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    Why Bank of America is the new Citigroup

    For the year, Bank of America is up 46 percent, best of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones industrial average. Big banks collectively are up 15 percent.

    Feb 10, 2012 7:10 AM

    On a normal day, 4 billion shares of stock change hands on the New York Stock Exchange. One in 10 belongs to a single company. It's not McDonald's or IBM, both of which have been on a tear. It's Bank of America — bailed out by the government three years ago, reviled for being part of the mortgage frenzy that helped wreck the economy and selling for not much more than an ATM fee.

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    Trade deficit widens to $48.8 billion in December

    FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, the container ship CMA CGM Georgia, sails into Charleston Harbor past a marina in Mount Pleasant, S.C., near Charleston, S.C. The U.S. trade deficit widened in December, reflecting a jump in imports of autos and industrial machinery. For the year, the deficit climbed to the highest level since 2008 as both exports and imports rose to all-time highs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

    Feb 10, 2012 8:33 AM

    U.S. exports to Europe rose at a healthy clip in December, a sign that the critical U.S. trading partner continues to buy American goods despite its weakened economy. The overall trade gap widened because imports grew at a faster pace than exports. Still, the rebound in exports to Europe should calm some fears that the debt crisis will slow demand for U.S. goods.

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    Motorola CEO, Harper have plan to fix job skills shortage

    American Association of Community Colleges President and CEO Walter Bumphus (left) and Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown joined Harper College President Ken Ender (right) for a panel discussion Thursday at the Palatine campus on America's shortage of skilled workers.

    Feb 10, 2012 7:14 AM

    Two of the most respected minds in the corporate and higher education realms addressed Harper's board of trustees and educational foundation on how to go about improving the skills of America's workers. Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown joined Walter Bumphus, head of the American Association of Community Colleges, for a brainstorming session. “At the end of the day, we need to lock arms locally,” Brown said.

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    Obama call for manufacturing revival a tough goal

    President Barack Obama

    Feb 10, 2012 6:58 AM

    President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival “built on American manufacturing.” But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it.

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    Suburban experts: ‘Creative’ methods drive business lending

    Judith Roussel, left, Illinois District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, talks with Kevin Simpson of Focus Capital, center, and Jim Elsener, Daily Herald Business Ledger manager of business development, before the Newsmakers Forum on Banking and Finance Thursday.

    Feb 10, 2012 12:00 AM

    After years of stagnation, money is starting to become more available to businesses seeking loans to grow and build capital. But how and where to get that money remains an issue, a panel of industry experts told about 90 suburban business leaders Thursday at the Daily Herald Business Ledger’s Newsmaker Forum on Banking and Finance: Raising Capital, held at Hilton Lisle/Naperville.

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