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Ark. gov. candidate: Cut capital, income taxes (AP)

Posted on March 2nd, 2010
AP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Keet on Tuesday called for phasing out the state's tax on capital gains and a reduction in Arkansas' income tax.

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FDIC seen stepping up sales of failed bank assets (Reuters)

Posted on March 2nd, 2010
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is expected to offer $3.8 billion of guaranteed securitizations backed by the residential mortgage assets of failed banks, market sources said on Tuesday.

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Sirius XM Is Not a $0.25 Stock (The Motley Fool)

Posted on March 2nd, 2010
The Motley Fool - Despite delivering better than expected results last week, Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI - News) has gone on to close lower in the two trading sessions since its robust report. It opened lower still this morning.

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Consumer group sues insurer over policy changes (AP)

Posted on March 2nd, 2010

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2003 file photo, employees enter the headquarters of Anthem Inc. in Indianapolis. Anthem Blue Cross, a subsidiary of WellPoint Inc., has been under fire for a week from regulators and politicians for notifying some of its 800,000 individual policyholders in California that it plans to raise rates by up to 39 percent March 1. A consumer watchdog group filed a lawsuit Monday March 1, 2010, against California's largest for-profit health insurer Anthem Blue Cross, on behalf of policyholders, claiming they were pushed to take coverage with fewer benefits and higher deductibles. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)AP - Mary Feller's family of three spends nearly $25,000 a year on health insurance premiums, which is more than they pay on their home's mortgage in California's Marin County.


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