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Children antsy to go online and play in Webkinz World had to find some other diversion for part of Thursday and Friday, when the Web site with games and other activities for owners of the stuffed animals experienced technical problems. Although Ganz, the...

Illinois bankers have increasingly suspicious minds. Banks and other depository institutions statewide filed 20,118 "suspicious activity report" forms in 2006, breaking the record of 17,137 in 2005 and blowing past the 13,910 submitted in 2004, according...

Monday: Earnings: A.O. Smith Corp.; American Express Co.; Compass Bancshares Inc.; CSX Corp.; Eaton Corp.; Packaging Corporation of America; Texas Instruments Inc.; Wintrust Financial Corp.; Woodward Governor Co. Tuesday: Earnings: Advanced Micro Devices...

Soaring energy prices may be blowing a hole in drivers' wallets, but they've been mostly good news for oil companies shareholders -- and doubly so for top executives like Occidental Petroleum Corp. CEO Ray Irani. Aided by a doubling of the Los Angeles-...

1307 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville, 11747 631-843-6000 www.firstdata.com Employees: 800 Top official: John Shlonsky, president Parent company: First Data Corp., Denver Ticker: FDC

After the most disappointing holiday retail season in a decade, few experts expect a quick rebound for retailers in 2001. News has been grim so far, with store closings, layoffs and bankruptcies coming on the heels of a 2000 holiday season hurt by a...

1. Stop & Shop 1385 Hancock St. Quincy, MA 02169 781-380-8000 www.stopandshop.com Employees: 7,000 Top official: Marc Smith, CEO Parent company: Royal Ahold NV, Zaandam, the Netherlands Ticker: AHO 2. Waldbaum's Hemlock Street Central Islip,...