Old Republic International Corporation

Reports: Initial jobless claims for week ended April 20, 7:30 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended April 25, 9 a.m.; Natural gas inventories for week ended April 20, 9:30 a.m.; Kansas City Fed manufacturing index for April, 10 a.m. Local earnings:...

A Stamford title-insurance company received a $19 million investment from a major reinsurer to increase the company's surplus as it grows its direct-to-customer business. Entitle Direct Group Inc., parent of EnTitle Insurance Co., received the investment...

Monday: -- Earnings: American Express Co.; Apollo Group Inc.; Apple Inc.; Halliburton Co.; Hasbro Inc.; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; Merck & Co.; Pactiv Corp.; PrivateBancorp Inc.; Schering-Plough Corp.; Texas Instruments Inc.; Wintrust Financial Corp.; Zebra...

Amid rising investor nervousness, volatility and turmoil in debt markets stemming from defaults on subprime mortgages, Chicago-area stocks managed to largely hold their own over the last three months. Perhaps surprisingly, there were only a dozen...

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Big-name mutual funds often attract lots of attention, but some fine-performing, lesser-known funds also are worthy of investors' consideration. These funds don't have heavily advertised marquee names, are relatively small and haven't been around...