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Apex court wants Shah removed from post
A three-judge Supreme Court bench announced the verdict after hearing petitions against the appointment made by President Asif Ali Zardari in October last year. The bench comprising justices Javed Iqbal, Raja Fayyaz Ahmad and Asif Saeed Khosa ruled in
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:01P
Whiff of Scandal Surrounds New Stream Capital
New Stream Capital says investors seeking to push its Cayman and US feeder funds into bankruptcy are, essentially, just blowing smoke. It's a charge not unfamiliar to the Connecticut hedge fund, which is currently rolling up its
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:01P
GM financial chief leaves after one year
Marking its successful emergence from bankruptcy in July 2009, GM raised $23.1 billion last November in the largest public offering in history. Liddell, 52, joined GM in January, 2010 and led the company's financial and accounting operations on a
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:00P
Debt-Laden Harrisburg, Pa, Incinerator Attracts Purchase Offer
A municipal authority is offering to buy the incinerator whose debt load has pushed Harrisburg, Pa., to the brink of bankruptcy. The Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority would purchase the facility
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:59P
Spring Break Mission Statement: Thursday, March 10, 2011
The District Attorney's office will provide phlebotomists EVERY DAY of Spring Break for both Corpus Christi and Port Aransas for every law enforcement agency to use for suspected DWI offenders who refuse a breath test. Magistrate judges will be
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:58P
Barak's wife faces indictment
She is slated to be charged of violating the Labor law. Officials at the Population and Immigration Authority said on Thursday they plan on filing the indictment next week with the Tel Aviv District Labor Court. If convicted, Priel may have to pay a
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:58P
Devlin Group files bankruptcy
In 2009, the Ocean Grande at Serenata Beach in South Ponte Vedra Beach filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Devlin was one of the development partners of that upscale oceanfront condominium project.
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:58P
Three-year suspended sentence to businessman, fine to Russians
The verdict to the Russians was delivered by judge Lyubou Syamakhina, to Dzmitry Myadzvedz – by judge Alena Rudnitskaya. Prosecutor Syarhei Kunas demanded to fine Artem Breus and Ivan Gaponov $5800 each, while prosecutor Mazouka demanded four years in
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:57P
Update in the Case of the Criminal Law Professor Who May Be Fired For His
By The Volokh Conspiracy on 03/10/2011 – 11:45 am PST Readers will remember the case of Lawrence Connell, the tenured Widener Law School criminal law professor who was put on leave and may be fired because of his classroom hypotheticals.
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:56P
Officials in California sent to trial in corruption case
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Henry J. Hall denies a defense motion for a new "impartial" judge in the second wave of hearings for Bell officials charged with corruption and misappropriation of public funds, on Tuesday, Feb.
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:56P
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