Finance
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Race to the bottom on ETF fees benefits investorsSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - BOSTON — There’s a price war brewing. Exchange-traded funds are becoming cheaper by the month and cost-conscious investors are reaping the rewards. That’s provided they ...
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Saving money with smart open enrollment changesSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Employers will soon be offering workers their yearly opportunity to make changes to their health care benefits. All too often this open-enrollment period ha...
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Madrid anti-austerity protests turn violent againSep 29, 2012 9:17 pm - MADRID — Tens of thousands of Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries’ capitals Saturday to protest enduring deep economic pain from austerity...
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Steel town now surging in casino businessSep 29, 2012 6:04 pm - Associated Press BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A generation ago, this town was booming thanks to a manufacturing behemoth that helped build the New York City skyline, Panama Can...
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Obama blocks Chinese purchase of U.S. wind farmsSep 28, 2012 7:27 pm - WASHINGTON — Citing national security risks, President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in northern Oregon near a Nav...
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Bank failure in Illinois brings 2012 total to 43Sep 28, 2012 7:03 pm - Regulators close illinois bank WASHINGTON — Regulators say they have closed a small bank in Illinois, bringing to 43 the number of U.S. bank failures this year. The...
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UK regulator outlines LIBOR overhaulSep 28, 2012 11:31 am - LONDON — Britain’s financial regulator on Friday laid out a 10-point plan to overhaul the handling of a key global interest rate that has been the subject of a scandal i...
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Bank of America to pay $2.43B in settlementSep 28, 2012 10:50 am - NEW YORK — Bank of America says it has agreed to pay $2.43 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit related to its acquisition of Merrill Lynch at the height of the fina...
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Geithner urges regulators to press SEC on money-market overhaulSep 27, 2012 4:32 pm - Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner urged a council of regulators to recommend that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission tighten rules on money- market mutual ...
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Discover shares soar as profit beats estimatesSep 27, 2012 4:09 pm - Discover Financial Services gained the most in more than a year after the credit-card lender posted a fiscal third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates on fewer ...