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The U.S. economic recovery is done, and the economy has begun a cycle domestic consumption-led growth that will differ significantly from the prior cycle that ended in 2008, said Michael Shaoul, chairman of Marketfield Asset Management, a New York investment advisor.

Turnaround advisor AlixPartners has been put up for sale in a deal that may value the firm at more than $1 billion.

Villanova's Anthony Catanach and Penn State's Edward Ketz say the operator of eHow.com and other sites is overly aggressive with cost capitalization, a method of recording lower expenses for the period in which a cost was incurred.

Dudley said strong first-quarter data might have been the result of unseasonably warm weather in much of the United States that pulled forward some economic activity and hiring.

U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February as exports rose slightly to a record while imports fell.

Equity investors are advised to remember that dividends and capital gains or losses matter; one can't embrace the fact some stocks pay high dividends while ignoring their risk to capital.

Global biopharmaceutical firm Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) has agreed to buy KAI Pharmaceuticals, a privately held company based in San Francisco, for $315 million in cash.

Two of the biggest unions representing Unilever employees, Unite and Usdaw, have agreed to end their historic strike against the company, reported the Financial Times.

Same-store sales rose 0.5 percent from the previous week and 4.5 percent year on year, the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs reported. Redbook Research said same-store sales were up 0.8 percent from March and 4.1 percent from April 2011.

The think tank's composite leading indicators for February showed strong signs of regained momentum in the U.S. and Japanese economies, while Brazil, India, Russia and China showed positive signals compared with the previous month's assessment.

King concedes that quitting the euro zone and reintroducing its drachma currency would likely lead to financial and economic turmoil, but the move would ultimately benefit the Mediterranean country.

European private equity funds raised 82 percent more capital in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to Dow Jones LP Source, a research service for the industry.

Fears of a partial breakup of the euro zone are already causing deposit flight from banks in Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain said Jens Nordvig, head of fixed-income research at Nomura Holdings.

Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said Monday it will sell a majority stake in its struggling yellow pages business to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP.

Stock futures on U.S. indexes, which stopped trading at 9:15 a.m. EDT because of the Good Friday holiday, plunged after the Labor Department reported weaker-than-expected jobs numbers for March.

The head of Traxis Partners still believes U.S. stocks will head higher in coming months, but he's concerned about a near-term pullback as the European debt crisis intensifies and hopes for more Fed bond-buying dim.

Consumer loan delinquency rates dropped in all 11 categories tracked by the American Bankers Association, ABA, in fourth quarter 2011, a sign that deleveraging has worked and Americans' personal financial situations have become more stable.

A pair of unexpectedly downbeat economic reports from Germany and the UK on Thursday added to fears of a recession in the euro zone and fueled doubts that manufacturing could power the region's economic recovery.

The financial expert and Gloom, Boom & Doom Report publisher predicts a massive loss of wealth sometime down the line, citing unresolved financial excess.

A new Federal Reserve study shows that foreign companies cross-listed on U.S. exchanges receive a disproportionate amount of investment from Americans, mostly because of greater transparency.

The U.S. services sector continued to expand in March, although the pace of growth has slowed.

Fresh figures on business activity and retail sales in the 17-member currency area reinforce earlier signs of recession, even as the European Central Bank left its main interest rate unchanged at an all-time low of 1 percent.

She didn't mention the U.S. central bank's two previous rounds of bond-buying known as quantitative easing, but Lagarde stressed that past action by the Fed and European regulators helped keep growth strong and steady.

Steep depreciation of the Japanese currency is likely before long, the Shanghai-based economist predicts. “A financial bubble doesn't burst slowly. When it occurs, it just pops.

Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP), a North American brewer that owns popular brands like Coors and Molson Canadian, has struck a deal to buy StarBev L.P., a leading Eastern European brewer, in a bid to expand its presence in that region.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) for its revision of fourth quarter financial results, reported the Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the situation.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister of Nigeria, is gaining favor from several quarters for the presidency of the World Bank over two rival contenders.

The Federal Trade Commission has approved the $29-billion blockbuster merger of Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) and Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS), two pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs.

Avon directors said no to Monday's $23.25-a-share offer from privately held Coty, calling it significantly below multiples [that] an iconic consumer company is worth.