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Obama and Democrats Just Want to Throw More Money Down the Drain
The centerpiece of today's speech in Cleveland is to announce changes in the tax law. President Obama may never have managed a business, but he is sure
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:05P
Goldman Principal Strategies Traders In Talks To Join Other Firms-Source
Last week, Goldman decided to close the principal strategies business to comply with a provision in the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill signed into law
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:04P
Hecker pleads guilty to conspiracy, bankruptcy fraud
He also pleaded guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud for giving his former father-in-law, Bill Prohofsky, more than $113000 to hide from his bankruptcy
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:04P
General Growth Announces $2.25 Billion Notes Offering
The company, which owns 200 US malls, filed for bankruptcy in April 2009 after failing to refinance portions of its $27 billion debt as they came due.
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:03P
Market Shrugs Off BP's Spill Report
That has opened the company up again to criticism that it isn't accepting responsibility for the accident, but it may help BP dodge potentially expensive
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:03P
Capmark Creditor Committee Opposes Disputed Loan Deal
The loan is the "last significant remaining piece" of the company's bankruptcy case, Sontchi said during a teleconference today from Wilmington, Delaware.
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:02P
NY Court Rejects Chapter 11 Plan For Pfizer's Quigley Unit
this bankruptcy case to get out from under significant asbestos liabilities on the cheap," said Edward Weisfelner, attorney for a coalition of law firms
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:02P
Flash Crash Report: Plunge Still a Mystery: Sources
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators probing the stock market "flash crash" last May still have not uncovered a single cause but will point to stub
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:02P
10-year-old's death 'a tragic accident'
She went to bed at 11 pm, and her parents discovered the accident when they went to check on her about 1 am, Matice said. "We're not sure if she fell off
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:02P
Iranian Woman's Stoning Sentence Suspended, Reuters Reports
Yet, these people have never been brought to trial. We are finding that many of those charged have been exonerated...because they are not guilty.
Updated: 09/08/2010 01:01P