Archive for March 17th, 2008

City Buried Under Snow Removal Debt
WLWT 5 - A current memo from City Manager Milton Dohoney informed City Council’s neighborhood and finance committee, on which Coles serves, how far the city had gone over budget.

Miss. Republicans giving Scruggs donations to charity
Biloxi Sun Herald - A search of state campaign finance records turned up no individual contributions from Scruggs or others to the organization during Mississippi’s most recent statewide election year of 2007.

Letter of the day: Simply put — ‘Photo Cop’ will save lives
Minneapolis Star Tribune - The House Finance Committee could soon hear a bill to use cameras for traffic enforcement, sometimes called the “Photo Cop” bill. I encourage all Minnesotans and their elected leaders to support this bill. Pic enforcement of red-light violations is

Frequent-flying MPs told to save on fares
News.com.au - News of the crackdown emerged yesterday, a day after Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said he’d told the public service to use discount airlines and, where possible, use video-conferencing to eliminate their need to travel interstate.

Barrier Therapeutics Announces Chief Financial Officer Succession
MSN MoneyCentral - PRINCETON, N.J., March 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:BTRX) announced today that Dennis P. Reilly, Vice President of Finance and Principal Record-keeping Officer of the Company, will succeed Anne M. VanLent as Chief

TSA to hire 100 at PDX airport
Portland Business Journal - Southwest grounds 737s for inspections [Portland] Southwest Airlines states its 737s are safe [Portland] Alaska Airlines’ February traffic increases [Portland] The Transportation and Security Administration will hire up to 100 part-time security

The rush to refinance
News.com.au - Number refinancing their mortgages stands at 20,000 a month Survey : How have rate rises affected you? More personal finance news in our Money section THE decision by banks to whack on a bit more after the last two Reserve Bank interest rate rises

The CW Orders Horror Reality Show
Consumer Electronics Net - For over 75 years Broadcasting & Cable has been the definitive news source on every aspect of the TV industry: programming, finance, technology, regulatory and media trends.

CME Group Concurs to Purchase Nymex for $8.9 Billion (Update3)
Bloomberg - Nymex and CME are a good fit,” stated Mark Williams , a finance professor at Boston University. “Exchanges are in a commodity business and increased volume is what drives profits.

Richard S Fuld Jr
Forbes - Mr. Fuld has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and LBI since April 1994 and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and LBI since November 1993. Mr. Fuld serves as the Chairman of the Executive Committee. Mr. Fuld was President

Lawmakers complain about continuing personal system troubles
KVIA.com - SANTA FE (AP) - Lawmakers remain unhappy about lingering problems with the state’s almost $30 million accounting and personnel computer system. Members of the Legislative Finance Committee expressed frustration on Monday that the state still has

Paulson defends U.S. rescue of Bear Stearns
Reuters South Africa - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Monday defended government moves to rescue Bear Stearns Cos Inc (BSC.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) from bankruptcy, saying it was important to ensure the orderly function of financial

JPMorgan to purchase Bear as Fed opens lending to Wall St
Reuters South Africa - The Fed also made an emergency quarter-point cut in its discount rate and agreed to finance up to $30 billion of Bear’s assets as U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pledged the U.S. government is prepared to do “what it takes” to maintain the

Florida Dems abandon mail-in vote plan
Miami Herald - Business Monday | National | International | Personal Finance | Technology | Small Business | Friday Business Report Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail

Global business
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Japan’s upper home is controlled by opposition parties, which feel Muto’s former career as a top civil servant in the finance ministry ties him too closely to the ruling party.

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