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Private equity firm Silver Lake is in advanced talks to acquire Shutterfly for at least $2 billion, sources said.

Submitted by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,

In my lifetime, the USA has not blundered into a more incoherent, feckless, and unfavorable foreign policy quandary than we see today.

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A prominent equity index firm says it’s trying to help investors profit from environmentally conscious holdings.

Sanford Bernstein hired Alan Polo as a director on the firm’s global electronic sales and trading team. R.J. O’Brien, an independent futures brokerage and clearing firm based in the United States, announced the appointment of industry veteran Paul Goodhew as a senior vice president and head of global markets at its London-based affiliate.

The debt-stricken operator of an Indiana Toll Road filed for bankruptcy protection with a plan to restructure some $6 billion in debt.
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Here’s why Jack Ma and Alibaba aren’t likely to follow in the footsteps of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, says trader-turned-comedian Raj Mahal.

A survey finds 20% of Americans laid off the past five years are still unemployed, reports USA Today.