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BJ Services Swings to a Loss

By TESS STYNES BJ Services Co. swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss amid low demand for oil-field and pumping services in what could be one of its last quarters as an independent company. Baker Hughes Inc.'s $5.5 billion...

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Schlumberger Shares Rise as Analyst Upgrades Stock

Shares of Schlumberger jump as Credit Suisse upgrades stock to "Outperform" NEW YORK November 23, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Shares of Schlumberger Ltd. climbed on Monday as an analyst upgraded the stock,...

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Heir to Gucci Empire Reveals Plan

Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. When he bought Italian fashion house Gucci NV a decade ago, French billionaire Francois Pinault steered his family's lumber and distribution business...

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McCarron: Are small banks too good to save?

"The government rescues banks that are 'too big to fail,' not ones that are too good to save." Pardon the sarcasm of my friend, a West Side community organizer, but he and a lot of his fellow do-gooders are still angry over the...

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Judge appoints receiver for Block 37 mall

Karen Pence Hollan of CB Richard Ellis to oversee retail complex as some stores open Cook County Circuit Court Judge Margaret Brennan appointed CB Richard Ellis executive Karen Pence Hollan as receiver for Block 37, formalizing...

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George Melloan: Government Deficits and Private Growth

Future living standards will take a hit as federal borrowing balloons and bank lending to business shrinks. The most spectacular step in that effort was the Fed announcement last month that it will evaluate the salaries of bank...

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Palin 'Going Rogue' In Central Florida

Palin 'Going Rogue' In Central Florida Central Florida News 13 ORLANDO -- Sarah Palin's book tour for the recently released "Going Rogue" is working its way south. Aside from the buzz. the new book already has had its fair...

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FBR Capital Markets Adds Senior Analysts to Its Research Platform

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FBR Capital Markets Corporation (Nasdaq:FBCM) (FBR Capital Markets), a leading investment bank serving the middle market, today announced the addition of four veteran analysts...

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5. Research houses optimistic on local stock market

PETALING JAYA: The current corporate earnings season so far has yielded more upgrades than downgrades from analysts, and Bank Negara confirmed last week that the country is well on its way out of recession by the year-end.

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16. Islamic deposit insurance to create level playing field among banks

KUALA LUMPUR: The role of Islamic deposit insurance is to create a level playing field between Islamic and conventional banks apart from maintaining a foundation for public confidence to the banks, says Malaysia Deposit...

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