End in sight for Bank Century circus Asia Times | By Gary LaMoshi | DENPASAR, Bali - An investigation of Indonesia's Bank Century, which required a bailout in 2008 that eventually climbed to 6.7 trillion rupiah (US$720 million), has been taken up by the quasi-independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), a move that should end the politica...
China's February exports jump 45.7 percent from a year as global demand recovers Star Tribune | BEIJING - China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese currency rise. | Exports were up 45.7 percent over a year earlier, the Chinese customs agency reported Wednesday, beating analyst forecasts of 35 to 40 percent gr...
End in sight for Bank Century circus Asia Times | By Gary LaMoshi | DENPASAR, Bali - An investigation of Indonesia's Bank Century, which required a bailout in 2008 that eventually climbed to 6.7 trillion rupiah (US$720 million), has been taken up by the quasi-independent Corruption Eradication Com...
N. Calif accountant pleads guilty in $13M scheme Fresno Bee | The Associated Press thefresnobee_994:/2010/03/10/1853891/n-calif-accountant-pleads-guilty.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Sacramento accountant has pleaded guilty to stealing more than...
'Granny D,' political activist who walked across U.S. at age 89, dies at 100 Seattle Times CONCORD, N.H. - | Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a New Hampshire woman who walked across the country at age 89 to promote campaign finance reform and later waged a quixotic campaign for U.S. Senate, has died. She was 100. | Haddock died Tuesday night of c...
Paul Krugman: Ireland misses U.S. lead on financial crisis management Post-Bulletin 3/10/2010 10:49:24 AM Everyone has a theory about the financial crisis. These theories range from the absurd to the plausible - from claims that liberal Democrats somehow forced banks to lend to the undeserving poor (even though Republicans controlle...
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Wesley Snipes seeks to be marquee name again The Oklahoman | Just seeing the name on the poster causes a double-take these days. Below the billing for Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Ethan Hawke in the ads for "Brooklyn's Finest" is an actor...
Appeal in Madoff dispute speeded up The Boston Globe | NEW YORK - The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Bernard Madoff's defunct business is allowing investors to immediately appeal his order that lets the liquidator reject years' w...
Latest U.S. program pays homeowners to sell at a loss The Dallas Morning News | In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of the...
Man charged over money laundering BBC News | A 42-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a police crackdown on money laundering and fraud in Edinburgh and East Lothian. | The man was charged in connection with alleged mortgage frauds from 2004, totalling £355,000, and summ...
Medicine Shoppe franchisees sue Cardinal Health Business Journal Print Reprints RSS Feeds LinkedIn Share Comments Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Aud...
China's February exports jump 45.7 percent from a year as global demand recovers Star Tribune | BEIJING - China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese currency rise. | Exports were up 45.7 percent over a year earlier, the Chinese customs agency reported Wednesday...
6 Employees of U.S. Charity Killed in Attack in Pakistan The New York Times | PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Six Pakistani employees of the American Christian charity World Vision were gunned down Wednesday, and seven others were wounded in an attack on the aid group’s offices in a remote village in northern Pakistan. | Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era. Go to the Blo...
Internet access is 'a fundamental right' BBC News | Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. | The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide. | Countries such as Finland and Estonia have already ruled that ...
