Good quarter for T. Rowe Price

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T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $79 (Nasdaq symbol TROW; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 260.9 million; Market cap: $20.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.4; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.troweprice- .com) earned $284.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, up 23.9% from $229.9 million a year earlier. Due to more shares outstanding, earnings per share rose 20.5%, to $1.06 from $0.88. Improving stock markets continue to spur demand for its mutual funds. Revenue rose 18.1%, to $929.8 million from $787.3 million. T. Rowe Price is a buy. buy…