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In the Driver's Seat - Weekly Standard
Early last evening, I was speaking with a friend and he jokingly asked if Obama had made any gaffes during the day. “Well,” I responded, “only if you consider his claim that his uncle was one of the first soldiers in to liberate Auschwitz a ...
2008-05-28 06:30:00 -
Financials including RBS lead Europe stocks higher (MENAFN)
Financials including RBS lead Europe stocks higher
2008-05-28 05:03:28 -
Sell your home in a difficult market (Boston Herald)
NEW YORK - Are you looking to sell your home but are worried about selling into the slumping housing market? By all accounts, the market is bad. A recent report out by the...
2008-05-28 06:50:15 -
Stop your motor running - Salon
On Friday, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reported that Americans drove 11 billion fewer miles in March 2008 than in March 2007. According to the FHWA, that's the sharpest drop since the agency began keeping records in 1942. Calculate Risk ...
2008-05-26 05:52:00 -
Failed Opes was $721m short (The Australian)
THE stockbroker owed $579 million to clients who are now unsecured creditors.
2008-05-28 07:00:00 -
These Banks Need to Raise Capital Quickly - Street.Com
If you're wondering whether your bank has enough capital, keep reading. Capital adequacy is the most important topic for bankers as the real estate credit crisis continues. So far this year there have been three bank failures, the most recent being ...
2008-05-27 09:16:00 -
Attorney general's first year doesn't impress everyone (Post-Bulletin)
MINNEAPOLIS -- To some, Lori Swanson is a consumer champion who has targeted alleged scams against the elderly, mortgage fraud, cell-phone billing practices and dangerous Chinese toys. To others, she's an awkward politician and micromanager who has driven off much of her staff. Swanson, 41, has assumed much of the agenda, some of the baggage
2008-05-28 07:14:10 -
Dallas area residents feel the grip of soaring gas prices - Dallas Morning News
With a gallon of gasoline hovering at the $4 mark, it's the numbers that sketch the impact of rising fuel costs. But the real-world struggles of everyday folks show how deeply those soaring prices affect individual lives. Commuters caught between a ...
2008-05-27 10:09:00 -
TD Bank Financial Group Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Reported diluted earnings per share were $1.12, compared with
2008-05-28 08:32:00 -
Kill the competition: Power shutdown ... Road tax U-turn ... Rock ... - Times Online
The Times : The fragility of Britain's infrastructure was demonstrated when seven power stations shut down , shrouding hundreds of thousands of people in electricity blackouts. Financial Times : Gordon Brown's ministers opened the way for a new tax ...
2008-05-27 11:21:00 -
Strickland taps law professor as temporary AG replacement (Tribune Chronicle)
COLUMBUS (AP) --Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday tapped the dean of the Ohio State University law school to serve temporarily as attorney general after a sexual harassment scandal forced out the previous attorney general. Strickland says Nancy Hardin Rogers will lead the office for about six months but that she has no plans to run in the November election.
2008-05-28 07:39:22 -
LBO Firms Must Return Cash to Change Plan, Hands Says (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Leveraged buyout firms should hand back investors' money if they change strategy because of the credit crunch, British financier Guy Hands said.
2008-05-28 07:50:58 -
MOVES-Citadel, Moelis, Stifel, FBR Capital, Wachovia (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
(Adds NEW YORK dateline; Moelis & Co, Citadel, Stifel Nicolaus and other moves)
2008-05-28 08:07:32 -
March Networks, TD Bank, Questerre, Sears: Canada Stock Movers (Bloomberg.com)
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies were having unusual price changes in Canadian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 10:30 a.m. in Toronto.
2008-05-28 08:17:31 -
Regional bank stocks tumble after KeyCorp. forecasts higher charge-offs in 2008 (Sharewatch)
NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Shares of regional banks dropped sharply Wednesday after KeyCorp. raised its full-year estimate for loan charge-offs, reigniting fears of more credit losses in the banking industry.
2008-05-28 08:28:16