Subsidized care plan's cost to double (Banks)

Subsidized care plan's cost to double
Boston Globe - The expanding need for new state and federal money is in sharp contrast to the statements made by former governor Mitt Romney, when he proposed the initiative in 2004 and as he campaigns for president. He has repeatedly suggested that the state could

BOAT OWNERS: READ THE FINE PRINT
New York Post - If the boat insurance policy does not include contractual liability coverage, boaters could find themselves paying big money out of pocket for injuries, defense lawyers and possibly property damage to their own boat because the hold harmless

Georgia Nicols horoscopes for Feb. 3
Chicago Sun-Times - Anything to do with your cash flow, investments or how you're handling your earnings or promoting new sources of money will go well. If shopping, you'll be practical and thrifty, but you won't be stingy with yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This

New Orleans turns spotlight on theater
San Francisco Gate - We need more venues to keep people here longer to spend more money here over time," said Kurt Weigle, the president of the Downtown Development District. The theaters are "without a doubt a key component, because they are an anchor." Before Katrina

Foreign Governments' Interest in U.S. Banks (Banking)

Foreign Governments' Interest in U.S. Banks
Washington Post - The nation's biggest financial firms, battered by huge losses in their mortgage businesses, are relying on an enigmatic source for cash: foreign governments in the Middle East and Asia . Citigroup announced yesterday that it had sold a 7.8 percent

UK FTSE falls 1 pct on weaker banks and oils (Banking)

UK FTSE falls 1 pct on weaker banks and oils
Reuters - LONDON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index fell 1 percent by midday on Tuesday as weaker crude prices weighed on oil shares and after Citigroup (C.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) reported its first quarterly loss. The UK benchmark

Indices decline, banks worst hit
Times of India - MUMBAI: Key indices lost further ground as the heavyweights continued to face selling pressure, taking cues from benchmarks in other Asian markets, which lost over a per cent. All BSE sectoral indices were in red except auto and metal. BSE Bankex was

Bill would help save money (Banking)

Bill would help save money
Chico Enterprise-Record - The words "budget crisis," whether city, institutional, small business, big business or personal remind me of SB 840, Sheila Kuehl's rational health care bill now making the rounds through the state Legislature. It has won approval from Boston

Democrats abandon fundraiser who turns out to be fugitive felon
San Francisco Gate - The family has given money to many of the same candidates and party causes as Hsu, their longtime friend and business partner. Some Democrats also were scrutinizing contributions from members of the Daly City family, the Paws, who could not be reached

Money market mutual funds
San Jose Mercury News - Assets of the 1,265 taxable money funds reported by Money Fund Report decreased $1.2 billion to $2,299.5 billion during the week ended Aug. 28. The taxable funds' seven-day average yield increased to 4.76 percent. The taxable funds' average maturity

Money saga: Madisha has a witness
iafrica.com - Cosatu president Willie Madisha and a witness have told police they delivered a R500 000 donation to SA Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande in 2002, SABC television news reported on Wednesday. Madisha says he has two witnesses who saw

Money troubles dog spa owners
Bradenton Herald - The former owners of Riverside Plaza, Carolyn Waygood and Robert Hierak, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection after a judge ruled last month they owed close to $2 million to the plaza's current owner. In 2004, the pair opened the $6 million

Australian Banks' Debt Risk Falls on Countrywide Credit Boost (Money)

Australian Banks' Debt Risk Falls on Countrywide Credit Boost
Bloomberg - Bank of America is saying this is not an industry that is worthless and there is value in this business,'' said Sarah Percy-Dove, head of credit research at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. in Sydney. ``It has put confidence in the sector

UP AND DOWN 17TH STREET: Bank challenges state meeting law (Banks)

UP AND DOWN 17TH STREET: Bank challenges state meeting law
Rocky Mountain News - Or perhaps not. The Colorado Division of Banking is faced with a situation in which one of the state's biggest banks has a different view of just what a "meeting" is. Colorado banking law says the board of directors of a state-chartered bank "shall

Bernanke, Senate Banking chief to meet on Tuesday
Reuters - WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will meet Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd on Tuesday to discuss conditions in financial markets, a spokeswoman for the senator said on Monday. The closed-door meeting

Banking - Court OK's parish fund redistribution

Court OK's parish fund redistribution
Boston Globe - The archdiocese will transfer money donated to closed parishes to the surviving parishes where the worshipers from the closed parishes were assigned to attend. "We are pleased that the process has come to the conclusion we had hoped for," said

US: Malfunctioning slot machine in Rhode Island doubled gamblers
MSN UK News - A malfunctioning video lottery terminal gave gamblers credit for twice as much money as they had inserted, erroneously paying out US$450,115 (euro334,558) during two months at a Rhode Island casino. The machine was removed July 15 from the Twin River

Fed deserves credit
New York Daily News - It took a few months, as the credit crunch became the credit crisis became the credit collapse, but yesterday Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke acted. Thank goodness. In announcing a cut in the discount rate, money banks borrow from the Fed

More money down
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - If high housing costs and lack of affordable housing weren't enough to deter home buyers from attempting to break into Garfield County's real estate market, qualifying for a home loan may now be the highest hurdle, right out of the gate. With the

Save money on pricey textbooks
Myrtle Beach Online - All summer long you bragged about how your child got accepted into college. You've pinched pennies and saved for tuition, but now that you see how much those textbooks really cost, you are at a loss for words. Since 1994 the price of textbooks has

Fill the Boot: Firefighters raise money for sick kids | No comments
Daily Chronicle - DeKALB - Mason Delittle just wants to help the sick kids. The 5-year-old and his father, Dave, of Steward were two of several dozen volunteers who donated their time to raise money Friday with the DeKalb Fire Department for the Muscular Dystrophy