Business_Finance

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**FILE** House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, wraps up a news conference Feb. 26, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, where he and GOP leaders challenged President Obama and the Senate to avoid the automatic spending cuts set to take effect four days later. (Associated Press)

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Wells Fargo reported record net income of $18.9 billion in 2012, which was up 19 percent from 2011. During the fourth quarter, the bank had record net income of $5.1 billion. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. attributes banking’s successful year to higher income and lower provisions for loan losses. (Associated Press)

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn (left), former International Monetary Fund chief, leaves a Paris courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, after filing a lawsuit over a new book about a past relationship. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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**FILE** House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (left), Kentucky Republican, testifies before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 14, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Terry Lundgren (center), Macy's chairman, president and CEO, arrives at New York State Supreme Court in New York on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, to testify in a trial that pits the department store chain against rival J.C. Penney Co. over a partnership with home diva Martha Stewart. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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**FILE** George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, talks prior to the launch of the Economic Survey of the United Kingdom, by Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), at the Treasury in central London on Feb. 6, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Under a new NHL realignment proposal reported by CBC, the Capitals and Rangers would play in the same division beginning in 2013-14. (Associated Press)