before domestic and U.S. jobs data that may show the North American economy is faltering. The loonie, as the Canadian currency it’s nicknamed, touched the lowest level in more than a year against its U.S. counterpart this week on concern a slowing American econ... | 944 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Canadian Dollar Falls on Economic Slowing Before Nations’ Jobs Reports","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/canadian-dollar-fluctuates-before-jobs-data-amid-stocks-rally-in-europe.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 176 |
Peru’s sol headed for its biggest two-day gain in four months as moves by the European Central Bank to shore up the euro region’s money market spurred demand for higher-yielding, emerging-market assets. The sol strengthened 0.5 percent to 2.7485 per U.S. dollar at 12:31 p.m. New York time, from 2.7630 yesterday. The cu... | 245 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Peru’s Sol Heads for Biggest Two-Day Rise in Four Months on ECB Decision","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/peru-s-sol-heads-for-biggest-two-day-rise-in-four-months-on-ecb-decisions.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 177 |
Prices for top young race horses at Europe ’s biggest auction jumped 30 percent following a slow-down in breeding and increased demand from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. The average price paid for a yearling - a one-year-old untrained thoroughbred racehorse - during the first two days at Ta... | 754 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Prices for Young Racehorses Surge as Sheikh Mohammed Spends at Top Auction","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/prices-for-young-racehorses-surge-as-sheikh-mohammed-spends-at-top-auction.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 178 |
Miraca Holdings Inc. (4544), Japan ’s biggest provider of medical tests, agreed to buy Caris Life Sciences Inc.’s pathology unit for $725 million, gaining laboratories in three U.S. states that service more than 3,500 patients daily. The purchase price includes the repayment of existing debt, and the deal is subject to... | 323 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Miraca to Buy Caris Life’s Pathology Unit for $725 Million","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/miraca-to-buy-caris-anatomic-pathology-business-for-725-million.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 179 |
San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the largest Philippine company by assets that’s seeking to expand in Malaysia, said it’s in discussions to sell a stake in Bank of Commerce to CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. (CIMB) “We’re in talks,” San Miguel President Ramon Ang said in an interview in Manila today. CIMB is “one of the biggest banks ... | 596 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"San Miguel in Talks With CIMB to Sell Bank Stake, Ang Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/san-miguel-in-talks-with-cimb-to-sell-bank-stake-ang-says-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 180 |
Company pensions in the U.S. fell behind future payouts to retirees by the most ever in September, as stocks fell and the slowing economy and Federal Reserve policy drove down bond yields, according to actuarial and consulting firm Milliman Inc. The deficit between the assets of the 100 largest company pensions and pro... | 907 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Company Pension Deficit Jumps Most Ever as Stocks, Yields Plunge","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/company-pension-deficit-jumps-most-ever-as-stocks-yields-plunge.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 181 |
Swedish central bank First Deputy Governor Svante Oeberg signaled it may be premature to abandon a cycle of interest rate increases as Europe ’s debt crisis shows no signs of deteriorating since the bank’s September meeting. Europe’s leaders are “on a good path” toward solving the region’s fiscal woes, Oeberg said in a... | 620 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-07","headline":"Riksbank’s Oeberg Signals Premature to Shelve Rate Rises","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/riksbank-s-oeberg-says-crisis-has-cut-potential-gdp-growth-rate.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 182 |
Enbridge Inc. (ENB), Canada ’s largest pipeline operator, wouldn’t need to build the Northern Gateway project to export Alberta ’s oil-sands crude for almost a decade if TransCanada Corp. (TRP) ’s Keystone XL is approved this year, according to IHS CERA, an energy research company. The 732-mile (1,177-kilometer) Northe... | 1,060 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Enbridge’s Oil Sands Project Is Years Early, Says IHS CERA","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/enbridge-s-oil-sands-project-is-years-too-early-says-ihs-cera.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 183 |
Brazil ’s federal government may agree to reduce its share of profits from highly productive oil fields by a further 700 million reais ($382 million) to help reach agreement on how to share oil royalties with non-producing states, Folha de S.Paulo reported, citing unidentified government officials. The government may c... | 161 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Brazil May Cut Its Oil Royalties Income Further, Folha Reports","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/brazil-may-cut-its-oil-royalties-income-further-folha-reports.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 184 |
Greek banks’ reliance on European Central Bank financing declined for a second month in August, the central bank said. Greek bank use of European Central Bank liquidity fell to 93.1 billion euros (124.9$ billion) in August from 96.3 billion euros the previous month, according to a statement posted on the Athens-based c... | 340 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Greek ECB Reliance Declined for Second Month in August","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/greek-ecb-reliance-declined-for-second-month-in-august-1-.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 185 |
Luxembourg Finance Minister Luc Frieden said Dexia SA (DEXB) is in advanced talks with an undisclosed international investor to sell Dexia Banque Internationale a Luxembourg SA. Speaking to reporters in Luxembourg, Frieden said talks should be concluded by the end of this month, adding that’s in the interest of the loc... | 77 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Dexia Is in Advanced Talks to Sell Luxembourg Unit, Frieden Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/dexia-is-in-advanced-talks-to-sell-luxembourg-unit-frieden-says.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 186 |
World food prices fell for a third month in September, the longest stretch of declines in more than two years, after grain prices slumped amid concern demand will be hurt by an economic slowdown. An index of 55 food commodities fell to 225 points last month from 229.5 points in August, the United Nation’s Rome- based F... | 1,048 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"World Food Prices Drop for Third Month on Slumping Grains, UN Agency Says","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/world-food-prices-slid-in-september-on-slump-in-grain-prices.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 187 |
Analysts discuss the European Central Bank ’s decision to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.5 percent. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB will resume covered-bond purchases and reintroduce year-long loans for banks to counter the debt crisis. The comments were made in telephone interviews and... | 332 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Euro to Weaken as ECB Moves Toward Rate Cuts: Analysts’ Comments","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/euro-to-weaken-as-ecb-moves-toward-rate-cuts-analysts-comments.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 188 |
Huaku Development Co. bought 442 square meters of land for NT$883 million in Taipei city from Oct. 27, 2010 to Oct. 6, the company said in a statement to the Taiwan stock exchange today. | 55 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"Huaku Development Buys NT$883 Million of Land in Taipei City","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/huaku-development-buys-nt-883-million-of-land-in-taipei-city.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 189 |
Britain’s reputation as a center of excellence in higher education may be damaged by government proposals to reform the universities, according to the compilers of this year’s World University Rankings. “The U.K. is blessed with some truly brilliant universities, more brilliant than the government understands, judging ... | 602 | bloomberg_financial_news | {"dataset":"bloomberg_financial_news","date":"2011-10-06","headline":"U.K. Universities Seen Suffering From Government Reform Plans","link":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-06/u-k-universities-seen-suffering-from-government-reform-plans.html"} | bloomberg_financial_news/bloomberg_corpus_paragraphed.jsonl.gz | 190 |
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