Philadelphia’s Antiques Row in transition
Ted Kirk draws deeply on his cigarette, rests his elbows on his splayed knees, and takes a long, sad look around. He is sitting in the once cluttered, now scavenged, showroom of his brother Jack’s antiques shop in Center City. Hardly anything is left, other than a few cardboard moving boxes, a couple of dusty rugs rolled up like stogies, and some orphaned leaded glass windows.

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BlackRock Unveils New Zealand ETF
SAN DIEGO – BlackRock just launched the iShares MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund . The new single country ETF owns…

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Disney, Time Warner Cable Strike Deal, Includes ESPN3
Walt Disney and Time Warner Cable announced Thursday a long-term agreement that will provide cable customers with a wide array of Disney channels, including digital access to online content such as ESPN3.com, and expanded on-demand services.

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Robert Powell’s Your Portfolio: Give your portfolio a confidence boost
Got confidence? Consumer confidence, according to some market commentators, is among the key indicators those who put their assets at risk in the stock and bond markets need to follow.

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Hong Kong Shares Up Modestly, Led By Ping An
Hong Kong Shares Up Modestly, Led By Ping An

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Mudajaya wants to put past behind it
Mudajaya Group Bhd ( 5085 ), whose shares took a dive late July after regulators started looking into the builder’s affairs, says it has responded to all the regulators’ queries and now hopes investors will move past the episode.

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Putting your money where your heart is
Years ago I interviewed a money manager who was a Mormon. One of his biggest (and ultimately shrewdest) bets was a tobacco company.

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Citadel’s risky play in E*Trade
Citadel has made its reputation through shrewd, well-timed investments. But is its $2.55 billion infusion into E*Trade a wise move for it – and for shareholders?

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BlackRock Announces Investment Policy Changes for Certain Insured Municipal Closed-End Funds
NEW YORK—-BlackRock Advisors, LLC today announced that the Board of Directors/Trustees of each of 20 of its insured closed-end funds have approved changes to certain investment policies of the Funds.

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Omnicom: Advertising pays
Nothing happens in business until somebody sells something. And most of the time, that requires a lot of advertising.

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