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Meredith announces dividend

Meredith Corp. issued payment on Friday at its higher annual dividend rate that yielded a 5 percent annual increase on returns to shareholders.

The company issued payment at a rate of $1.53 per share, according …

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Veridian, Dwolla launch first FiSync payment portal

Dwolla Corp. announced today that Veridian Credit Union has become the first financial institution in the nation to adopt Dwolla’s FiSynch product, a Web service that securely synchronizes accounts at partnering financial institutions to provide …

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Principal Global Investors hires institutional marketing director

Dale Kindregan has been hired as director of institutional marketing for Principal Global Investors LLC in Des Moines. Kindregan formerly worked for PineBridge Investments, where she was head of the endowment and foundation channel as …

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BERKO: An economic triple whammy

Dear Mr. Berko:

What is your opinion of our economy for the next couple of years, and what do you think will happen to stock prices if Congress allows the Bush tax cuts to expire? …

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BERKO: Chinese Internet stocks not for the faint of heart

Dear Mr. Berko:

Could you recommend four Chinese stocks like Google that are in the same business as Google? I’m down on the U.S. stock market and our economy, and I want to invest about …

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BERKO: Stocks for safety, stocks for growth potential

Dear Mr. Berko:

I have $9,000 that I would like to invest in some safe, solid stocks and get a safe yield of at least 5 percent and also get some growth. What would you …

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ING, Cognizant sign deal to form insurance services center

ING U.S., a unit of Netherlands-based ING Groep NV, has entered into a $330 million agreement with Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., a New Jersey-based information technology company, in which the companies will create a “center…
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Hohmann steps down from FBL

The CEO of FBL Financial Group Inc. will step down from his position at the end of the month, the company announced this morning.

James Hohmann, CEO of FBL, will also step down from the …

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Dimon testifies before Congress

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., told Congress this morning that the bank’s chief investment office took risks it didn’t understand and a lack of oversight from senior managers allowed the bank…
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Casey’s announces fourth quarter earnings

Casey’s General Stores Inc. yesterday announced that in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2012, which ended April 30, it posted earnings per share of 61 cents, 1 cent higher than the same period …