Economic and Finance
A Burlington company that arranged investments in the life insurance policies of sick and elderly Americans is running out of cash.
Christopher Halas, vice-president of Universal […]
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The euro gained ground against the dollar Tuesday after ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet called for calm in the markets, and stressed the bank stood […]
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Circuit City Stores Inc. said Monday its second-quarter loss widened, and the nation’s second-largest consumer electronics retailer withdrew its fiscal 2009 outlook amid sluggish […]
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NEW YORK — Holiday sales are expected to grow at the slowest pace in six years as shoppers worry about jobs, the housing and […]
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy after trying to finance too many risky assets with too little capital, becoming the largest and highest-profile […]
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Armstrong Teasdale LLP has signed a letter of intent to move from downtown into the planned $200 million Centene Plaza in Clayton, the law […]
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Manulife Financial Corp., Canada’s largest insurer and second-biggest company by revenue, announced Donald Guloien will replace Dominic D’Alessandro as chief executive.
The move is effective […]
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U.S. retail sales edged down 0.1 percent in July on a big drop at auto dealers, the government said on Wednesday in a report […]
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Independent oil and gas group Imperial Energy Corp. PLC confirmed Monday that it has received an approach regarding another "possible cash offer" for the […]
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A lawyer for Mattel Inc. says a jury has ruled that a designer conceived a competitor’s Bratz doll characters while working for Mattel.
John Quinn, […]
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