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Citigroup CEO says bank on path to profitability - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- Citigroup Inc. CEO Vikram Pandit says the bank is on a path toward "sustained profitability" as it sheds risky assets and focuses on emerging markets. Pandit says the bank sees big opportunities in markets including Latin America and ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:18:00 GMT

Obama details plans to boost exports, create jobs - YAHOO!
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:47:00 GMT

Bay Area home foreclosures slowing - KGO
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Nationwide foreclosure activity dropped 2 percent in February and showed the smallest year to year increase four years, according to RealtyTrac. Foreclosure activity includes default notices, scheduled auctions and bank ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:32:00 GMT

Finance Bill to Be Offered Without G.O.P. - New York Times
Senator Bob Corker spoke about the stalemate over a bi-partisan financial reform bill on Thursday. The chairman, Christopher J. Dodd , Democrat of Connecticut, said on Thursday that the committee would take up the bill on March 22. The breakdown in ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:39:00 GMT

Nearly 3 years after arrest, charges dropped against ... - Naples Daily News
Surveillance video from a local bank showed the person purchasing the money orders was an employee of Express Bail Bonds and Liberty Bail Bonds. That violates state law, which says a bail bondsman cannot directly or indirectly solicit business in or ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:39:00 GMT

Stocks trade flat on concern about China inflation - Forbes
The stock market edged higher for a third day Thursday after a rise in financial shares helped offset concern about rising inflation in China. Financial stocks rose after Citigroup Inc. CEO Vikram Pandit said the bank was on a path toward "sustained ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:47:00 GMT

Fed bought $10 bln net in agency MBS in latest week - Reuters
central bank's purchase of mortgage bonds guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae to roughly $1.226 trillion since January of 2009. The Fed said it bought $29.425 billion gross of agency MBS from March 4 through March 10.
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:04:00 GMT

Obama Pushes Foreign Trade To Create Jobs - RTT News
(RTTNews) - President Barack Obama Thursday set the federal government on course to aggressively promote foreign export opportunities for American businesses. Speaking at the annual conference of the Export-Import Bank, Obama called for the country ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:11:00 GMT

FIFTH ANNUAL BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EARLY EDUCATION ... - Tucson Citizen
Dugger is an investment banking expert, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Partnership for America’s Economic Success (PAES) and Chair of the Invest in Kids Working Group within the PAES. Dugger has had an extensive career in the business ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:39:00 GMT

Statement by Marion C. Blakey on the Administration's ... - Newsblaze.com
ARLINGTON, Va., March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama's remarks today on the National Export Initiative and the agenda for export control modernization together signal his commitment to protect our national security while strengthening ...
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:32:00 GMT