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Ace Cash Express settles debt collection claims 07/10/2014 04:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ace Cash Express Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million in a settlement with federal regulators who accused the payday lender of illegally harassing borrowers to collect debts and get them to take out additional loans.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the agreement wi France pleads for new EU economic strategy 07/10/2014 03:01pm • SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) -- France's economy minister is blaming European authorities for the lack of growth in France and Europe, and says it's time for a new economic policy that shuns austerity.Arnaud Montebourg, in a closely watched speech Thursday on economic recovery, also sug Malaysia hikes rate to curb inflation, debt 07/10/2014 09:21am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in three years to curb inflation and household debt as economic growth picks up.Bank Negara Malaysia says it has decided to raise its overnight policy rate, used by banks to set lending r Greece raises cash in 3-year bond auction 07/10/2014 08:06am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece has raised 1.5 billion euros ($2.04 billion) in an auction of three-year bonds, its second debt issue in three months after a long absence from the international markets.The finance ministry said Thursday it had accepted 1.5 billion euros of the 3 billion euros offered Argentina soccer fans celebrate cup final berth 07/10/2014 05:28am • ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) -- It was Argentina's joy, and another sting for Brazil.The Argentine soccer team beat the Netherlands on Wednesday to win a berth in the World Cup championship match -- doing it on archrival Brazil's soil, and just a day after Brazil was humiliate Md. transportation authority warns of E-ZPass scam 07/09/2014 10:00pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- Transportation officials in Maryland are warning the public about a scam involving E-ZPass.The Maryland Transportation Authority on Wednesday warned that several phony emails are circulating requesting E-ZPass Maryland customers to pay their tolls debts online. Transportation offic Memphis 'Blue Flu' symbol of pension troubles 07/09/2014 08:30pm • ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Faced with major changes to their health insurance benefits, more than 500 Memphis police officers called in sick Wednesday for the second consecutive day to protest cuts aimed at helping buttress the city's troubled pension program in a showdown Genco exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 07/09/2014 07:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Drybulk shipper Genco Shipping emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.The company says it reduced its debt by $1.2 billion while eliminating $192.8 million in amortization payments and $40 million in annual interest payments. Genco also says it got $100 million in new cap Report: Detroit art valued at more than $4.6B 07/09/2014 06:16pm • COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- Treasures in the Detroit Institute of Arts eyed for sale by some creditors in the city's historic bankruptcy could be worth more than $4.6 billion, but likely would fetch a quarter of that or less in a forced liquidation, according to a new report.The Stocks head higher...House panel to look at improper payments...China, US agree on small climate steps 07/09/2014 11:41am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are moving higher in early trading on Wall Street, reversing a two-day decline. Alcoa is getting the second-quarter earnings season underway with some positive news. Late yesterday the aluminum company reported a profit of $138 million, better than Wall Street expected, as we Greece to test bond market again with new issue 07/09/2014 11:05am • NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Bailed-out Greece said Wednesday it will tap bond markets again soon, building on its success in April to return to debt markets after a forced four-year absence due to its financial turmoil.Borrowing rates have dropped recently for many Euro Scolari apologizes for Brazil's World Cup failure 07/09/2014 10:02am • TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari apologized to fans for failing to lead the host to the World Cup final, saying the "catastrophic" defeat to Germany on Tuesday marked the "worst day" of his professional life."I have to apologize for the ne After Detroit, another city ponders bankruptcy 07/09/2014 05:12am • JEFF KAROUB Associated Press FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- As Detroit struggles to climb out of bankruptcy, another Michigan city with strong ties to the auto industry may be about to fall into the same hole.Flint, the birthplace of General Motors that once had 200,000 residents, has also endured a spectacul No new hearings for Michigan juvenile lifers 07/08/2014 08:00pm • ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) -- Hundreds of Michigan prisoners automatically sentenced to life behind bars for murder as teens aren't entitled to a new day in court, the state Supreme Court said Tuesday in a major decision that blocks one route to possible release but won't be the final wo US consumer borrowing rises at slower pace in May 07/08/2014 07:20pm • JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers increased their borrowing at a slower pace in May compared to the prior month.Overall credit rose by $19.6 billion in May, down from a gain of $26.1 billion in April, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday. The relatively modest increase should he