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A CLOSER LOOK: Chris Proskey


Chris Proskey is a Long Island native who was drawn to Iowa State University’s College of Engineering. Not content to rest on that educational achievement, he later earned an M.B.A. at the University of Minnesota’s …

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Citigroup agrees to $158.3 million settlement

Citigroup agrees to $158.3 million settlement   Citigroup Inc.’s Citimortgage unit agreed to pay $158.3 million to settle claims tied to its actions in a federal home-loan insurance program, Bloomberg reported.    The United States…
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Economic cheerleader in chief

The Obama administration’s budget predicts the U.S. economy will grow 2.7 percent this year, a forecast that’s more optimistic than those of private economists and Federal Reserve policy makers, Bloomberg reported.

The White House raised …

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Congressional Republicans ready to extend payroll tax cut

Republicans in Congress today proposed extending a tax cut for 160 million workers through the rest of the year without offsetting the cost with spending cuts elsewhere in the budget, Reuters reported. Party leaders in …

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Cost impasse may mean shorter payroll tax extension

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said lawmakers may have to agree to an extension of a payroll tax cut for workers that falls short of a full year if they can’t reach a deal …

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Court to rehear climate change lawsuit

The Virginia Supreme Court’s decision to rehear a climate change suit has cast uncertainty on what little judicial guidance exists on the issue of insurance coverage in climate change cases, BusinessInsurance.com reported.

The court said …

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Bankruptcy filings down in 2011

Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts fell 11.5 percent in calendar year 2011, according to data released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The number of bankruptcies filed in the twelve-month period …

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JPMorgan Chase nears overdraft fee settlement

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has filed a motion for a preliminary agreement to settle an overdraft fee class- action lawsuit brought in Miami federal court for $110 million, the South Florida Business Journal reported. The …

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BrownWinick attorney nominated to join group of top trial lawyers

Brian Rickert, an attorney for BrownWinick Attorneys at Law, was nominated to become a  member of The National Trial Lawyers, an organization made up of the top 100 trial lawyers of each state.

Membership is …

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Saving, not spending

Consumer spending was flat in December as households took advantage of the largest rise in income in nine months to boost their savings, Reuters reported after the release of a report from the U.S. Department …