Finance Chronicle

NEW YORK — Shares of some top finance companies are up at 10 a.m.: Bank of America rose $.40 or 2.4 percent, to $17.20. Citigroup rose $.14 or 3.7 percent, to $3.96. JPMorgan Chase rose $.57 or 1.3 percent, to $42.99.

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Early Glance: Finance companies

Russia’s Finance Ministry will present amendments to the country’s Tax Code this year to replace the land tax and an individual property tax with a 0.1 percent tax on real estate tied to market prices.

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Finance Ministry to present 0.1 pct real estate tax draft in 2010