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Weston company invests in bonds for the good
The Everglades provides a sea of grass — and an opportunity to make money selling bonds for its restoration. So say managers at Weston-based Community Capital Management, which focuses on fixed-rate bonds that invest in socially positive projects,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Renewable Energy, Pembroke Park, Wind Power, Securities
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Amid Backlash, CEO Pay Still Rising In Connecticut
The Hartford CourantFor more than two decades, discontent over rising CEO pay has been simmering. Now, a devastating recession, the Occupy movement and mandatory shareholder votes on executive pay have combined to turn up the heat and have led to changes that some experts...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Warren Buffett, Employees, Politics, CEO Pay
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Dear Standard & Poor's,
Dear Standard & Poor's,
We appreciate that you and the other credit rating agencies are busy overseas, what with Europe gridlocked at the intersection of debt and social democracy. So we thought we'd update you on another problem case, the insolvent...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Prescription Drugs, Hospitals and Clinics, Regional Authority, Politics
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Job No. 1 after college: Establish credit history
When you graduate from college, there may be a lot you want to set up, from a new apartment and car to your own cellphone plan. But to do all of that, you need to establish something else first: your credit history. Your credit record reflects how well...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students, Equifax Incorporated, Credit and Debt
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High credit rating helps Palisades restructure debt
The Palisades School District gained a Standard & Poors AA Stable municipal bond rating, which has helped the district restructure its debt into a nearly $14 million bond, saving the district almost $6 million. An S&P AA Stable rating is the highest...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Minor League Baseball, Loans, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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Peter Morici: Address JP Morgan mess by busting up big banks
J.P. Morgan's $2 billion loss from betting on corporate bonds will embolden advocates of the Volcker Rule — a provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law that will prohibit banks from trading on their own account. Unfortunately for federal regulators,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Investments, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Banking, Fannie Mae
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Boehner preps for another debt-ceiling standoff
WASHINGTON -- Ready for another debt-ceiling standoff in Congress? House Speaker John A. Boehner said Tuesday he will insist on spending cuts in exchange for a vote in Congress to raise the nation’s debt limit, forewarning a year-end showdown...
Tags: Democratic Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, Charles Schumer, Public Finance
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JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading loss renews calls to bust up giant Wall Street banks
JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss from betting on corporate bonds will embolden advocates of the Volcker Rule, a provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law that will prohibit banks from trading on their own account. Unfortunately for federal regulators,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Investments, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Banking
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Rescuing Illinois
Two more weeks. That's how long your legislators are scheduled to be in Springfield for the remainder of their thus far do-little spring session. As of this writing lawmakers have taken one important step to secure the future of perpetually insolvent and...
Tags: Bridget Gainer, Barrington Hills, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Politics
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Interim expressway chief offered $50,000 raise to stay longer
The reluctant interim director of Metro Orlando's road-building agency likely will extend his stay at the agency for a year, in part because he may receive a $50,000 raise.
Max Crumit was hired in December at a salary of $180,000 a year with the...Tags: Florida Department of Transportation, Teresa Jacobs, Technology, Science and Technology, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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1st-quarter earnings exceed expectations, but skeptics say the bar was low
Not bad. Despite worries about a sluggish global economy, companies have turned out to be more resilient than expected and corporate profits have been sound, especially compared with expectations. With 90 percent of Standard & Poor's 500 companies...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dining and Drinking, Manufacturing and Engineering, Citigroup Incorporated
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Emanuel makes pension pitch at Capitol
SPRINGFIELD — Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday took the rare step of traveling to the Capitol to make a personal pitch for an overhaul of city government worker pensions, saying costs are out of control and the "day of reckoning has arrived." The...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Midway Airport, Regional Authority, Politics, Career and Workplace
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