FTC, CFTC and SEC settle with online trading promoters
Four teen online trading firms and individuals agreed to stop promoting easy profits with little risk. Regulators say unsubstantiated claims were dropped and warn consumers to beware of misleading Internet investment offers. Firms included Comipu Trade LLC Granite Investments and Day Trading International in Kirksville Missouri.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
William Rainer
Commodities Oversight
Agence 5
CFTC
FTC
Comipu Trade LLC
Granite Investments
Day Trading International
Kirksville
Fed rate hike bets rise as manufacturing stays strong
Despite April manufacturing growth cooling slightly, analysts say the economy remains momentum driven. The Fed may lift rates a half point at its May 16 meeting, with investors pricing in higher borrowing costs amid solid construction spending and rising consumer prices.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Wed
Fed
Tim O'Neill
Bank of Montreal and
Harris Bank
Chicago
Norbert J. Ore
Commerce Department
Gary R. Thayer
A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc
St. Louis
Top newspapers post circulation gains across nation
The Audit Bureau of Circulations reports six month period ending March 31 with USA Today leading at 1,887,802 and Wall Street Journal at 1,812,590. Los Angeles Times rose 5 percent to 1,153,706, New York Times up 1.3 percent to 1,149,576. Sunday circulation fell 0.6 percent.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Audit Bureau
Newspaper Association of America
USA
Local Stocks Early Quotation From Akin Investment
Readable stock list shows prices for Ames Dept Stores Bob Evans CVS Ford Motor General Motors and DaimlerChrysler among others. Securites are provided through Walnut Street Securitas with NASD SIPC AISGG Asset Managers noted as independent of WSS.
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Akin Investment Securies
Walnut Street Securitas, Inc
Mumbai
NASD
SIPC
Aisgg Asset Managers
WSS
Alital
American Greetings
Ames Dept
Bob Evans
Seder Fair
Cleveland Indians
Columbia Energy Group
CVS Corp
DaimlerChrysler
Emerson Flactric
Englahara
First
Top US papers by circulation show mixed gains in latest drop
The list ranks 20 newspapers led by USA Today at 1 837 802, up 1 4 percent, and The Wall Street Journal at 1 812 580, up 1 1 percent. The New York Times and The Washington Post also rise while several papers including New York Daily News Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle slip. Denver Rocky Mountain News surges 25 4 percent.
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New York Daily News
Chicago Tribune
Denver
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Denver Post
Newspaper Association
USA Today
The
Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
the Washington Post
Newsday
New York
Long Island
Houston Chronicle
Dallas Morning News
Chicago Sun-Times
the Arizona Republic
the Boston Globe
San Francisco Chronicle
Michigan lawmaker drafts ballast water compromise bill
Michigan state senator Sikkema shifts on ballast water rules proposing a compromise. He may exempt U S takers and Lak ers within the Great Lakes while seeking purified ballast water and better technology. George Ryan of the Lake Carriers Association notes ongoing concerns for ships operating solely in the Lakes.
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Cleveland
Michigan
Ken Sikkeina
Great Lakes
California
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sikkema
U.S
United States
Lakes Carriers
George Ryan
Lake Carriers Association
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