| Sun 14 Mar 2010 |
Venture capital firm and ex-Kennedy insider channel millions into Northern Ireland
The Guardian | Colin Walsh, of Crescent Capital, is working with US entrepreneur Frank Costello to end companies' dependence on the public sector and foreign investment | A former Kennedy clan insider and a Belfast-based venture capitalist are helping to lead a r... |
US Looks to Shanghai Expo to Help Ease Distrust
The New York Times | Filed at 11:54 a.m. ET | SHANGHAI (AP) -- For millions of Chinese, the USA pavilion's show at the Shanghai World Expo will be the closest they'll ever come to an experience of America. What they'll get -- apart from long waits -- is a warm welcome ... |
Lights still out for thousands in NYC area
The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - More than 200,000 customers in the New York City area are still without power in the wake of the weekend storm that brought down trees and downed power lines. | Consolidated Edison says about 130,000 customers still ne... |
Jets coach Rex Ryan has weight-loss surgery
The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Jets coach Rex Ryan underwent a weight-loss procedure Saturday to help him fight obesity. | The husky Ryan had lap-band surgery at NYU Medical Center, and was relaxing at his home in New Jersey on Saturday night, team ... |
Of America, free markets & freefall
Deccan Herald News York:Mar 14, Reuters: | Two years ago, a poisonous brew of bad economics, lax regulation, and egregious behaviour boiled over, scalding the financial system and pitching the US into its steepest downturn since the Great Depression. | The antidot... |
Why We Hate Socialism?
Newsvine | Why do we hate socialism? | Perhaps a better question should be, why are we manipulated into believing that an attempted action by a majority of society (majority rules) is a bad thing? Isn't a well functioning Democracy basically a system where th... |
Social Security to Start Cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
The New York Times | Filed at 8:17 a.m. ET | PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administra... |
AP News in Brief
Newsday | Originally published: March 14, 2010 6:25 AM | Updated: March 14, 2010 7:3 AM | Quick Summary | AP News in Brief | AP Exclusive: Guns in , court shootings came from police, court | WASHINGTON (AP) — Two guns used in high-profile shootings ... |
How free markets sank the US economy: Joseph Stiglitz
The Times Of India NEW YORK: Two years ago, a poisonous brew of bad economics, lax regulation, and egregious behaviour boiled over, scalding the financial system and pitching the United States into its steepest downturn since the Great Depression. | The antidotes to th... |
Analysis: Could U.S. have its own debt crisis?
The Columbus Dispatch | WASHINGTON - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road? | Many of the same risky financial practices that now imperil the Greeks were at the center of the all-too-recent U.S. meltdown.... |
Obama needs a new economic team
Denver Post | One year after the stock market hit bottom, the financial crisis appears to be over and economic conditions have stabilized. But it is a long, long road to economic health — and for that long haul, the folks parachuted in to manage the crisis... |
Head Strong: Free (and hateful) speech vs. the right to gather
Philadelphia Daily News Justices should rule against a Kansas church group that protested at a fallen Marine's funeral. | By Michael Smerconish - Inquirer | Inquirer Currents Columnist Fred Phelps, founder and pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., claims to... |
New York cashier, 91, continues to work after cash thief punches her
The Oklahoman | NATION | Cashier, 91, continues to work after cash thief punches her EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y. - A 91-year-old New York pharmacy cashier refused medical attention and went back to work after a thief punched her. Florence Critelli grabbed the man's hand ... |
Other cities' struggles highlight North Texas' appeal
The Dallas Morning News | Economist Michael Cox has a slogan to suggest if you're trying to attract talented workers from either coast: Move here and get a free BMW. | It's not false advertising, says the former chief economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, who's ... |
How free markets sank the US economy
Khaleej Times Two years ago, a poisonous brew of bad economics, lax regulation, and egregious behavior boiled over, scalding the financial system and pitching the United States into its steepest downturn since the Great Depression. | The antidotes to the crisis, c... |
Can Katy Perry stop EMI going to US bank Citigroup for a song?
The Observer | It is a tale of sex, debt and rock'n'roll that is unlikely to have a happy ending. When , a City financier with a penchant for fast food and an insatiable appetite for deal-making, came up with a plan to buy , Britain's flagship music company, usin... |
Great Time to Buy (Famous Last Words)
The New York Times | “IT’S a great time to buy a home.” Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press | An ad for mortgage rates last year at a bank in Maine. The general direction of interest rates is one thing that a potential homebuyer can often predict. | Rea... |
Ten years after the crash, the dotcom boom can finally come of age
The Guardian | In 2000 the internet bubble spectacularly burst, now technology has caught up with some of the ideas it spawned | A television reporter explains the drop in the Nasdaq in New York following the dotcom crash. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images |... |
Lehman's $50 billion conjuring trick
The Times | In May 2008, as the world span towards the worst financial crisis in living memory, Matthew Lee, a senior vice-president at Lehman Brothers, the American investment bank, decided to make a stand. | After 14 years with the firm, the New York-based E... |
Can Katy Perry stop EMI going to US bank Citigroup for a song?
The Guardian | Billions of pounds of debt, the internet and piracy are crippling one of Britain's most iconic firms | Katy Perry is selling well, but EMI is finding it increasingly difficult to turn talent into profit. Photograph: James Curley / Rex Features | It... |
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