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In this June 1, 2013 photo, Paraguayans returning from shopping in Clorinda, Argentina carry boxes and bags across the international bridge over the Pilcomayo River into the town of Nanawa, Paraguay.  Shoppers who turn to the street rather than the banks to swap their dollars are getting a bonanza of extra Argentine pesos and can shop much more cheaply than back at home due to Argentina's currency controls and black market for US dollars. Taking advantage of the guarani’s newfound strength, Paraguayans are rolling by the thousands into the Argentine frontier city of Clorinda to do their shopping.  (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Argentine cash controls bring bargains, headaches

The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capital. The jackets, the shoes — they're all so cheap when your purse is stuffed with black-market money. Visitors who turn to the streets rather than the banks to swap their ...

St. Louis woman admits role in $600M funeral scam

A St. Louis County woman has admitted her part in a Ponzi-like scam that prosecutors say bilked customers buying prearranged funerals out of $600 million. Sharon Nekol Province, 69, of Ballwin, Mo., pleaded guilty Monday to six federal counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud and misappropriation of insurance premiums. Sentencing ...

Oil prices climb above $98 before US Fed meeting

The price of oil climbed back above $98 a barrel Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was up 37 cents to $98.14 a barrel in electronic ...

In this photo taken Tuesday, April 23, 2013 an unidentified farmer walks among his cattle on land near Harare. The nation’s first “Cattle Bank” has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners are being asked to bring in their animals as a cash deposit enabling them to withdraw and borrow money against their value while retaining ownership (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe 'Cattle Bank' takes deposits that moo

William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe's first "Cattle Bank" has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in this southern African country once wracked by world-record ...

Reversing himself, US judge vacates fraud sentence

A judge is throwing out a 10-year prison term he gave to a former supervisor of a phony check-cashing scheme in Cedar Rapids. U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett says the 2010 sentence for Isom Rogers of Davenport was flawed because Rogers' attorney provided inadequate representation. He ordered a resentencing. Rogers ...

Maine gov vetoes Medicaid expansion for 2nd time

Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Monday vetoed a bill to accept federal dollars to expand health care coverage to 70,000 more Mainers, saying he fears the state will ultimately bear the financial burden for the new enrollees. The Democratic-controlled Legislature last week approved a retooled proposal to expand Medicaid coverage ...

Specialist Peter Elkins is reflected in one of his screens at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, June 17, 2013. Stocks were up Monday because investors think Fed leaders will determine that the economy isn't recovering fast enough. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Investors guess Fed's actions, push stocks higher

Investors on Wall Street are playing a guessing game with the Federal Reserve. On Monday, they guessed that the central bank will continue trying to prop up the economy and sent stocks higher. The major stock indexes all rose about 1 percent in early trading and stayed there for most ...

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Budget Committee. The financial world looks to Bernanke the Week of June 17, 2013, to clarify the Fed’s timetable on economic stimulus. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

World looks to Bernanke to clarify stimulus plans

Is the era of ultra-low interest rates nearing an end? When he takes questions this week after a Federal Reserve meeting, Chairman Ben Bernanke will confront investors' fears that rates are headed higher. Financial markets have been gyrating in the 3½ weeks since Bernanke told Congress the Fed might scale ...

FILE - In this June 14, 2011 file photo, slices of a Smithfield boneless ham are displayed in Montpelier, Vt. One of Smithfield Foods Inc.'s largest shareholders, New York-based investment firm Starboard Value LP, said in a letter Monday, June 17, 2013, that a $4.72 billion takeover bid from China's largest meat producer falls short of what the company would be worth if sold off piece by piece. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Starboard says Smithfield sale undervalues company

One of Smithfield Foods Inc.'s largest shareholders says a $4.72 billion takeover bid from China's largest meat producer falls short of what the company would be worth if sold off piece by piece. In a letter to the Smithfield, Va.-based pork producer's board of directors on Monday, the New York-based ...

Man arrested in Tuscaloosa credit union holdup

Tuscaloosa police say they've arrested a man in a holdup at a credit union. Officers arrested 23-year-old Keondrae Devon Long of Tuscaloosa early Monday. He is charged with robbery and receiving stolen property from a previous case. Police say Long is suspected in a robbery at the Tuscaloosa Teachers Credit ...

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