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Despite lower revenue due to sharply lower commodity prices and power generation nationwide, Calpine Corp. on Thursday said it had reduced its losses in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the year-earlier period.
Houston-based Calpine (NYSE: CPN) reported a net loss of $43 million, or 9 cents a share, for the three months ended Dec. […]
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President Obama issued an executive order on Thursday that formally creates a bipartisan fiscal commission, a first step to forcing painful decisions needed to get the U.S. debt load under control.
Raising taxes, cutting spending and reforming Medicare and Social Security are all fair game, and thought to be impossible without the backing of both […]
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WordPress.com, the fast growing hosting service for millions of blogs, including TechCrunch and GigaOm, crashed briefly Thursday afternoon.
"WordPress.com will be back in a minute!" is the message that appeared shortly before 3 p.m. on some portion of the websites using the San Francisco blogging platform, which serves millions of blogs with a combined 72.2 million […]
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First, the good news: Foreclosure filings dropped nearly 10% between December and January.
That’s a total of 315,716 notices compared to 349,519 in December, according to RealtyTrac, which issues a monthly report on foreclosure activity.
Now, the bad news: Filings rose 15% compared to a year ago, and the number of people who actually had […]
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January was a tough month for St. Louis-area casinos, as the recession and cold weather teamed up to tamp down business.
Gambling revenue at the region’s six casinos fell by 4 percent in the month compared to last year, according to figures out Wednesday from Missouri and Illinois regulators. Every casino saw business fall. […]
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WASHINGTON — If the Democratic Party has an stronghold on Wall Street, it is JPMorgan Chase.
Its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, is a friend of President Barack Obama’s from Chicago, a frequent White House guest and a big Democratic donor. Its vice chairman, William M. Daley, a former Clinton administration Cabinet official and […]
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Toyota drivers are feeling mounting confusion and frustration as they attempt to fix their recalled cars. And Toyota dealers are under the gun as they face sometimes angry customers.
"It’s just getting crazy," said Andy Phillips who heads the service department at Sandy Springs Toyota in Georgia. "Well, you know. I’m tired, the phones are […]
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The losses continued for Great Florida Bank in the fourth quarter, but it succeeded in paring down its problem loans.
The Miami Lakes-based bank (NASDAQ: GFLB) suffered a net loss of $15.9 million in the fourth quarter, following a $13.3 million loss in the third quarter, according to its filing with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination […]
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St. Louis-based HOK architects provided the design, planning, structural engineering and interior design work on the new 254-bed Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, Ind.
The $224 million project includes a two-story diagnostic and treatment center with a six-story tower that has an emergency department, imaging center, diagnostics and 16 operating rooms. Inpatient […]
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