Legg Mason to take $155M in charges to stave off fund losses - Bizjournals.com

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Legg Mason to take $155M in charges to stave off fund losses Bizjournals.com - 2 hours ago Money manager Legg Mason Inc. said late Monday that it expects to take $155 million in charges against earnings as it moves to shore up its money-market funds. Legg Mason supports money market funds MarketWatch UPDATE 1-Legg to take $154.5 mln charge for fund bailouts Reuters Forbes - Wall Street Journal - Bloomberg - Earthtimes (press release) all 31 news articles

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Fortune Says Profit Declined More Than It Forecast (Update2) - Bloomberg

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Fortune Says Profit Declined More Than It Forecast (Update2) Bloomberg - 2 hours ago By Lauren Coleman-Lochner June 30 (Bloomberg) — Fortune Brands Inc., the maker of Moen faucets and Aristokraft cabinets, said second-quarter profit fell more than it forecast because of the US housing slump and an unexpected tax increase in Australia. Fortune Cuts Earnings Outlook Amid Weak Performance, Economy Wall Street Journal Fortune Brands cuts 2Q, 2008 outlook on challenging consumer … Forbes Chicago Tribune - RTT News - Crain’s Chicago Business - Reuters UK all 35 news articles

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Small town life may mean big money

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If you’d like to build a nest egg with your paycheck, it may be time to give up New York and head for Plano, Texas.

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Cheap power for tomorrow

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Tapping the sun, the oceans and the wind, these 5 entrepreneurial ventures are actively pursuing new energy sources.

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Florida sues Countrywide

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Taps officially open on the new MillerCoors - MarketWatch

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Taps officially open on the new MillerCoors MarketWatch - 12 hours ago By William Spain, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The new joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors is officially on tap, and top executives are promising a fast integration of the US operations of the brewing titans into one company with … MillerCoors On Tap Forbes SABMiller, Molson Coors Close US, Puerto Rico Transaction CNNMoney.com Bizjournals.com - International Herald Tribune - WISN.com - Drinks International all 103 news articles

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BIS seeks higher world interest rates - Financial Times

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BIS seeks higher world interest rates Financial Times - 47 minutes ago By Chris Giles in London Global inflation is a “clear and present threat” to a world economy that needs higher interest rates and a new framework to deal with future credit and asset bubbles, the Bank for International Settlements said on Monday. Bank for International Settlements Sees Economy Near 'Tipping Point' Wall Street Journal Tighter global monetary policy 'appropriate,' BIS says MarketWatch Bloomberg - CNNMoney.com - Forbes - Reuters all 297 news articles

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Stocks end difficult first half with quiet session - The Associated Press

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Stocks end difficult first half with quiet session The Associated Press - 48 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street ended a grueling first half quietly Monday, closing mixed as investors again based their trades on what has become the dominant force in the market: the price of oil. Stocks Slide Late; Lehman Battered By Rumors Forbes Stocks post double-digit losses for the first half of 2008 USA Today CNBC - WBTV - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Wall Street Journal all 668 news articles

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Chrysler to close minivan plant, cut production

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Financier Starts Sentence for Soliciting Prostitution - New York Times

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Financier Starts Sentence for Soliciting Prostitution New York Times - 1 hour ago By LANDON THOMAS Jr. The bad news arrived by phone last week on Little St. James Island, the palm-fringed Xanadu in the Caribbean where Jeffrey E. Epstein, adviser to billionaires, lives in secluded splendor. Sex and the fall of a billionaire businessman International Herald Tribune NY financier pleads guilty in Florida sex scandal Reuters ABC News - The Associated Press - Palm Beach Post - WPEC all 191 news articles

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