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Commodities gain ground as risk appetite grows

Jul. 20, 2009
Prices for gold and other metals rose Monday in the wake of more upbeat earnings and news of emergency financing for troubled lender CIT Group Inc. Newfound optimism about the health of corporate America and the economy drove investors to put their money to...
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Donnkenny files Chapter 11

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Donnkenny Inc. of New York and its subsidiaries Tuesday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Happy Kids files Chapter 11

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Clothing producer Happy Kids Inc. of New York Tuesday filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The company's two largest secured creditors are CIT Group/Commercial Services, which holds a claim of $33 million, and n

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NEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- Tyco International on Tuesday raised a less-than-expected $4.6 billion from the sale of its CIT Group finance arm. Tyco sold 200 million shares at $23 each, bel
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch