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European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn will likely push Greece to do more to cut its budget deficit today as governments craft a possible rescue package for the cash-strapped nation.
Rehn will meet with Prime Minister George Papandreou as German lawmakers say euro-area officials are devising a plan to grant Greece about 25 […]

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Fitch Ratings has assigned its AAA rating to Mecklenburg County’s $116 million in general obligation refunding bonds, series 2010.
The debt is slated for sale on Feb. 23.
The outlook is stable.
Fitch cites the county’s broad, diverse economic base, solid reserve levels and debt policies business card.
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WASHINGTON–U.S. regulators took a first step aimed at clamping down on oil speculation Thursday, proposing new limits on trading in energy futures by Wall Street firms and other market players.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted 4-1 for new trade limits on the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange intended to keep […]

Alcoa Inc. on Monday reported a smaller net loss for the fourth quarter, though revenue shrank without improvement in its aerospace, commercial building and gas turbine businesses.
The company, based in Pittsburgh, reported a net loss of $277 million, or 28 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.19 billion, or $1.49, […]

Paul McKee got his tax credits.
In the final hours of 2009, Missouri officials awarded the developer $19.6 million, a key piece of financing for McKee’s ambitious plan to rebuild a big chunk of north St. Louis.
The funds come in the form of tax credits that pay McKee back for buying hundreds of […]

European Union leaders said government measures to stimulate the economy should stay in place until the “recovery is fully secured.”
“Forecasts suggest a weak recovery in 2010, followed by a return to stronger growth in 2011,” heads of the 27-nation EU said in a statement after a summit in Brussels today. “But uncertainties and […]

GateWay Early College High School received an award this week for transitioning students from high school to college.
The high school, a division of GateWay Community College and part of the Maricopa Community Colleges System in Phoenix, was awarded the Pathways to Higher Education Award from the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, USA Funds, University of […]

To Val Sklarov, giving tax breaks and millions of dollars in city loans to move a law firm a few blocks across downtown is basically un-American.
But is it legal?
That’s now a question for the courts to decide, after Sklarov filed a lawsuit last week challenging St. Louis city incentives for the redevelopment […]

Federal Reserve officials on Thursday downplayed the consequences of the falling U.S. dollar, underscoring that deflation is still a threat, especially with commercial real estate prices falling.
Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said in an interview with Market News International that the weakening dollar, which hit a 15-month low against major currencies on Monday, is […]

Nasdaq OMX Group said the number of Greater China companies that list on its exchange could double in as little as two years, fueled by a growing appetite for these shares from a wider range of U.S. institutional investors.
Three of the top 10 performing initial public share offerings in the United States this year […]