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- WARMER WALLETS: Mild winter helping homeowners save
One of the warmest winters on record is bringing some good news to the family budget.
Alliant Energy customers can expect to pay about 15 percent less this year than the average $654 they paid in natural gas bills during the 2010-2011 winter season, said Alliant Energy spokes…
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Boeing says it's frustrated with Dreamliner glitch
A top Boeing Co. executive says that the plane maker is frustrated with the latest 787 Dreamliner production glitch, but that it shouldn't delay output goals.
Feb 12, 2012 | 1:04 am
Greece's grim choice: deep budget cuts or default
Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs in the streets of Athens?
Feb 11, 2012 | 12:43 pm
Gov't on pace for $1T deficit despite January dip
The federal deficit was lower through the first four months of the budget year than the same period last year. Still, the deficit is expected to top $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row, putting more pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama in an election year.
Feb 10, 2012 | 11:27 pm
Justice Department calls Swiss Bank a "fugitive"
The U.S. Justice Department called Switzerland's largest private bank a fugitive from justice on Friday after it didn't send any representatives to a court hearing in New York, where it has been charged with conspired with American clients to hide $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Se…
Feb 10, 2012 | 9:24 pm
Republic Bancorp founder Bernard Trager dies at 83
Bernard Trager, the longtime chairman and founder of bank holding company Republic Bancorp Inc., has died. He was 83.
Feb 10, 2012 | 9:11 pm
S&P lowers rating on 34 Italian banks
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday lowered its ratings on 34 Italian banks, citing concerns over Italy's financial vulnerability and expectations for weak profits at the banks.
Feb 10, 2012 | 5:10 pm
As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks
Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google, whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago.
Feb 10, 2012 | 4:52 pm
Stocks fall sharply as Greek deal is held up
Stocks had their worst day of the year Friday after Greece hit a roadblock on its way to a critical bailout.
Feb 10, 2012 | 4:11 pm
NYSE Euronext looks beyond failed merger
The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, after losing a bruising battle with European regulators over merging with a German exchange, says it will focus on expanding high-tech trading and adding services for its clients.
Feb 10, 2012 | 2:42 pm
Obama call for manufacturing revival a tough goal
President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it.
Feb 10, 2012 | 2:15 pm
