03/Jul 2008 | Bike Sales On Rise As Gas Prices Increase | From the beach to downtown, the bicycle is experiencing a renaissance. Many Californians have always loved their beach cruisers, but with ridiculous gas prices, residents apparently love them more tha... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Local Family Awaits Reunion With Man Held Hostage | MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- A Central Florida family will reunite after a five-year ordeal at the hands of Columbian terrorists. The Florida men kept chained in a Colombian jungle received medical care at... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Obama Says His Position On Iraq Is Unchanged | Trade and immigration top Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's visit to Mexico. The two issues also dominated his trip to Colombia. McCain says he'll seek Mexico's help to tackle illegal immi... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Fire Displaces El Paso Family | EL PASO, Texas -- An El Paso family is left without a home Thursday afternoon after a kitchen fire destroys their apartment. Crews were called to the 6000 block of Jackson and Piedras just before 5 p.... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Gap Fire Made Calif.'s Top Priority | Even though there are larger fires burning in California , the Gap fire has been made the state's No. 1 priority because of the number of homes it's threatening. Map: San Marcos Pass Video | Images Se... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Breeden, Weber-Gale Win Olympic Spots | Elaine Breeden and Garrett Weber-Gale are heading to Beijing after winning events at the U. Breeden won the 200-meter butterfly, edging Kathleen Hersey for the top spot. Garrett Weber-Gale won the 100... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | One Word: Plastics; Steady at GE; WSJ Piece Hits Freddie | Resin maker s shares stretch One of the biggest gainers on the Nasdaq this afternoon was A. Schulman ( SHLM ), a $624 million market-cap manufacturer of resins and other materials used in construction... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Oakland Fireworks Dropoff Locations | Local news, local sports or weird news. Put KTVU's headlines on your Web site with a simple copy and paste. -- Residents who have illegal fireworks that they want to turn in no questions asked cand dr... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Hospital Employee Accused Of Embezzling Close To $100,000 | An audit revealed Mark Foltz stole from hospital accounts at Conemaugh Health System. Foltz worked as a medical office manager at Conemaugh Health System since 2003. Johnstown police said they were ma... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Northpark Center Reviews Security Presence | Northpark Center is taking a closer look at its security and looking for better ways to keep shoppers safe after three major incidents that occurred in just the last two months, NBC 5 reported. In May... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Obama Open To Refining Iraq Policy | Immigration, Trade Top McCain Agenda Trade and immigration top Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's visit to Mexico. The two issues also dominated his trip to Colombia. McCain says he'll seek... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Rate direction critical in refinancing | WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Question: One of your recent newspaper articles suggested that homeowners wishing to refinance should prepare in advance for the next dip in mortgage interest rates. The la... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Essence Brings Music, Fun For Kids | The 2008 Essence Music Awards kicks off Friday, but today thousands of kids got their own chance to "party with a purpose." They packed in to the Morial Convention Center Thursday for music, fun and i... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | A Bear Stearn s Smoking Gun, the Cancelled EverQuest IPO | Lehman Burying Assets Just Like Bear Stearns Did . Mr Mortgage on Mortgage Modifications: You May Qualify!.pat on Mr Mortgage on Mortgage Modifications: You May Qualify! ..linda on Mr Mortgage on Mo... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Man Suspected Of Caging Daughters In Truck | POSEN, Ill. -- Police said a father in suburban Chicago has admitted to locking his two young daughters in a cage in his pickup truck. Ricardo Gonzalez was arrested after officials said a woman spotte... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Threat Made Before SFO Cargo Plane Fire | Less than a week before a fire damaged an ABX Air cargo plane at San Francisco International Airport , the airline received a threat against an unspecified aircraft, the National Transportation Safety... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Louisiana's credit rating back to pre-Katrina mark | All three national rating agencies have boosted Louisiana's credit ratings to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels. The improved ratings mean the state can borrow money more cheaply because a higher rating ge... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | NorCal Girl, 7, Survives Being Shot In Head | SACRAMENTO, Calif. Seconds after hearing the gunfire, Yamilet said that her ear hurt, and that the pain felt like a needle. The girl's mother, Maria Calderon , noticed the bullet wound when she came ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Former Medical Examiner Sentenced In Bayview Crematory Scandal | BRENTWOOD, N. -- A key player in the Bayview Crematory scandal was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to more than a dozen charges. Former chief forensic medical examiner Katherine Weider pleade... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | TPG pulls out of B&B rescue | By Peter Thal Larsen, Jane Croft and Kate Burgess in London Published: July 3 2008 17:56 | Last updated: July 3 2008 23:40 . Bradford & Bingley s largest shareholders on Thursday night stepped in to ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Investigating a Summertime Danger | Eyewitness News found a dangerous situation at a local public park where some people are taking a big risk. Warning are posted, but they aren t strictly enforced. Eyewitness News Anchor Blair Miller i... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Keep watch on your credit file | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Credit scores and reports are important, and not just for home buyers. Folks standing in line July 11 to buy a new iPhone will find they won't be able to activate it without pay... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Fallen Officer Laid To Rest | Prince George's County police Officer . Findley's flag-draped casket was placed atop a fire engine, which traveled past Findley's police cruiser, the 6th District Police Station and the Beltsville Vol... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | So it wasn't a computer glitch after all | Tags Computer Glitch Moody's credit ratings agencies Programmers Constant Proportion Collateralized Debt Obligations . Not too long ago, it was widely reported that a coding error caused ratings mode... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Assurant Is A Compelling Short Sell | Over the past 6 months Assurant ( AIZ ) has so far managed to get through the credit crisis unscathed. A few weeks ago a Barron s article even suggested that Assurant will ultimately benefit from a co... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Fed Cuts Value of Bear Stearns Assets It Assumed by 3.7% to $28.9 Billion | The Federal Reserve said the portfolio of Bear Stearns Cos. assets it accepted as part of the firm's takeover by JPMorgan Chase & Co.9 billion, down from the $30 billion estimated in March. The centra... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Govt fixes credit-worthiness of ULBs | New Delhi, july 3: Under its ambitious urban infrastructure development scheme of 63 cities - Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) the urban development ministry has come out wit... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Restaurant Report Card (7-3-08) | B (82 points) (7/2/08) . The report says employees failed to wash their hands properly and they were not wearing hair restraints. Plus, the back door was open allowing flies in the restaurant. Bourbon... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Old Tree Crashes Onto Kettering House | Friday in Kettering. A man said the tree just missed his 3-year-old daughter who was sleeping on a couch in the room where the tree fell. The landlord is now reportedly accessing the damage. Talking a... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Former Doctor's Office Leveled In Bellefontaine Explosion | BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio -- Investigators are looking into whether an explosion that leveled a vacant house near Bellefontaine was accidental in intentional. The house was recently used as a doctor s offic... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Tour Extended For Marines In Afghanistan | WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | St George Bank says it's in tip-top shape, so why is it continuing to recommend the Westpac merger when the bid's value has fallen from $34 to around | One of the incongruities in St George s continued recommendation of the Westpac merger despite the plummeting Westpac share price is St George s ongoing insistence that it is in excellent shape, with ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Water Ban Carries Hefty Fines | Topsfield -- with some hefty fines, too. NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper reported that from the Asbury Street Bridge the Ipswich River looks the same -- winding and beautiful. This year, the town of Topsfi... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | U.S. housing market seen getting worse | Construction Sector. NEW YORK -- An even gloomier scenario may be in store for an already ailing U. housing market if the overall economy slips into a recession, according to UBS Securities analysts. ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Report: Pregnant Man Gives Birth In Bend | Oprah" gave birth to a baby girl Monday, TMZ. Thomas Beatie first appeared in The Advocate magazine, in which he wrote an article describing the pregnancy. Prior to becoming pregnant, Beatie went thro... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Drug Dealer Sentenced In Va | RICHMOND, Va. -- A man authorities have dubbed one of the most successful drug dealers in Virginia will spend five years in prison. Williams sentenced Ray Prosise on Wednesday for conspiracy to distri... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Louisiana's credit rating upgraded to pre-Katrina levels | BATON ROUGE All three national rating agencies have boosted Louisiana's credit ratings to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels. The increased ratings mean the state can borrow money more cheaply because a h... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | SEC Publishes Regulatory Actions To Streamline SRO Rule Filing Process | 03/07/08 The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a final rule and new interpretive guidance to improve the rulemaking process for exchanges and other self-regulatory organizations (SROs... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Father Charged After Girls Found In Cage | POSEN, Ill. -- A 35-year-old Midlothian man faces two counts of child endangerment after a witness spotted two children in the back seat of a pickup that had been enclosed with a wire cage to keep the... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | New Fire Chief Named In Anne Arundel | ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold announced the appointment of Deputy Fire Chief J. Leopold praised Stokes for fiscal responsibility and for developing partnerships between ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Father Sentenced In Sons' Fiery Deaths | REDWOOD CITY -- A Half Moon Bay father wept Thursday as he was sentenced by a San Mateo County Superior Court judge to three years in prison in connection with the death of his two young sons in a 200... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | In Time For Holiday, Gas Soars To Record | Video: Goof Leads To Lines Video: $9.09 Gas Sign Shocking Video: Hawaii Gas Passes $5 Mark. The price of gas last year on the Fourth of July was $2. Alaska has the highest gas prices in the nation, ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Barclay s PLC - $6.4B/$7.8B | Merrill Lynch - $37. 2008-06-30 They Eat Cake: Barclay s is having its name bantered about as a possible buyer for the distressed Lehman Brothers. But Barclay s is still struggling under the vast weig... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | What Every Veteran Should Know About Identity Theft | Lisa Carey Over 26.5 million veterans found themselves at risk for identity theft in 2006 when a federal employee's lap top computer, containing important personal information such as name, date of bi... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | S&P places XL Capital on CreditWatch Neg | XL Capital Group on CreditWatch with negative implications. "The action was taken because of our concern that earnings, capitalisation, and financial flexibility might be adversely affected by the unc... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Online Bartering Services | Special Section: Smart Savings.A new spin on a centuries-old tradition is helping consumers get what they want without paying for it. Internet sites are allowing let people barter for items and servic... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Radical Cure for Housing 'Cancer': Natio | With President Bush pushing Congress to pass housing legislation , some observers worry the government is going to go too far in trying to relieve stress in the housing sector. But Richard Suttmeier, ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Former Day Care Owner Admits Altering Lead Tests | TRENTON, N. -- The former owner of a Gloucester County day care center admitted to giving the state false reports indicating that her center was free of lead dust. Officials said a 2005 inspection fou... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Slain S.C. Girl's Relatives Say Suspect Close To Family | GREENVILLE, S. -- Grieving relatives of an 8-year-old South Carolina girl found raped and slain this week said Thursday that the young teenager accused of the crime was "like a family member" and his ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | When will liar's loans return? | JOBS REPORT:The economy shed 62,000 jobs in June, according to the Labor Department, and the unemployment rate remained 5. Those numbers are slightly worse than the consensus estimate, but the result ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | On the topic of foreign investment, there is an apartment complex | ALL houses bought over 60 years or so. someone who owns a house that cost 20k in 1980 and is valued at 100k now is not the same kind of owner as someone who bought a house at 200k in 2001 and it s now... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Radian Comments on Fundamental Strength of Business | PHILADELPHIA, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) commented today on the recent decline in its stock price and noted several indications of the fundamental strength of its b... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Rating agencies upgrade Louisiana credit scores to pre-K levels | BATON ROUGE - Three national rating agencies have upgraded the rating on Louisiana's general obligation bonds to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels, State Treasurer John Kennedy said today. On Tuesday, Stan... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Moody's cuts Toll Brothers debt to junk status | Agriculture futures trade mostly lower on CBOT 7/3/2008, 12:31 p. EDT Dollar, gold rise in Europe 7/3/2008, 12:30 p. 12:12 PMMoody's Investors Service today cut the senior unsecured rating of homebu... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Let the Banks Go Under, Sell 10 Million Houses for $1 Each | Let the Banks Go Under, Sell 10 Million Houses for $1 Each Charles Hugh Smith Today's target: the notion that the collapse of the insolvent U. Really? Terrible for who? Certainly not the nation at la... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Thursday MBS Market | Current Mortgage Rates Historic Mortgage Rates Mortgage Rate Analysis Blog Consumer Rates Blog MBS Basics Link to this Page . NOTE: MND offers two blogs that follow mortgage rates, one directed at Mo... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Dealmaker O'Callaghan rides out choppy credit markets | Mergers see 12bn boom year ahead. Cabbie drives into Stubbs big time with 450,000 bill. Hoteliers ask staff to take wage freeze due to 'challenges' . Delphi Technologies snapped up in multimillion-e... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | New Information Released In Hope Killing | HOPE, Maine -- Court documents said the man charged with killing a woman from Waldoboro confessed to the crime. A court affidavit said Steven Pomeroy and the victim, Jessica Nichols, went to a party T... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | 7/03/08 -- SEC Issues Proposed Rules on Credit Rating Agencies | The Securities and Exchange Commission issued for public comment three rule proposals designed to downgrade the role of credit rating agencies on July 1, 2008. The Commission voted unanimously on June... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | EU urges more rating agency competition | BRUSSELS, Belgium - European regulators are calling for more competition among credit rating agencies as they prepare ways to fix one of the problems behind the U. subprime mortgage crisis, an EU offi... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Police: Cocaine Found In Driver's Detergent Box | SALISBURY, Md. -- The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office is announcing the seizure of about a half-pound of cocaine found hidden inside a detergent box in a southbound car. Investigators said the cocain... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Carnegie Police Search For Armed Robbery Suspect | CARNEGIE, Pa. -- Carnegie Police are searching for the suspect who robbed a man at gunpoint on Wednesday afternoon. Police said 18-year-old Bradley Smith pointed a handgun at a man at the corner of Li... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Family Searches For Unmarked Grave | GALLATIN, Tenn. -- The family of a man who died nearly 30 years ago wants to put a marker on his grave, but the cemetery can't find where he is buried. Video: Family Searches For Unmarked Grave "All w... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Driver Charged In Oakley Pedestrian's Death | Oakley earlier this year. George Ewing, 71, was struck and killed as he crossed Marburg Avenue on Feb. Police said Ewing was wearing dark clothes and was not in a crosswalk. On Wednesday, police char... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | BUYINS.NET: MBI, TC, JAV, ETFC, OSTK, TDSC Have Been Removed From Naked Short List Today | MBIA Inc. (NYSE: TC), Javelin Pharmaceuticals Inc (AMEX: JAV), E*TRADE Financial Corp. (NYSE: MBI) provides financial guarantee insurance and credit protection products, as well as investment manageme... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Multimillion-dollar mess | Remember the good years, America? Back in the time of low interest rates. Back when the economy was a bundle of de-thorned roses. Back when we modern-day Scrooges and penny-pinchers were buying Hummer... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Stocks trade mixed as unemployment remains steady | ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Hill City mayor questions Mickelson Trail policy on Segways | Hill City Mayor Don Voorhees has asked the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department to take another look at whether motorized vehicles can use portions of the Mickelson Trail that lie inside city li... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Gunman Sought After Driver Shot In Pleasant Ridge | CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati police are looking for a gunman who shot a driver in Pleasant Ridge early Thursday morning. Witnesses said the man was driving near the intersection of Douglas Terrace and Gle... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Caught On Tape: Man Ditches Stolen Minivan | Police have released surveillance video in the hope of tracking down a man who stole a minivan with two children inside. The 1987 white Dodge Aerostar was stolen from the area of 27th Avenue and Vermo... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | 800 credit score? Relax | Dr. Don,Would my FICO score be higher if I increased the credit limit on my credit card(s)? I now have $12,000 on one card. I have no credit card debt because I pay in full each month. It's my guess t... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Storms Bring Flooding, Outages To Mich | Severe thunderstorms that swept across Michigan's Lower Peninsula have caused power outages to about 185,000 homes and businesses and flooded streets. Authorities said there are wires down throughout ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Strike authorized by BUS employees, talks continue | RACINE Belle Urban System workers voted last week to authorize a bus strike, but contract negotiations are continuing, said a union official. Negotiations between BUS workers, represented by Teamste... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Uncle To Be Charged After Girl's Body Found | BETHEL, Vt. -- About 300 people have held a candlelight vigil in Bethel, Vermont, for Brooke Bennett . She was the 12-year-old girl who had been missing a week until her body was found Wednesday about... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Maine Newspapers' Web Sites Hacked | The Portland Press Herald reporting that a computer attack has crippled its Web site and those of its affiliates, causing them to crash and making them available only intermittently for much of the pa... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | UPDATE 1-EU s McCreevy to propose rating agency register | Credit rating agencies, widelycriticised as too slow to warn about the risks in products atthe heart of the U. subprime crisis , will be required toregister in the European Union , a top official said... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Economic Domino Theory - Greed Without Accountability | Oil-Fueled Catastrophe in the Airline Industry Would Cripple U. The worst top management of giant corporations in American history is also by far the most hugely paid. That contradiction applies as w... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Review Of Celtics Fan's Death Called For | BOSTON -- Boston's police commissioner is asking for an independent review into the death of a man who stopped breathing after his arrest during the Boston Celtics NBA championship celebrations last m... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Utility rating upped | National credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has boosted its rating of Lodi Electric Utility from BBB- to BBB+. Fitch announced the ratings change Tuesday and the city of Lodi was quick to issue its ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Moody's to fix sub-prime computer error | Moody's, the ratings agency, is reviewing its computer models and setting up a central monitoring system after admitting that a bug led it to incorrectly grade several European mortgage debt instrumen... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Vedanta senior unsecured bond rating affirmed; outlook stable - Moody's | MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service said it affirmed the 'Ba1' senior unsecured bond rating for Vedanta Resources Plc. Moody's (nyse: MCO - news - people ) said the issuance of the ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | FAS 157: Blackstone and Its Banker Buddies Have It Wrong | Major & Intl. There have been some rumblings over the past several months about accounting rules being a key contributor to the banking sector meltdown, and I've let it slide. But now that Steve Schwa... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Municipal Market's `Fire in the Disco' Burns Hospitals, Schools, Cities | Muni Market `Fire in the Disco' Burns Hospitals, Schools, Towns By William Selway and Martin Z. Braun July 3 (Bloomberg) -- MBIA Inc. The biggest hospital in... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | SEC Promotes From Within for Deputy Director Slot in Trading and Markets | John Hintze. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday that, effective July 21, it has named Daniel Gallagher deputy director in the division of trading and markets, opting to promote... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Police Make Arrest In Slaying Of 8-Year-Old Girl | Investigators on Wednesday said they charged a 14-year-old with murder, criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping in the death of an 8-year-old Greenville girl. Sheriff's deputies said the boy lived in t... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Evacuations Leave Big Sur A Ghost Town | BIG SUR: Amber Lee Reports On More Mandatory Evacuations, Government Aid To Fire Victims . MONTEREY COUNTY: Robert Handa Reports On More Evacuations Near Out-Of-Control Wildfire . SANTA ROSA: Ken Prit... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | SEC Announces Panelists, Agenda for Fair Value Accounting Roundtable | July 9 roundtable on fair value accounting and auditing standards. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox will begin the roundtable with opening remarks at 9 a. The first panel will focus on fair value acco... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | National Central Cooling 'BBB-' long-term issuer rating and Tabreed debt ratings on watch neg | Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it placed its 'BBB-' long-term corporate credit rating on United Arab Emirates-based district cooling company National Central Cooling Co. PJSC (Tabreed) o... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | BofA's Columbia Management to merge money-market funds | Bank of America Corp. 's Columbia Management unit in Boston plans to reorganize a $3 billion money-market fund next week to protect investors from turmoil in the global credit markets. The Columbia Pr... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | While Grasso toasts victory, Spitzer gets burned again | At lunch Tuesday, former New York Stock Exchange CEO Richard Grasso toasted his appeals court victory with a bottle of Peter Michael chardonnay. Rich yet subtle, one critic has said about Peter Mich... Read » |