Principal Financial reports 4Q profit (AP)

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 18:27 EDT  in
 

AP - Principal Financial Group Inc., an insurance, retirement and financial services company, reported a profit Monday, saying cost-cutting reduced its expenses and it lost half what it did a year earlier on its investments.

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