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Fidelity Investments, the largest provider of 401(k) retirement plans, said average balances in employer-sponsored accounts reached the highest level since it began tracking values in 2000, as market gains boosted assets.
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By Margaret Collins |
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U.K. prosecutors are poised to arrest former traders and rate setters at UBS AG, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Barclays Plc within a month for questioning over their role in the Libor scandal, a person with knowledge of the probe said.
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By Lindsay Fortado |
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Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has acquired Ansonia, Conn.-based independent insurance agency Ned Miller Associates, the company announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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Capital Properties Inc. reported a 2.7 percent rise in profit to $514,000, or 7 cents per share, during the 2012 third quarter compared with earnings of $139,000, or 2 cents per share, during the same 2011 period.
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By PBN Staff
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Britain’s biggest taxpayer-owned lender, said it expects to pay a fine in the coming months to settle regulators’ probes into allegations the lender tried to manipulate Libor.
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By Gavin Finch and Howard Mustoe |
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Bank Rhode Island is the top U.S. Small Business Administration lender in Rhode Island, granting 83 SBA-backed loans valued at $17.4 million in the federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30
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By PBN Staff
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Sovereign Bank, N.A. – a subsidiary of Banco Santander S.A. – saw its 11th consecutive quarter of profitability, with net income of $123 million.
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By PBN Staff
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Douglas K. Mayhew, a 26-year veteran of the insurance industry, has been named president and CEO of OceanPoint Insurance Agency Inc. effective Jan. 1, 2013.
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By Michael Souza |
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(Updated, 3:15 p.m.) Bank of America Corp. was sued by the U.S. attorney in Manhattan for allegedly engaging in a scheme to defraud Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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By Andrew Dunn and Hugh Son |
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Washington Trust Bancorp Inc., parent company of The Washington Trust Co., has posted a net income of $8.9 million, or 54 cents per diluted share, for the third quarter, a 15 percent increase from the $7.58 million, or 46 cents per diluted share, during the same quarter of 2011.
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By Michael Souza |