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Tom Kolefas, the manager of TIAA-CREF Mid-Cap Value Fund, once worked on bringing M&A deals as well as other corporate transactions to fruition. Today, he uses that experience to help him unlock the true value of a company.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since January last week, a decline linked to upheaval in the auto industry, while a key regional manufa...

The minimum wage will go up 70 cents per hour July 24. The increase, to $7.25 per hour, completes a three-phase boost that added $2.10 to the lowest hourly wage that can be paid to workers whose compensation package is not dependent on tips.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Gold futures settled mildly lower Thursday as participants booked some profits from the previous session's gains. August gold sank $4 to settle at $935.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. 'The

The Mescalero Apache nation and its Housing Authority will celebrate the completion of 30 homes for very low-income families on July 17.

Specialty chemicals maker Cytec Industries Inc. posted a second-quarter loss on Thursday, hurt by charges and lower revenue.

. Overall rate in England and Wales remains stable. Burglary, fraud and shoplifting all riseThe murder rate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years, with 648 homicides recorded in 2008/09 - 136 fewer than the year before. Home Office statisticians said the drop was 'not a blip'.Annual crime figures published yesterday show the number of murders and manslaughters and infanticides fell to a level not seen since 1989.The crime figures also show that the recession has so far had a less than expected impact on the underlying crime rate, although domestic burglary has risen by 1% in the past year, fraud - including credit card and online fraud - has risen by 5% and shoplifting has increased by 10%.But the overall crime rate in England and Wales in the 12 months to March 2009 is officially declared to have remained stable with an estimated 10.7m offences as measured by the British Crime Survey (BCS). Crime in England and Wales actually fell by 5% according to the less

According to Freddie Mac's weekly survey, mortgage rates drifted down for the third consecutive week although they remain well above the record lows established this spring. Fannie Mae's weekly yields also dropped for the week. ...(read more)

Mumbai: India's benchmark Sensex stock index closed lower on Thursday. Infrastructure stocks fell after Larsen & Toubro Ltd said orders shrank in the first quarter, dimming expectations spending o...

135-year-old Club Saint-Denis, once an emblem of Quebec's two solitudes, falls victim to changing times