Finance
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Barclays CEO Bob Diamond falls on swordJul 03, 2012 10:31 am - LONDON — He was a poster boy for corporate arrogance, telling Parliament last year that the time for bankers to apologize had passed. Now Bob Diamond is just the latest ...
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Wheeling ends FY 2011 with unexpected surplusJul 03, 2012 9:43 am - Wheeling ended fiscal year 2011 with a surplus of about $1.5 million, even though the staff predicted the year would have a deficit of $800,000 or more. Finance Directo...
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Midyear tax checkup makes extra sense this yearJul 01, 2012 7:15 am - Ready or not, big changes lie ahead for virtually every U.S. taxpayer next year. Tax cuts put into place under the Bush administration that slashed rates on wages, divid...
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Seeking elusive ‘alpha,’ investors scour the globeJul 01, 2012 7:15 am - NEW YORK — You can leap off a mountainside in extreme skiing, kick and claw to near death in extreme fighting and twist yourself into a pretzel in extreme yoga. Why not ...
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Southwest Airlines to sell live-TV service on 5 planesJul 01, 2012 6:00 am - DALLAS — Southwest Airlines plans to sell live television service on five planes and expand it to more aircraft by mid-July. The airline said that it would offer seven s...
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British politicians: Banking system is corruptJun 30, 2012 1:22 pm - LONDON — British politicians harshly criticized the country’s banking system Saturday after Barclays was fined for manipulating data, with the leader of the opposition c...
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World markets surge after Europe finds rescue planJun 29, 2012 3:46 pm - Financial markets around the world stormed higher Friday after European leaders came up with a breakthrough plan to rescue banks, relieve debt-burdened governments and r...
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Private student loans 101: How the terms differJun 24, 2012 7:00 am - NEW YORK — For college-bound students, the easy money seems to be everywhere. The website for Discover's student loans says it can help: “Cover up to 100 percent of your...
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Stock market’s near future not bright, economists warnJun 24, 2012 5:57 am - NEW YORK — Job growth in the United States is slowing. Sales at stores have stopped growing. The economies of India, Brazil and China are cooling. Europe is crippled by ...
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Little effect from Moody’s bank downgradesJun 22, 2012 1:02 pm - Moody’s Investors Service suffered a downgrade of its own as markets responded to the company’s rating cuts of 15 of the world’s largest banks by bidding up the value of...