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Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, reported a 13 percent rise in its first-quarter profit in April, setting a record as the bank made more money on new mortgages and curbed losses from old ones. Photo…

Wells Fargo & Co., the largest U.S. home lender, reported a 13 percent rise in its first-quarter profit in April, setting a record as the bank made more money on new mortgages and curbed losses from old ones. Photo…

An attendant displays a fuel pump at a gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Photo by Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here…