Thursday, Jan 28, 2010
Chinese toys and sneakers headed to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. on the U.S. East Coast may bypass Warren Buffett’s $33.8 billion railway as the expansion of the Panama Canal slashes the cost of shipping them by sea.
Chinese toys and sneakers headed to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. on the U.S. East Coast may bypass Warren Buffett’s $33.8 billion railway as the expansion of the Panama Canal slashes the cost of shipping them by sea. The deeper, wide... read entire article»
Bloomberg News
Monday, Jan 11, 2010
Two American victims of the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Pakistan have sued Washington’s Crowell & Moring over its demand that they share their multimillion-dollar award with other Flight 73 victims represented by the law firm.
Two American victims of the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Pakistan have sued Washington’s Crowell & Moring over its demand that they share their multimillion-dollar award with other Flight 73 victims represented by the law firm. The l... read entire article»
Marcia Coyle
Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010
Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal’s a deal.
Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal’s a deal. As the recession drags on, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescin... read entire article»
The Associated Press
Monday, Nov 30, 2009
Retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico is paying for legal help in a federal investigation into the firings of U.S. attorneys in 2006.
Retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico has paid more than $700,000 to seven law firms to defend his alleged role in the firing of former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias in 2007, and he isn’t happy about it. The former senator told the Alb... read entire article»
Brian Baxter
Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009
Tribune Co., E.W. Scripps Co. and a U.S. newspaper industry suffering record declines in advertising sales and circulation will raise prices on Thanksgiving as readers seek inserts touting holiday discounts.
Tribune Co., E.W. Scripps Co. and a U.S. newspaper industry suffering record declines in advertising sales and circulation will raise prices on Thanksgiving as readers seek inserts touting holiday discounts. U.S. Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 26 this... read entire article»
Bloomberg News
Thursday, Oct 22, 2009
John Edelman, a former business owner, is taking Warren Buffett’s advice by investing in what he knows: home furnishings.
John Edelman, a former business owner, is taking Warren Buffett’s advice by investing in what he knows: home furnishings. “I feel so much safer doing this than buying stocks randomly,” said Edelman, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, who s... read entire article»
Bloomberg News
Monday, Oct 19, 2009
Federal investigators are gearing up to file charges against a wider array of insider-trading networks, some linked to the criminal case against billionaire hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam that shook Wall Street last week, people familiar with t...
Federal investigators are gearing up to file charges against a wider array of insider-trading networks, some linked to the criminal case against billionaire hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam that shook Wall Street last week, people familiar with t... read entire article»
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009
Some of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s closest aides, none of whom faced Senate confirmation, earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms, according to financial di...
Some of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s closest aides, none of whom faced Senate confirmation, earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms, according to financial di... read entire article»
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009
Strategists at Wall Street’s biggest securities firms can’t keep up with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index after the steepest surge since the 1930s
Strategists at Wall Street’s biggest securities firms can’t keep up with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index after the steepest surge since the 1930s. The benchmark gauge for U.S. equities climbed 0.7 percent yesterday to 1,071.66, leav... read entire article»
Bloomberg News
Thursday, Sep 17, 2009
More law schools are modifying coursework and adding practical classes to help students develop the skills past graduates have had the luxury of learning on the job.
Washington and Lee University School of Law has thrown out its traditional third-year curriculum and replaced it with a series of legal simulations meant to prepare students to practice law in the real world. First-year students at Duke Law School... read entire article»
Karen Sloan
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