These homes for sale stink

"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...

Indian state government encourages people to eat rats

Authorities in the Indian province of Bihar are encouraging people to eat rats as a way of reducing dependence on grains affected by rising food prices and reducing the population of rats."A state government in...

Wall Street's Post Mortem of the Credit Meltdown

If you have a spare day or two here is the link to their 172-page report dissecting what went wrong and the changes they need to make to prevent a similar crisis in the future. "“Virtually everybody was frankly slow in recognizing that we were on the cusp of a really...

Veep stock rises for Democrat Evan Bayh

Republican John McCain has added a Jewish congressman from Virginia to his list of potential vice presidents, while Barack Obama's schedule raised speculation yesterday he was leaning toward Indiana Sen. Evan...

Sir Alan Sugar Tells Miliband: "YOU'RE FIRED!" in Newspaper Rant

Sir Alan Sugar in an astonishing rant in the SUN newspaper declares that Prime Minister Gordon Brown should "kick out" his silent enemies, a clear reference to pretender to the PM title, David Miliband.   "...

Credit Rating agencies may be prosecuted under EU draft

Rating AAA, good friends make it possible, banks traded internal securities, futures, bank guarantees, or simply "fancy stuff" like Bush said, with virtual no control. The fancy comfort rating system causing the sub-prime crises will be banned from Europe. Worthless home...

Pakistan ( Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad ) Stock Exchanges Crashed. On The Other...

News # 1 =  Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad ( Pakistan ) Stock Exchanges Crashed. Angry protestors broke windows and damaged banks and brokerage houses as country's Stock Exchanges hit their lowest. ( Geo /...

iPhone 3G: Sold out in 21 states

"Shoppers hunting for iPhone 3Gs can still find them — if they’re willing to get up early and, in some cases, drive long distances. As of 6:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, all three models (8GB black, 16 GB black or white) of the hot-selling device were sold out in 21 states,...

Protest over Pakistan share slump

Recession in global economy is affetcting equity markets all over the world . Worst victims are the share holders in the developing countries. Indian & Pakistani share market were zooming in last few months. But lately it has started sliding.  After reaching the peak...

AT&T's iPhone puts Verizon on the defensive

"Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg used to bristle about how Apple was crowned a wireless success without earning the title. But with Apple announcing it sold 1 million 3G iPhone in just three days, the AT&T/Apple...

Air Canada lays off 632 flight attendants

Aviation business is undergoing a tough time especially after soaring fuel price and many airlines are cutting short their routes and also doing exercise to  control the cost. Now Air Canada, a big north...

Frenzied demand for Apple's new 3G iPhone in the UK

I was going to switch to the iPhone but I got a shock when I saw the price of the  packages on offer here in the Republic of Ireland, especially as the Data bundle is limited to 1G:It will be available in an...

Another Indication that Newspapers are Finished

So, stage one is you lose touch with your audience.  Stage two is you lose readership.  Stage three is your advertisers run.  Stage four is your valuations plummet.  Stage five is the analysts...

Obama goes to the Races (NASCAR)

"Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the coming weeks may become the first Democratic presidential nominee to attend a NASCAR stock car race in 16 years, his campaign confirmed today. " Barack Obama may campaign at a...

American 'Meltdown' is the Reason for the Money Injection by Fortis

""Votron stays on after a wave of criticismby our correspondentJune 28, 2008, 09:10 a.m.BRUSSEL/AMSTERDAM (DFT) - Fortis expects a complete breakdown of the American financial markets within days or weeks. This explains, according to the bank insurer, the series of...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from