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Peabody spun off Patriot in 2007, and Patriot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year.

The settlement is the latest in a series of SEC actions against banks over their sales of risky mortgage-linked securities to investors in the years preceding the 2008 financial crisis.

Westar is the largest electric utility in Kansas, with about 700,000 customers.

Jenny Craig, founded in 1983, had been part of Nestle's nutrition portfolio since 2006.

Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers said that the deal gives it Shapell's land portfolio, which includes parcels in wealthy, high-growth markets.

The gains will enable the mortgage giants to finish repaying their taxpayer aid or come close to doing so five years after they were rescued by the government.

Deal expected to close later this month pending regulatory approval.

Tempering expectations was a big theme in the weeks leading up to Twitter's IPO, but that all but flew out the window with the stock's opening surge.

If you're interested in investing in Twitter, you'll want to know these terms.

Different foods may have different timelines, depending how easy it is to find a substitute.

Twitter priced the initial public offering of stock at $26 per share, valuing the company at more than $18 billion

Dorsey, Glass, Williams, Stone, and Costolo.

The post office is adding 8,000 to 10,000 seasonal workers.

It's the first new Treasury security in 17 years.

InterMune said it will use the proceeds to fund the marketing and a U.S. clinical trial of its lung disease drug Esbriet.

The cuts will have political ramifications ahead of a Scottish independence vote in 2014.

Barclays Capital says the social media company has hired it as a "designated market maker."

Consumer Watchdog says it doesn't fix underlying problem.

The centers are in Kite's existing markets of Florida, Georgia and Texas and the new market of Birmingham, Ala.

The purchase price includes approximately $200 million in working capital.