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By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – Standard & Poor's cut the credit rating of Areva two notches deeper into non-investment grade status after the French nuclear group posted a record 2014 loss. The rating agency cut Areva's long-term debt to BB- from BB+ with a developing outlook, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates have fallen for the first time in four weeks and remain near historic lows reached in May 2013.

BloombergWe Tried to Re-Create JPMorgan's Mutual Fund Returns and Gave UpBloombergLast month at JPMorgan Chase's 2015 investor day—where executives discuss results for the previous year in front of analysts and shareholders—the bank displayed impressive numbers for the performance of its mutual funds. Pie charts in the asset …and …

Warren Buffett isn’t recommending stock picking, real estate or gold to LeBron James. He says go with an index fund.

A lobbying blitz is underway to scrap the decades old ban on crude oil exports from the United States. Originally implemented during price spikes in the 1970’s, oil exports from the U.S. have been legally blocked, save for exemptions given to exports to Canada. That was largely a nonissue …

Protests expected at company meetings ahead of general election

The unemployment rate and average hourly earnings figures represent the meat of the report, not the headline NFP number.

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UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The new nuclear age Fly Title: Global banks Rubric: Badly managed and unrewarding, global banks need a rethink BANKS are yet again in trouble—not pure investment banks such as Lehman Brothers, or mortgage specialists such as Northern Rock; but a handful of huge global …