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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trading in Friday’s session are Eastman Kodak Co., Washington Post Co., and Starbucks Corp.

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - American International Group, one of the world’s largest insurers, is set to report first-quarter results next week, after most other companies in the sector have unveiled strong return on equity and book value gains so far.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Question: I am writing for a friend who is in this country illegally. The couple took out a loan which they thought came with a fixed rate at 9.5% with no pre-payment penalty. Well, when they got to the closing (I know, as I questioned him ahead of time and I went to the closing), he was told that it was a variable rate loan that could not be refinanced for two years without incurring a large prepayment penalty. Do these borrowers have any recourse to get the terms of the prepay penalty waived? They put nothing down on a $100,000 loan and they earn only $20,000 to $22,000 a year. Helen.

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Cranes dot the skyline. Going up: luxury condo towers selling for as much as $800 a square foot.

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Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY), a low-cost carrier, fell 6.3% to 44.42 after it warned of softer fare trends in Q2 due to higher airport charges.

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Say you’re a small firm in California that wants to move manufacturing to a lower-cost location like China. Or say you’re a small factory in China…

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American Airlines pilots asked the company Thursday for a 30.5 percent pay raise plus signing bonuses, which union leaders said would make up for pay cuts that the employees accepted in 2003.

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However, bonds clawed back some losses on mild short-covering, after sliding on the stronger-than-expected performance in services, which make up…

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Copper rose to its highest level in almost 10 months, zinc hit its highest price in four months to break above the key $4,000 level, and lead…

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In Thursday’s session, while volume was mixed on the major exchanges, many investors and speculators, witnessed and participated in some very…

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