WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is boosting the rate banks pay for emergency loans. The move won’t affect borrowing costs for millions of Americans, but it brings the Fed’s crisis lending program closer to normal. Read more: Fed bumps up rate banks pay for emergency loans (Asbury Park Press)

The sale of Maryland’s thoroughbred horse racing tracks has been delayed by one month after the fourth time the owner has requested a rescheduling. Ontario-based Magna Entertainment Corp. filed a request in bankruptcy court Friday to move the auction Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course to March 25. The tracks and Bowie Training Center were scheduled Read the original post: Magna Entertainment...

CALGARY – The chief executive officer of Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) will be moving to Hong Kong to head up the company’s Asian business, which may be spun off into a separate entity later this year. Read the original here: Husky CEO John Lau to step down, head up Asian exploration business (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

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