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Hedge fund managers give stock picks in Vegas at SALT conference

Hedge fund managers on Thursday named some of their recent investments, including a bet that shares of American Airlines Group would fall and shares of both Chinese Internet company Tencent and chipmaker Xilinx would rise, in addresses at one of the industry's most prominent conferences. John Lykouretzos, who runs $2.8 billion Hoplite Capital Management Lp, disclosed his negative case against American Airlines, which helped push the stock down as much as 4.7

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U.S. jobless claims hit 14-month high; analysts blame Verizon strike

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to a more than one-year high, but economists blamed striking telecommunications workers for the surge and said the data did not signal a deterioration in the overall labor market…

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U.S. jobless claims hit 14-month high; analysts blame Verizon strike

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Wall St. opens flat, set to end the month higher

The three major indexes were set to end the month higher for the second straight month. While the U.S. central bank is likely to raise interest rates for the first time since June 2006, the European Central Bank is expected to unveil fresh monetary easing measures on Thursday. “We're coming off a quiet holiday week and we have a lot of hurdles to cross this week with all the data that we're expecting,” said Scott Brown,

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Wall St. opens flat, set to end the month higher