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Stocks were modestly higher Monday afternoon despite lackluster housing data and worries over Greece. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led with a 0.4% gain. Chips and cybersecurity stocks were strong. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, while the Dow Jones industrial average edged up 0.1%. Both hit fresh all-time highs. Volume was running lower on both major exchanges from the same time Friday. Trade was especially soft on the NYSE.

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A high-flying private investment firm known for its prescient bets on tech is losing two of its top executives.

Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco argue in a new paper that issues with seasonal adjustments in the official growth statistics are depressing winter figures.
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Cash is a MAJOR problem for the Central Banks

The reason for this concerns the actual structure of the financial system. As I’ve outlined previously, that structure is as follows:

1)   The total currency (actual cash in the form of bills and coins) in the US financial system is a little over $1.36 trillion.

2)   When you include digital money sitting in short-term accounts and long-term accounts then you’re talking about roughly $10 trillion in “money” in the financial system.

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Gavin Baker said he hopes Carl Icahn’s bullish call on Apple turns out to be correct, and here’s why.

SINA’s recent rebound could come to a halt if investors get scared about Weibo’s future contributions to growth.

The Web’s virtual real estate market is open. In a move away from .com, sites are snapping up new domains like .training.