Finance
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Bankers see bright spots in struggling economy
Mar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- Although economic conditions remain weak, rural bankers in 11 Midwest and Plains states say there are some bright spots. The bankers who responded to the ...
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With key rate near zero, Fed scopes out options
Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- With a key interest rate already near zero, Federal Reserve policymakers are weighing what other tools they can use to jolt the country out of recession. F...
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Will the stock market rally stick, or vanish?
Mar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Investors have seen this before. Since the bear market began in late 2007, the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen into a pattern of huge declines, big g...
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World Bank president says 2009 shaping up to be 'very dangerous'Mar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- World Bank President Robert Zoellick, a Naperville native, said 2009 "is shaping up to be a very dangerous year" with the global economy facing its first reces...
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CEO: Citi operating at profit through February
Mar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc. has been operating at a profit through the first two months of the year, according to a letter that the embattled bank's chief executive sent ...
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JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo may have ratings cutMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp., the three largest U.S. banks by market value, may have credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Service...
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Wells Fargo suspends bonuses for top executives
Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wells Fargo & Co.'s board has suspended its bonus policy for Chief Executive John Stumpf and its other top executives, according to a Securities and Exchange...
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Hedge-fund swindler due in NY court after checkup
Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - WHITE PLAINS, New York -- Fresh from a medical checkup, a New York hedge-fund cheat is returning to court on charges that he skipped out on a 20-year prison sentence. In...
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Source: Citi-gov't aid deal may come this week
Feb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc.'s bid to boost its equity capital could result in the federal government raising its stake in the troubled bank this week to as much as 40 per...
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JPMorgan to cut 12,000 jobs related to WaMu deal
Feb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it will eliminate about 12,000 jobs as it folds in the operations of Washington Mutual Inc. According to slides on the com...