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General Motors (NYSE:GM) CFO resigns
Mr. Liddell, who was previously CFO at Microsoft, has been at helm now for just 14 months and has helped steer the company through the rough waters that has faced them since the economic downturn which seen General Motors turn to Bankruptcy.
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:05P
Rudin, St. Vincent's Strike $260M Deal - Daily News Article
NEW YORK CITY-Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, which filed for bankruptcy protection last April, will sell its Greenwich Village campus to Rudin Management for $260 million and transfer its O'Toole Building to North Shore-LIJ Health System under
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:05P
More Spouses Off The Hook For Tax Mess
“Ignorance of the law cannot establish an innocent spouse defense,” it said in court documents. Typically, in instances of divorce the strategy is easier to employ than when a couple is still married. It gets complex, but generally, a still-married
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:05P
Finance & Markets Monitor
This column examines recent events to assess the risk of systemic risk in advanced economies based on Markov-switching techniques used to examine equity, interbank spreads, sovereign CDS and foreign exchange markets. The methodology employed examines
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:04P
Charlie Sheen sues Warner Bros. for $100 million
(Frank Micelotta / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation In 2008, Sheen married real-estate investor Brooke Mueller, seen here with Sheen and his daughters, Sam and Lola. The couple's twins, Bob and Max, were born on March 14, 2009.
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:03P
California City Officials To Face Corruption Trial
by AP A former city manager accused of masterminding a scam to bilk the blue-collar Los Angeles suburb of Bell out of more than $5.5 million has been ordered to stand trial. Superior Court Judge Henry J. Hall ruled Thursday that former Bell City
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02P
Bell, Calif., Officials To Face Corruption Trial
by AP A former city manager accused of masterminding a scam to bilk the blue-collar Los Angeles suburb of Bell out of more than $5.5 million was ordered Thursday to stand trial. Superior Court Judge Henry J. Hall ruled that former Bell City Manager
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02P
Lindsay Lohan rejects plea agreement in necklace theft case
If Lohan is ordered to stand trial, Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz has warned her that she may be sent to jail for violating her probation on a 2007 drunken driving case. Lohan's return to court came days after surveillance footage was aired of
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02P
Changing of the Guard: GM CFO Chris Liddell Steps Down; Dan Ammann to Replace
DETROIT - General Motors Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell, who successfully led the post-bankruptcy automaker to a $33 per share initial public offering, is leaving the company April 1. While his departure is being depicted as
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02P
TAIWAN WELCOMES APPT OF NEW BI CHIEF, RELAXES VISA RULES FOR OFWs
Jose Mabanta Jr. said David's more than 37 years of military experience would be useful since immigration duties would entail law enforcement activities. “I think he will be able to bring BI to greater heights,” Mabanta told The STAR in a phone
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:02P