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Judge rules out Kline insurance claim in fire

Judge rules out Kline insurance claim in fire John Kline has no claim against an insurance policy that covered his million-dollar Urbandale residence when it burned to the ground in an arson fire, U.S. District…
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Personal bankruptcy filings

Iowa’s personal bankruptcy rate was 2.89 filings per 1,000 residents in the second quarter of 2011, a decrease of 18 percent from the 3.52 per thousand pace recorded statewide in the second quarter of 2010, …

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Group Benefits consolidates with Missouri insurance company

Group Benefits consolidates with Missouri insurance company    Missouri-based Cameron Insurance Cos. has consolidated its life and health business with Urbandale-based Group Benefits Ltd. The consolidation will expand Group Benefits’ market in Missouri and Arkansas.…
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Swiss bank accounts no longer so secret

Swiss banks probably will settle a sweeping U.S. probe of offshore tax evasion by paying billions of dollars and handing over the names of thousands of Americans who have secret accounts, Bloomberg reported.

U.S. and …

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Cat unearths record revenues

Caterpillar Inc. reported a 44 percent quarterly earnings increase and record revenues today, Reuters said. The Peoria, Ill., company said it expects
its full-year 2011 profit and revenues to be at the top end of …

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Cigna to buy HealthSpring

Health insurer Cigna Corp. will buy HealthSpring Inc. for about $3.8 billion to jump-start its business selling Medicare plans for the elderly, Reuters reported. The move represents a significant diversification for Cigna, which has largely …

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Principal Financial Group celebrates 10 years of being public

Principal Financial Group Inc. President and CEO Larry Zimpleman will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) this afternoon to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the company’s initial public offering and …

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An independent view: Don’t invest in Europe


Dear Mr. Berko:

I think you’re all wet with your negative comments on the European markets, especially France. Nigel Bolton manages European stocks for BlackRock, the largest money manager in the world, and the famous …

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Keeping your safe-deposit box safe


Dear Mr. Berko:

I have what I consider to be a lot of cash and gold coins that I want to put into a safe-deposit box. But my broker told me that according to an …

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Picking the perfect money manager


Dear Mr. Berko:

We have an $825,000 IRA to invest, and we want to interview money managers to pick stocks for us. We hope we’ll be able to choose the right person. We’d like to …