Finance
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Goldman Sachs to pay $14.4 Million to settle political casesSep 27, 2012 1:16 pm - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will pay $14.4 million to resolve regulatory claims that a former banker made improper campaign contributions to the treasurer of Massachusetts ...
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6 steps to size up your overseas retirement planSep 23, 2012 7:14 am - LOS ANGELES — Like many Gen-Xers, my present outlook on retirement falls somewhere between doom and gloom. I fear a stock market collapse could decimate my investments a...
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Isham elected chairman of Baytree National bank boardSep 20, 2012 9:21 am - PRNewswire Robert T. Isham, Jr., was elected Chairman of the Board of Baytree National Bank and Trust Co, a unit of EB Financial Group, Inc. He succeeds Willard Bunn III...
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Broadest US trade deficit fell in Q2 to $117.4 billionSep 18, 2012 11:47 am - WASHINGTON — The U.S. current account trade deficit narrowed in the April-June period, pushed lower by an increase in American exports and cheaper oil imports. The Comme...
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7 things worth knowing about reward credit cardsSep 15, 2012 11:00 pm - This has truly been a golden era for credit card rewards programs. Card issuers have been dangling rich offers of points, miles and cash back for the past year and a hal...
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Spain anti-austerity march draws tens of thousandsSep 15, 2012 6:54 pm - MADRID — Tens of thousands of people from all over Spain rallied in the capital Saturday against punishing austerity measures enacted by the government, which is trying ...
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Egan-Jones cuts U.S. debt ratingSep 14, 2012 4:40 pm - NEW YORK — Egan-Jones is downgrading its rating on U.S. debt to AA- from AA, citing Federal Reserve plans to try to stimulate the economy. The credit rating agency says ...
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Fed seeking to create wealth, not just cut ratesSep 14, 2012 4:34 pm - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve wasn’t just trying to drive interest rates lower when it announced a third round of bond purchases Thursday. It also wants to make Ameri...
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Illinois foreclosures surgeSep 13, 2012 5:09 pm - Illinois soared to the highest foreclosure rate in the U.S. last month as job losses mounted, luring investors like Waypoint Real Estate Group LLC that scoured the state...
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Fed to spend $40B a month on bond purchasesSep 13, 2012 12:16 pm - WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says it will spend $40 billion a month to buy mortgage-backed securities for long as necessary to stimulate the still-weak economy and r...