Finance
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Spain crisis deepens with jobless rise, downgradeApr 27, 2012 3:26 pm - MADRID — The hole in Spain’s economy is getting deeper. The government reported Friday that unemployment rose to 24.4 percent in the first quarter — compared with 22.9 p...
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Boeing wins $6 billion 777 order from China EasternApr 27, 2012 3:25 pm - Boeing Co. reached an agreement to sell 20 long-range 777 jets, the planemaker’s most-profitable model, to China Eastern Airlines Corp. in a deal with a list value of ab...
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Sealy debt shows private equity shortcomingsApr 27, 2012 12:10 am - Bloomberg News Sealy Corp. and Tempur-Pedic International Inc. are mattress makers that were backed by private-equity firms. The similarities pretty much end there. Temp...
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Few expect major shifts as Fed ends policy meetingApr 25, 2012 8:25 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has given the public increasingly more information about its work and its thinking. More doesn’t always mean more revealing. Invest...
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Wealth management firm creates custom plansApr 23, 2012 6:00 am - An interview with Michael Leonetti, owner of Buffalo Grove-based Leonetti & Associates LLC. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: We are a wealth management ...
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Pet insurance guards against big vet billsApr 22, 2012 8:00 am - Kaila and Mark Nickel were saving to buy a house. But their plans took a detour when Penny, their miniature Schnauzer, started shivering uncontrollably one evening last ...
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Tax tips for mutual fund investorsApr 22, 2012 7:47 am - BOSTON — Duncan Richardson routinely keeps a quarter in his pocket, but it’s not spending money. The chief equity investment officer of investment manager Eaton Vance fr...
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Hybrid and electric cars see record salesApr 22, 2012 6:02 am - DETROIT — Americans are buying record numbers of hybrid and electric cars as gas prices climb and new models arrive in showrooms, giving the vehicles their greatest shar...
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Can stocks extend their first-quarter win streak?Apr 22, 2012 5:43 am - NEW YORK — The zigzag in the stock market may leave you wondering queasily: Will this quarter build on the blockbuster gains from the start of the year or wipe them away...
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Report: Wal-Mart hushed up bribe network in MexicoApr 21, 2012 9:26 pm - NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country, accordin...