Archive for May 2009
Kerr takes ‘good’ news to London
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Read MoreSomeday, this tradition will go up in smoke
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Read MoreInsurance agent’s financial advice comes without backing
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Read MoreREITs paying debt, buying assets
Real estate investment trusts in the United States have raised $10.6 billion from share sales this year, almost matching the total for all of 2008, to reduce debt and acquire assets from competitors weakened by …
Read MoreUnemployment rate reaches 25-year high
The nation’s unemployment rate reached 8.9 percent in April, the highest level since September 1983, with 539,000 losing their jobs. The number of job losses was lower than economists had predicted and was bolstered somewhat …
Read MoreTickers: May 8
FBL Financial Group Inc. recorded a net loss of $1.5 million, or 5 cents per diluted share, for the first quarter, compared with net income of $6.4 million, or 21 cents per share, in the …
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Major banks kept the subprime industry afloat, report says
Banks receiving federal bailout funds buoyed the subprime lending industry with loans and, in some cases, an ownership stake, according to a report by the Center for Public Integrity. Subprime lenders have taken much of …
Read MoreAmerican Equity operating earnings rise on annuity sales
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. experienced a 38 percent increase in its operating income during the first quarter as annuity sales soared and the company introduced a new fixed-index annuity product.
Operating income for …
Tickers: May 7
Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc. announced that it lost $51.8 million, or $1.16 per share, in the 13 weeks ended March 29, compared with $713 million, or $15.90 per share, a year ago. Excluding one-time costs, …
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