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Beware Performance-Chasing Financial Planners

SAN FRANCISCO – That exhilarating desire to chase hot stocks and mutual funds usually pits smitten investors against their more sensible financial advisers. But what happens when the tables turn? A well-diversified investment portfolio probably will always have some stake in a top sector. But financial planners who embrace the …

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Richard Pryor Dies at 65

LOS ANGELES – Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 65. Pryor died after being taken to a hospital from his home in the San Fernando Valley, …

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Calpine Contract Rejections Draw Response

NEW YORK – Two of the biggest players in the California energy market have filed papers with a New York bankruptcy court seeking to block Calpine Corp. (CPNLQ) from using its insolvency to get out of power-supply contracts. Both Southern California Edison, a unit of Edison International Inc. (EIX), and …

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