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Monthly Archive February, 2009

State courts to close Fridays

February 28, 2009

State courts will close on Fridays starting March 13 as a result of cuts to the Oregon Judicial Department’s 2007-09 budget.
Oregon Chief Justice Paul J. […]

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CIRCUIT CITY: Pay plan is OK’d

February 27, 2009

Circuit City Stores Inc. received permission Wednesday to pay executives and other workers incentives to stay with the company as it winds down operations.
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Citi may add Japan investment bank to sale: reports

February 25, 2009

Citigroup may sell both its Japanese investment bank and brokerage, according to media reports, as the faltering U.S. lender looks to raise more cash […]

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Ameren’s Illinois customers to see natural gas prices drop

February 24, 2009

Ameren’s 840,000 natural gas customers in Illinois will see heating prices decline further next month because of a continued weakening in energy demand.
Retail […]

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Inflation stalls for fourth month on autos, gas

February 23, 2009

Canadian consumer prices fell 0.3 per cent in January for the fourth month in a row as a sharp drop in the cost of buying […]

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German Investor Confidence Rises Most in 15 Years

February 18, 2009

German investor confidence jumped the most in more than 15 years in February after the government stepped up efforts to bolster the economy and […]

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Time to break up the banks?

February 16, 2009

The Obama administration has promised to fix big financial firms with a helping of "tough love." But even stronger medicine — such as breaking […]

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A stock market investment with a no-loss guarantee

February 14, 2009

A.Y. Brown is reaping the rewards of successful entrepreneurship. Over decades of financing and developing apartment complexes around Memphis, Brown, now 70, socked away […]

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O’Neill, Snow Call for Transparency, ‘Clarity’ for Toxic Assets

February 10, 2009

The Bush administration’s first two Treasury secretaries said the country’s beleaguered banking system must be cleansed of toxic assets before the economy can start […]

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Ross to pay Citi $1.5B to service loans

February 8, 2009

American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc., owned by vulture investor Wilbur Ross, will pay Citigroup $1.5 billion for the rights to service 185,000 home loans, […]

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