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Stocks were little changed on Thursday as data showing that the vast U.S. services sector contracted in November stoked concerns about the strength of the recovery, offsetting Bank of America's plan to repay $45 billion of government aid. Shares of energy,...
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For millions of credit card customers, here's the good news: As of Feb. 22, a new law will bar banks from a host of practices that consumer advocates have long blasted as unfair. No more rate hikes based on, say, the late payment of a cell phone bill.
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Professor Elizabeth Warren of Harvard Law School, details information on how poverty edges its way upward from the underclass citizens to middle class Americans...According to the latest revelations, 20 percent of Americans are unemployed, underemployed...
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A nonprofit group is bringing a mortgage-modification marathon to Charlotte this week that aims to provide speedy help for struggling homeowners. In the 12th stop on its "Save the Dream" tour, the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America said it...
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But it's still an "in-your-face" verbal assault on Wall Street. "Yes," agreed Colorado Democrat Rep. Ed Perlmutter, co-sponsor of the "Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009." "I didn't come up with the title," he smiled, unapologetically.
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It took nearly two decades to get to this day, but on Nov. 20, Block 37, a five-level mall in the heart of this city’s downtown, got the green light to open its public areas. However, the developer, Joseph Freed & Associates, was not celebrating. That...
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At least two candidates for the top job at Bank of America Corp. told directors that the giant bank should consider breaking itself up, but board members in charge of the CEO search have rejected the idea at least for now, according to people familiar...
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It does not include the net income earned during profitable quarters. Sample: Bank of America, BofA Merrill Lynch, Bears Stearns Companies, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Morgan Stanley, Washington Mutual (bankrupt),...
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Life might be good again on Wall Street these days, but financial firms are taking pains not to pop the champagne corks this holiday season. Faced with a public relations nightmare over bailouts and bonuses, many financial institutions are either nixing...
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Obama Issues Orders to Escalate War in Afghanistan President Obama has issued orders to escalate the war in Afghanistan by sending between thirty and thirty-five thousand additional troops. Obama will outline his war plans tonight in a prime-time address...
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