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Fed Hikes Discount Rate
The Fed announces it's intent to hike the discount rate from .5 percent to .75 percent, effective tomorrow, with Nariman Behravesh, IHS Global Insight chief economist; David Rosenberg, Gluskin Sheff & Associates chief economist; and CNBC's Hampton Pearson, Tyler Mathisen, Maria Bartiromo & Steve Liesman
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Obama Creates Fiscal Responsibility Commission
President Obama announces the creation of a bi-partisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
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Tiger's Tale
Tiger Woods is set to speak to a small group of friends, colleagues and close associates tomorrow about his future. CNBC's Darren Rovell and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, of the Yale School of Management, discuss.
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Qantas CEO Upbeat on Domestic Operations
Despite the cautious outlook from Qantas following its disappointing first-half results, its CEO, Alan Joyce, does see one bright spot -- its domestic operations. He tells CNBC's Matthew Taylor more.
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BoJ Keeps Rates Steady, Holds Off New Initiatives
The BoJ kept rates on hold at 0.1% and held off on new policy initiatives on Thursday as widely expected. Susumu Kato, MD & chief economist at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, assesses its decision, with CNBC's Oriel Morrison & Maura Fogarty.
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11 Tech Stocks to Gain on PC Growth: Experts
Hewlett-Packard reported results and an outlook that outstripped what Wall Street was expecting from the company. Which smaller companies will benefit from HP’s surge? Rob Sanderson, director of research at ABR Investment Strategy, and Scott Kessler, senior director of IT equity research, at Standard & Poor's shared their views.
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Attacking The Deficit
The deficit is now in the crosshairs of Washington with the President today announcing the creation of a budget deficit taskforce. If you do the math, this year's deficit is expected to climb to 10.6% of GDP. That's a huge increase compared to last year's 9.9% figure, which marked the highest figure since World War II.
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Schork Energy Outlook: Industrial Demand for NatGas Gets Worse
Industrial Demand for natgas is worse than December. When yesterday’s (Wednesday's) Industrial Production (IP) numbers were released by the Fed, we were underwhelmed, and it seems the market was equally nonplussed: Prices were unchanged 15 minutes after the release and just 7 cents higher an hour later. Normally, the IP numbers are strong indicators and push the market in either direction, so what gives?
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