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2 hrs ago | Business Journal

CalPERS health plan rate hike is lowest in years

The California Public Employees' Retirement System is poised to raise overall health premiums an average of 3 percent in 2014.

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Related Topix: California Public Employees Retirement System, Financial Services, Pension, Personal Finance, Medicare, Health

6 hrs ago | MSN Money

Softbank closer to acquiring Sprint after Dish abandons bid for now

Japan's SoftBank Corp cleared a major hurdle in its attempt to buy U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel Corp, as rival bidder Dish Network Corp declined to make a new offer after SoftBank sweetened its own bid last week.

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Related Topix: SoftBank, Financial Services, Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, Business News, Federal Communications Commission

Tue Jun 18, 2013

USA Today

Starbucks expands food menu to boost sales

Starbucks wants coffee fans to think of it as a spot to grab lunch or late afternoon bite - not just a place to get a cup of morning joe.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Starbucks, Drink, Coffee, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Jefferies Group

Reuters

Exclusive: SunGard explores $2 billion data unit sale - sources

SunGard Data Systems Inc, the computer software maker that was taken private in 2005 for $11.4 billion, is exploring a sale of its data managing operations that could fetch up to $2 billion, several people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Computers, Sungard Data Systems, Software, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services

La Vista Sun

Nebraska corn, soybean crops near average

Last week I joked that the Final Four was coming to Omaha. On Monday, the Final Four came to Omaha.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Nebraska, Louisville, NE, TD Ameritrade, Financial Services, Ameritrade Holding, University of Nebraska Lincoln

The Hartford Courant

Rebalance of Russell index to bring volume surge at quarter-end

Investors accustomed to late market volatility at the end of the quarter should expect an extra jolt on June 28, when billions of dollars in stock trades will be executed in less than two seconds.

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Related Topix: Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Financial Markets, Ansonia, CT

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Royalty Pharma lets Elan takeover bid expire

Royalty Pharma has let its latest takeover bid for Irish drugmaker Elan lapse as it decided against pressing ahead with a court challenge of a requirement that it withdraw the offer.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Jefferies Group

MarketWatch

South Korea gets Facebook and Goldman 'likes'

On top of a bullish note from Goldman Sachs, the country has been busy receiving the king of social media, Mark Zuckerberg, who has promised to help out with its president's vision for a "creative economy".

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Related Topix: South Korea, World News, Asia, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Mark Zuckerberg,

Mon Jun 17, 2013

AmericanBankingNews.com

Chevron Lowered to "Hold" at Jefferies Group

They currently have a $135.00 price target on the stock. Jefferies Group's target price suggests a potential upside of 11.37% from the stock's previous close.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Chevron Corporation, Financial Services, Investment Banking, Jefferies Group

Reuters

Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire as key deadline looms

Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer for Clearwire Corp, on the eve of a key deadline in a takeover battle that also includes Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. The lawsuit filed on Monday in Delaware Chancery Court accuses Dish of trying to "fool" and "coerce" Clearwire shareholders into ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, Wireless, Emerging Technology, SoftBank, Financial Services, Overland Park, KS, Park, KS

The New Zealand Herald

IRD likely to lose in TV deal

Taxpayers may wind up covering for MediaWorks because of an unusual restructuring deal that appears to free the company from a possible $22 million obligation to the Inland Revenue Department.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Oaktree Capital Management, 60 Minutes, Entertainment, Television

AmericanBankingNews.com

Investment Analysts' Ratings Reiterations for June, 17th (ABF,...

They currently have a $17.00 price target on the stock. had its outperform rating reaffirmed by analysts at RBC Capital.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Banking, Jefferies Group, Chesapeake, VA

Brandon Sun

N.D. oil spurs $4.1-B outlay for railroad

To bolster its ability to haul freight, including crude oil, Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway Co.

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Related Topix: North Dakota, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Stanley, ND

Daily Political

BP plc's Hold Rating Reaffirmed at Jefferies Group

's stock had its "hold" rating restated by equities researchers at Jefferies Group in a research report issued on Monday, Stock Ratings Network reports.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Banking, Jefferies Group

People's Daily Online

Don't be led astray by foreign investment banks

As a growing number of foreign investment banks lower their outlooks for China's economy and several of its industries, local investors should look carefully at the intentions behind these downgrades before blindly using them to direct their own investment moves.

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Related Topix: Goldman Sachs, Financial Services

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Insider Monkey

George Soros Quotes: The Best From a Legendary Investor

Curious about George Soros' best quotes? A Hungarian-born American businessman, a successful investor and a philanthropist, George Soros is one of the most well-known economic minds in the world.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Soros Fund Management

NWAonline

Bulldogs hang on in opener as Rea delivers big hit

Oregon State catcher Jake Rodriguez can't hold on to the baseball as Mississippi State's Hunter Renfroe slides safely into home plate on Wes Rea's two-run double in the top of the eighth inning Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, TD Ameritrade, Ameritrade Holding

WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Goldman Sachs bets on SLC early education program

Goldman Sachs plans to announce this week that it will finance an early education program in Utah - and it expects to make money on the venture.

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Related Topix: Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Cohen Group, Consulting, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, Family, Kids

Salon

"Tax-free NY" as misguided as it sounds

The decade-long conservative campaign for lower taxes and limited government has hit a wall of public outrage over the unfairness of the American tax system.

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Related Topix: New York, New York Government, Andrew Cuomo, US Governors, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services

La Vista Sun

Warren Watch: A a long runa for Buffett assistant?

Even the Wall Street Journal's recent profile of Tracy Britt, Warren Buffett's financial assistant, doesn't answer the question many people would ask if they got the chance: Will she be Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s next CEO? Britt's duties include researching potential acquisitions and serving as nonexecutive chairwoman of four Berkshire subsidiaries: ... (more)

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett, Construction, Berkshire Hathaway, Food, Heinz H J, Harvard University

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