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Health-care Stocks: AmerisourceBergen shares fall on rating dip

Shares of AmerisourceBergen fall after the drug distributor’s shares are downgraded and the company’s chief financial officer resigns.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (MarketWatch)

Personal Finance Daily: Don’t ignore retirement in your daily budget

Workers spend an average of $3,000 each year on coffee and lunches bought out — and younger workers appear inclined to spend more than older ones. Read that story and more in today’s Personal Fina

Monday, February 13, 2012 (MarketWatch)

N.J. gay marriage bill faces Chris Christie veto

New Jersey's state Senate on Monday passed a bill to recognize same-sex marriages.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Politico)

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Stocks to Watch: Stocks to Watch Tuesday: Avon, Goodyear

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., MetLife Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Omnicom Group Inc. and Avon Products Inc. are among the companies whose stocks could see active trading on Tuesday.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (MarketWatch)

NewsWatch: Oil at five-week high on Greece, Iran tensions

Crude futures rise after the Greek government passes an austerity program required to received international aid and avoid default. Tensions between Israel and Iran after an attack in New Delhi also p

Monday, February 13, 2012 (MarketWatch)

Fitch, S&P downgrade Spanish banks

Ratings agencies Fitch lowered its ratings on four big Spanish banks while Standard & Poor’s cut its rating for the industry as a whole on Monday following recent sovereign downgrades and on con

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Post)

Air Canada in talks with pilots as deadline nears

Air Canada says that talks with the union representing 3,000 pilots are scheduled to continue this week and it remains confident a work stoppage can be avoided as a key deadline approaches.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (CBC)

Claire’s, Chesapeake Sell Bonds as High-Yield Appetite Revives

Claire’s Stores Inc., the jewelry retailer owned by Apollo Global Management LLC, and Chesapeake Energy Corp. are offering bonds, as investor appetite for high- yield debt soars to the highest l

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

Junius Peake, Early Fan of Electronic Trading, Dies at 80

Junius Peake, one of the finance industry’s earliest and most persistent proponents of electronic trading, has died. He was 80.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

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