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Mundelein hopes to save $120,000 through bond refinancing
Mundelein plans to refinance $5 million worth of bonds in a move that will save the village more than $100,000 by 2025, officials said. The village board approved a $22,000 contract with financial services firm Kane, McKenna and Associates, Inc. to...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial and Business Services
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Warren Buffett says economy slowly improving, calls Bernanke 'gutsy'
WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he sees the economy slowly improving and hailed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke as "gutsy" for the actions the central bank has taken to boost growth. Buffett told CNBC on Monday that he...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Finance, Warren Buffett, CNBC (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance
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European stocks rise but Asian shares decline
While U.S. markets were closed for Memorial Day on Monday, European stocks rose, rebounding from the first weekly loss in a month. Asian shares, meanwhile, fell after Japan's top central banker indicated that interest rates may rise as the economy...Tags: Finance, China, South Africa, Japan, Economy, Business and Finance
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T. Rowe Price, Legg Mason offering up ultrashort-term bond funds
Baltimore's two major mutual fund companies have joined a small but growing number of investment firms offering ultrashort-term bond funds, which may become an alternative to the traditional money market fund. The T. Rowe Price Ultra Short-Term Bond...
Tags: Litigation and Regulation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets, Morningstar Incorporated
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Wall Street bucks global slump
NEW YORK — After bracing for a steep fall, Wall Street barely shrugged at a sharp sell-off in stock markets around the globe. It all started in Asia. Weak manufacturing data out of China pointed to a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy,...
Tags: Ben Bernanke, Nikkei, Labor Markets, Japan, Unemployment Benefits
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants student loans to get Fed discount rate
WASHINGTON -- Students taking out government loans to help pay for college should pay the same rock-bottom interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges big banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) proposed Wednesday. With the interest rate on federal...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers, Federal Reserve, Elizabeth Warren
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Dow continues to sizzle, topping 15,000 for the first time
NEW YORK — Another day, another milestone on Wall Street. The red-hot Dow Jones industrial average barreled past 15,000 to close Tuesday at its highest point in history. It marked the 16th record close for the blue-chip index this year and...
Tags: Labor Markets, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve, Financial Markets, Companies and Corporations
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Washington County awards bids for $25 million in bond sales
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comThe Washington County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday awarded bids for the 2013 Maryland General Obligation bond sales, amounting to nearly $25 million. The first bond, which totals $12 million and will be used for public improvements, is new money...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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JPL open house, felled by sequestration, costs about $400,000
Bracing for “significant impacts” to funding for public outreach programs next year, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to cancel its hugely popular open house in June. The cost savings? Roughly $400,000 for the two-day event. The...
Tags: Google+, NASA, Space Programs, Science and Technology, NASA Mars Exploration Program
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S&P 500 trades above all-time closing high
NEW YORK -- The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index burst through a half-decade-old record as stocks continued their strong rally. The broad S&P index is on track to finish the day above its all-time closing high of 1,565.15 recorded Oct. 9, 2007....
Tags: S&P 500, Labor Markets, Barack Obama, Economy, Business and Finance, Federal Reserve
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China's top airlines say profits fell sharply in 2012
China's three major state-owned airlines reported steep drops in annual profit last year, citing the weak global economy, higher jet fuel prices and smaller foreign currency gains. China Southern, the country's largest carrier, said Wednesday that...
Tags: China, Air Transportation Industry, European Debt Crisis
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A tale of two houses
arnoldp@herald-mail.comNew homeowner Steven Mazur and his new neighbors, Jesse McAllister and fiancé Heather Kurtz, are full of hope about their lives in the housing development on Hagerstown’s western edge. So, too, presumably, was the woman who in summer 2006 bought...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Frederick County (Maryland), Career and Workplace, Homes, Economy, Business and Finance
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