Finance
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Wintrust sees 34 percent increase in 2Q incomeJul 17, 2013 9:26 am - ROSEMONT — Wintrust Financial Corp. said second quarter 2013 income rose 34 percent to $34.3 million or 69 cents per share. The figures were in comparison to $32.1 milli...
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Bernanke says timetable for bond purchases not presetJul 17, 2013 7:08 am - WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve’s timetable for reducing its bond purchases is not on a “preset course” and the Fed could incr...
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U.S. consumer prices up 0.5 pct. in June on gas hikeJul 16, 2013 6:56 am - WASHINGTON — Higher gasoline costs pushed a measure of U.S. consumer prices up in June. But the overall trend in inflation stayed tame. The Labor Department said Tuesday...
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Ex-Goldman Sachs trader faces New York SEC civil trialJul 15, 2013 6:55 am - NEW YORK — A judge presiding over the civil trial of a former Goldman Sachs trader accused of misleading investors about the true prospects of their bet on a package of ...
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Small-cap funds have packed the biggest punchJul 14, 2013 6:55 am - NEW YORK — The biggest returns this year have come from the smallest stocks. Indexes that track small stocks are at record highs. Small- and mid-cap stocks have dominat...
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Is it time to buy Japanese stock mutual funds?Jul 14, 2013 6:38 am - After Japan’s stock market soared 80 percent over the course of six months, it hit a roadblock. The rapid climb of the Nikkei 225 index, the market’s benchmark, came to ...
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A financial checklist for same-sex couplesJul 14, 2013 6:05 am - NEW YORK — After celebrating the Supreme Court’s historic rulings on gay marriage last week, it’s time for same-sex married couples to sit down and go over their finance...
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Judge to mull if airlines owe WTC owners over 9/11Jul 13, 2013 1:14 pm - NEW YORK — A judge plans to decide whether the owners of the World Trade Center can try to make several airlines and other aviation defendants pay billions of dollars in...
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Across tobacco country, crops wilt from rainJul 13, 2013 1:11 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jason Elliott had one of his best stands of burley tobacco growing until the rains started. Five days and seven inches of precipitation later, about a ...
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Summers shows interest in Fed chairman nominationJul 12, 2013 5:32 pm - WASHINGTON —Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers is indicating to President Barack Obama’s Wall Street supporters that he wants to become Federal Reserve chairman,...