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High school seniors would be taught how to write a check, manage credit card debt and obtain a mortgage under a bill advanced in the New Jersey Senate today. The Senate Education Committee approved a pilot program in personal financial education in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

LONDON (MarketWatch) - Iceland's coalition government fell apart Monday, Prime Minister Geir Haarde announced Monday, succumbing to a financial crisis that's wrecked the tiny, North Atlantic island nation's economy. The decision follows Haarde's in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

TORONTO , Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kingsway Financial Services Inc. (TSE:KFS, NYSE:KFS) announced today that it will be releasing its fourth quarter financial results on the morning of Friday, February 20, 2009 with a conference call to in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Monday said it may cut the top "AAA" ratings of Pfizer after the No. 1 drugmaker announced plans to buy Wyeth for $68 billion. S&P placed Pfizer's "AAA" ratings on watch with negative implications and in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In the spirit of providing iPhone and iPod touch users with some MINI-centric fun, all while encouraging them to hold onto more of their coin, MINI Financial Services today launched "MINI Liquid Assets in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

Fallout from the financial crisis could cost NJ Transit $150 million, causing delays for capital improvement projects or increasing fares even as construction begins on an $8.7 billion new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, officials said today. NJ in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's ruling coalition collapsed on Monday under the pressures of the country's financial meltdown, the first government to fall as a direct result of the global economic crisis. Prime Minister Geir Haarde said he would hand in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With Congress set to take up his economic recovery plan this week, President Barack Obama is pointing to recent corporate layoffs as evidence of the need for swift action. Obama says job cuts at Microsoft, United Airlines, Home in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

Ousted Bank of America Corp. (BAC) executive and former Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John Thain , hailed last year for organizing the sale of Merrill, said Merrill's year-end bonus pool was down 41% from a year earlier and was much less than in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union is investigating whether the proposed takeover of Brussels Airlines by Germany's Lufthansa AG impedes fair and open competition in the airline sector. Lufthansa has moved to take over Brussels Airlines, seeking in STOCKMARKET NEWS >