Finance
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US stocks rise as tech, industrial earns roll inJan 22, 2013 10:53 am - Strong earnings reports from big U.S. companies helped push the Dow Jones industrial average to its eighth gain in nine sessions Tuesday. DuPont, Verizon and Travelers C...
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Palatine church to hold financial courseJan 21, 2013 12:33 pm - Immanuel Lutheran Church in Palatine will facilitate a financial course, Financial Peace University, to help couples, singles and families get out of and stay out of deb...
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More than 140 nations adopt treaty to cut mercuryJan 19, 2013 7:22 pm - GENEVA — A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four years of diffi...
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FTC says seller of 9/11 coins to pay $750,000Jan 19, 2013 5:51 pm - NEW YORK — A company that sold Sept. 11 commemorative coins supposedly containing silver from ground zero has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it deceived c...
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Tar sands waste said to warm climate more than coalJan 18, 2013 6:40 pm - WASHINGTON — Refining Canada’s oil sands into gasoline may speed global warming more than previously estimated after accounting for use of a waste product, which can be ...
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Stocks end week with gains; GE rises, Intel fallsJan 18, 2013 3:44 pm - NEW YORK — Better earnings from General Electric and Morgan Stanley helped the stock market inch higher Friday, as major indexes closed out their third straight week of ...
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Federal appeals court upholds Wisconsin union limitsJan 18, 2013 2:17 pm - MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective ba...
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‘Django Unchained’ action figures discontinuedJan 18, 2013 12:26 pm - LOS ANGELES — The Weinstein Co. has asked a toy maker to discontinue a line of “Django Unchained” action figures after receiving complaints that they were offensive. The...
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Capital One misses estimates on increase in loss reservesJan 18, 2013 5:23 am - Capital One Financial Corp., the lender that gets more than half of its revenue from credit cards, posted a fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as it s...
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American Express’ 4Q earnings fallJan 18, 2013 5:22 am - American Express’ net income fell 47 percent in the fourth quarter, as the credit card issuer racked up charges related to restructuring costs and other expenses. The co...