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June 21st, 2007

Western & Southern debuts new corporate identity

Western & Southern Financial Group said Thursday that it has debuted a new corporate logo that more accurately represents its growth as a financial services company in recent years.

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June 21st, 2007

NZ bank resolve tested as kiwi climbs

The New Zealand dollar powered to a 22-year high against the dollar and a 20-year peak against the yen.

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June 21st, 2007

A Technical and Sentiment Analysis of Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)

A daily feature available on SchaeffersResearch.com is ”Options Update.” Every day, we’ll focus on the stocks that are the center of some heavy option trading…(Read More)

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June 21st, 2007

Utility Stocks With Plenty of Spark

Rising interest rates have weighed on many—but not all—issues in the sector. Here are S&P’s recommendations

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June 21st, 2007

Stocks Bounce, Then Slip On Manufacturing Data

Indexes headed higher, then flatened just after the release of the Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing data.The NYSE had slipped less than 0.1% at…

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June 21st, 2007

Analyst Pescribes Rise for Walgreens

goldman Sachs expects a strong third quarter for the pharmaceutical chain, likely beating Wall Street expectations.

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June 21st, 2007

No cash changes hands as brokerage firm absorbs First Albany unit

Albany, N.Y., brokerage firm C.L. King & Associates has absorbed the fixed-income middle market trading unit of First Albany Cos. Inc.

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June 21st, 2007

Mechanical Technology CEO granted 500,000 shares and stock options

More than 655,000 shares and stock options, many of them dependent on performance milestones, were granted to executives at Mechanical Technology Inc. under an incentive plan, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Filing.

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June 21st, 2007

LEAF Financial buys vehicle-leasing business

Asset manager Resource America Inc. said Thursday that its commercial finance subsidiary, LEAF Financial Corp., will buy the leasing division of Pacific Capital Bank for $280 million.

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June 21st, 2007

JER Partners and Alfa Capital complete $321M investment fund

JER Partners and Alfa Capital Partners, a private equity and real estate investment firm affiliated with Russia’s Alfa Group, have closed a $321 million fund that will focus on investments in Russia and Ukraine.

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