
Getty Images Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum. Rivals heaped criticism on surprise front-runner Rick Santorum in a debate among U.S. Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday, hoping to stall his surge at a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign. Mitt Romney,...
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Excessive regulation of financial institutions is squeezing out middle-class consumers who soon will find themselves locked out of the banking system, analyst Meredith Whitney said Wednesday. Getty Images That trend already is beginning to manifest itself in terms of who is driving mostconsumer...
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Royal Bank of Scotland, the state-backed British bank, recorded a pre-tax loss of 766 million pounds ($1.2 billion) for 2011 Thursday, but said it would continue to pay bonuses. Getty Images The Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters The bank, which is 82 percent owned by UK taxpayers, was hit by...
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