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Editorial: Reforms restrict predatory lending
With the Little Loan Shoppe bankruptcy grabbing headlines, good news related to payday lending in Washington state might seem incongruous. But it's true. The Legislature's reforms of these types of high-fee, short-term loans have proven to be
Updated: 09/27/2011 03:02A
Solyndra hired Rice consulting firm
Fast running out of money just two years after winning a half-billion dollars in federal loan guarantees, solar panel maker Solyndra LLC this spring looked overseas to India in hopes of finding new business to turn the company around.
Updated: 09/27/2011 02:33A
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Women age 65 to 69 who break a hip face a five times higher risk of dying within a year than their healthy counterparts, a bigger increase than in older women, said a US study. Women aged 70 to 79 face double the risk of dying within a year if they
Updated: 09/27/2011 02:29A
Dodgers turned it around in second half
ASSOCIATED PRESS Still, the ongoing ownership battle, a bankruptcy filing and Major League Baseball's attempt to force Frank McCourt to sell ensure that an uncertain future will hang over the once-proud franchise this winter.
Updated: 09/27/2011 01:34A
Borders US sold to Barnes & Noble
United States bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn approved the transaction yesterday in Manhattan, after reviewing new terms between the Michigan-based Borders and Barnes & Noble that will protect the privacy rights of 48 million customers.
Updated: 09/27/2011 01:33A
Bargain hunters eye Serepisos' property empire
The embattled property tycoon and former Phoenix football team owner was declared bankrupt on more than $22 million owed to South Canterbury Finance at the High Court in Wellington on Monday. Serepisos' property portfolio includes several apartments in
Updated: 09/27/2011 01:24A
Mendocino Coast recreation district exploring bankruptcy
By GLENDA ANDERSON With its state-of-the-art aquatic center in Fort Bragg sinking deeper in debt, the Mendocino Coast Recreation and Park District is exploring bankruptcy. But bankruptcy alone won't keep the facility afloat, officials say.
Updated: 09/27/2011 01:22A
Airlines to pay for emissions
Air Malta, which is trying to avoid bankruptcy through a bold restructuring plan, will have to cater for another burden next year, as it will have to start paying for its emissions like all airlines flying in and out of the EU.
Updated: 09/27/2011 01:17A
GREECE: Foreign minister looks to tax financial transactions
With many observers proclaiming that Greece is on the brink of bankruptcy, Lambrinidis is in the US pushing the message that Greece is not a lost cause, heralding his government's commitment to radical cuts in public spending and insisting its European
Updated: 09/27/2011 12:55A
McCourt goes on a fishing expedition
As the bankruptcy proceedings increasingly resemble a grudge match cloaked in legal briefs, with Bud Selig threatening to banish the Dodgers from the league in order to rid it of McCourt, the Dodgers' owner might respond by trying to take down the
Updated: 09/27/2011 12:40A
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