Commercial mortgage-backed bond returns are accelerating as the Federal Reserve ends support for the $700 billion market, showing growing confidence that loan defaults won’t derail the economic recovery.

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Commercial Mortgage Debt Rallies as TALF Ending: Credit Markets

Brenntag Holding GmbH, the German chemicals distributor owned by BC Partners Ltd., aims to raise as much as 837 million euros ($1.15 billion) in an initial public offering, said two people familiar with the discussions.

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Germany’s Brenntag Said to Seek as Much as $1.15 Billion in IPO

Tests by Toyota Motor Corp. and U.S. regulators on a Prius hybrid whose driver said it sped out of control couldn’t replicate his account, according to a report prepared for U.S. lawmakers.

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Toyota, U.S. Can’t Replicate Prius Acceleration (Update1)

KKR & Co. is in talks with Warner Music Group to launch a break-up bid for EMI Group Ltd., the Sunday Times reported, without saying where it got the information.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki’s political bloc, saying it won the most seats in March 7 parliamentary elections, named a commission to hold talks with rival parties on forming a government, an official said yesterday.

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Iraq’s Al-Maliki Wins Most Seats in March 7 Vote, Party Says

Q. My life insurance policy earns 4 percent interest. I am 67, and agents are asking me to convert the policy (which is payable to age 95) to an annuity. The face value of the policy is more than half…

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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd will unveil financial-regulation legislation that may create a consumer division at the Federal Reserve with power to write rules that could be overturned by a systemic-risk council, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the plan.

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Tests by Toyota Motor Corp. and U.S. regulators on a Prius hybrid whose driver said it accelerated out of control couldn’t replicate his account, according to a report prepared for U.S. lawmakers.

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The Los Angeles Kings have reassigned goalie Jonathan Bernier to their AHL affiliate after the 21-year-old prospect impressively won a fill-in start in Dallas. The Kings announced the move during Sunday’s game against the Nashville Predators. Los Angeles…

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Harvey, 75, and Nadine, 71, share the same concerns as most retirees. They want to make sure they don’t run out of money, but they’re not sure how their investments should play in their plan. “Our main concern is where…

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Mercer County couple must cut spending now to live well later

Medtronic Inc. said a Danish study to be presented tomorrow at a cardiac conference may have been “biased against” its Endeavor drug-coated stent in favor of a rival artery-clearing device from Johnson & Johnson.

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Medtronic Says Heart-Stent Study May Have Favored Rival Device

Kristie McNealy blogs from her suburban Denver home about raising four children and health issues. Her husband, Rob, a floor installer, runs another Web site offering product reviews and advice on hardwood floors. It’s not just for fun. Whenever someone…

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Amazon reacts to new Colo tax, costing affiliates

The stock market doesn’t want any surprises from this week’s Federal Reserve’s meeting. It is widely expected that the Fed will keep the fed funds rate, its key lending rate, at a historic low near zero when it meets on Tuesday. That means investors and…

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A former money manager facing fraud charges acknowledges in a newspaper interview that evidence indicates he was trying to fake his own death when he parachuted from his private plane that later crashed in a Florida swamp. Marcus Schrenker tells The Times of…

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AP FILE PHOTOCampbell Soup Co. Chief Executive Douglas Conant makes an announcement Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 in Camden, N.J. At the beginning of this decade, the Campbell Soup Company was called a “beleaguered old brand.” Its sales were down, employees…

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Lessons learned from Campbell Soup’s turnaround