" As the credit crunch weighs on the financial services sector, credit card issuers are tightening lending terms with consumers to lower their risk profile, from cutting borrowing limits to closing dormant accounts. “Banks need to be more...
" The Dow dropped below 9,600 Monday after global markets took a pounding amid fear that the credit crisis is spreading around the globe. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 700 points, or 7 percent, falling through 10,000 and quickly breaching 9,900,...
Corporate national socialismThe Bailout program, just started turns into worldwide socialism competition. First waste the money, second kill all innovative competition with mergers. If you finally are bankruptcy ask...
"Wachovia says it will press ahead with Wells deal"" NEW YORK (AP) -- Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the beleaugered bank, is...
Brazil has selected finalists for the fighter jets bid and they are US' Boeing Co., France's Dassault and Sweden's Saab. Brazil has declared that will only buy planes from countries if the deal...
Warren Buffett tells he's making a $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs because "the price was right, the terms were right, and the people were right." He also made it clear that he would not have...
Trojan QB Mark Sanchez throws for four touchdowns in another victory against rivals Ohio State. The sound of the cheering crowd echoed through the neighborhood like thunder. " Southern California turned the...
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There are times when I really think that this whole wisdom of crowds thing is for real. This is one of those examples. Given the problems we are already seeing with the rise in fuel and the resulting rise in food prices it is refreshing to see people reacting in,...
A bear with its head trapped in a clear plastic jar was shot dead by police in Frazee, Minneapolis two days ago. In an angry backlash, animal lovers have bombarded police offices with "hate mail". ...
It seems that more and more robberies are occuring in Van Nuys. On Saturday, the 26th of July there was yet another robbery in the city of Van Nuys located on Van Nuys Blvd. A witness said the suspect had...
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...
Here's a trivia question: What state has installed more solar panels than any other except California? If you said New Jersey, your solar energy IQ is brilliant. And if you know why several thousand huge mirrors...
The Sacramento mayoral election looks headed to a runoff which former NBA star and Democratic candidate Kevin Johnson is likely to win." In his first-ever drive for elected office, former NBA star Kevin Johnson...
Somehow I feel like the fact that Rojas is being prosecuted in Fargo has something to do with this story."A19-year-old flight attendant angry at having to work a route set a firein an airplane bathroom, forcing the...
" Written by Priyanshu Adathakkar Thursday, 28 February 2008
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