
Wall Street JournalDow Finishes Below 13000Wall Street JournalBy CHRISTIAN BERTHELSEN And CHRIS DIETERICH The Dow Jones Industrial Average pierced the 13000 level for the first time in almost four years, but traded largely below the mark and ended the …
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Los Angeles TimesFannie Mae and Freddie Mac Require Investment, DeMarco SaysBusinessWeekBy Lorraine Woellert Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — With no plan from Congress or the Obama administration to shutter Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the companies' regulat…
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Globe and MailKraft boosted by US and European salesFinancial TimesBy Alan Rappeport in Boca Raton Kraft is doing away with its image as a bastion of slow-growing mature brands and looking to inject a feistier culture into its US grocery business ahead…
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Los Angeles TimesGrubb & Ellis Co. assets sold in Chapter 11 bankruptcyLos Angeles TimesBy Roger Vincent Venerable commercial real estate brokerage Grubb & Ellis Co. will sell its assets to the parent company of rival Newmark Knight Frank as pa…
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Los Angeles TimesCourt Order Halts Debt-Collection Operation FTC Calls FraudulentBloombergA federal judge in Chicago moved to shut businesses that allegedly used illegally obtained personal financial data to make threatening debt collection calls from …
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BloombergU.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise After Greek Aid Agreement; Apple Shares GainBloombergEnlarge image S&P 500 Tops Highest Close Since June 2008 S&P 500 Tops Highest Close Since June 2008 Spencer Platt/Getty Images The S&P 500 is approa…
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Sydney Morning HeraldBanking sector hits back at criticSydney Morning Herald"There is no conspiracy between the major banks, smaller banks, building societies and the RBA" … Steven Munchenberg. Photo: Justin McManus The Australian banking s…
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AsiaOneKansai Electric, Nissen, Rakuten, Ryosan, Uny: Japanese StocksBloombergJapan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average (NKY) fell 4.30, or 0.1 percent, to 9480.79 at the 11:30 am trading break in Tokyo. The following are among the most active shares in the…
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Business TodayAsian Stocks Fall Amid Greece Bailout Talks, Tight China PolicyBusinessWeekBy Nick Gentle Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks retreated, with the regional benchmark index falling from a six-month high, as haggling continued on a bailout f…
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BloombergURS Agrees to Buy Flint Energy for $1.26BBloombergEnlarge image URS Corp. CEO Martin Koffel URS Corp. CEO Martin Koffel Milken Institute via Bloomberg Martin Koffel, chief executive officer of URS Corp. URS Corp. (URS), the San Francisco-based…
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