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Pay czar: â??Ill advisedâ?? bonuses at 17 banks
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:28:48 GMT
The Treasury Department's pay czar says 17 banks gave their top executives $1.6 billion in lavish payments while they were receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts.
Wall Street - United States - United States Department of the Treasury - Business - Kenneth Feinberg
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Proposed federal rules target for-profit colleges
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:07:03 GMT
The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans.
For-profit school - Education - Education Department - Colleges and Universities - United States
GE pays $23M to settle Iraq kickback charges
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:57:19 GMT
GE will pay $23.4 million to settle federal charges that some of its subsidiaries paid illegal kickbacks to the Iraqi government in order to win contracts under a U.N. program.
General Electric - Iraq - Middle East - Iraqi government - United Nations
Obama urges small business initiatives passage
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:45:26 GMT
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass legislation that he says will help small businesses grow and hire again.
Barack Obama - President of the United States - President - United States - History
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BP likely to tap an American for top executive
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:52:36 GMT
The man overseeing the much-maligned response by BP PLC to the Gulf oil spill crisis is the likely choice to replace gaffe-prone Tony Hayward to run the company.
Tony Hayward - Oil spill - BP - United States - Gulf Oil
Pro sports', environmentalism's uneasy bond
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:22:27 GMT
Chris Dickerson remembered cringing as he looked at the excess of empty, discarded plastic bottles by his Triple-A teammates in Louisville.
Chris Dickerson - Plastic - Business - Triple - sport
Unemployment rises in most metro areas
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:55:29 GMT
The unemployment rate in about three-quarters of the nation's largest metro areas rose last month as seasonal factors boosted joblessness nationwide.
Unemployment - United States - Recreation - United States Department of Labor - Picture Ratings
100 million Facebook users' details published online
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:59:38 GMT
The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will no longer be able to make the information private.
Facebook - Online Communities - Social Networking - Privacy - Website
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Diners grill restaurants over seafood sourcing
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:59:43 GMT
After months of watching news coverage of the oil spill, customers are asking questions about where their food was fished from, especially items closely associated with the Gulf.
Oil spill - Seafood - Business - Restaurant - United States
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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:49:46 GMT
U.S. bank failures this year surpass 100
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:27:34 GMT
U.S. bank failures this year have surpassed a bleak milestone of 100 as regulators shut down banks in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Kansas and Minnesota.
South Carolina - Georgia - Kansas - United States - Florida
Obama and oil spill: Lessons from corporate world
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:40:38 GMT
Obama has walked the factory floor when it comes to managing the federal response to the BP Gulf spill, going directly to front-line workers.
Oil spill - BP - Barack Obama - United States - Environment
United Technologies to cut another 1,500 jobs
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:00:49 GMT
United Technologies Corp. says it plans to cut another 1,500 jobs through 2011 after eliminating 900 positions in the first half of this year.
United Technologies - Business - Employment - Job Search - United Technologies Corporation
Fewer parents cutting back-to-school budget
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:26:24 GMT
Fewer U.S. parents plan to cut their back-to-school budgets, but will count on smartphones and social networking to find bargains during the second biggest shopping season of the year, according to a Deloitte survey.
Deloitte - Social network service - United States - Survey - Social Sciences
Madoff trustee could sue 1,000 Ponzi victims
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:21:20 GMT
The trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's investment firm might sue about 1,000 victims whom he believes profited improperly from the imprisoned Ponzi schemer.
Bernard Madoff - Investment - Charles Ponzi - Irving Picard - Ponzi scheme
America's laziest state? Louisiana
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:42:26 GMT
When it comes to kicking back, the Pelican State reigns supreme.
United States - Louisiana - Oil spill - Business and Economy - Pelican State
Snooki, 'Jersey Shore' cast open NYSE trading
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:49:46 GMT
"Gorilla juiceheads" fist-pumped on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday morning as cast members of "Jersey Shore" kicked off trading.
Jersey Shore - New York Stock Exchange - New Jersey - United States - Snooki
Airfares higher this year vs. last, DOT reports
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:30:04 GMT
If you think airfares have been rising, it's not your imagination. Figures just released by DOT show airline prices in the first three months of this year rose nearly 5 percent from 2009.
Airline - United States - Travel - Transportation - Recreation
High finance and corporate pot, California style
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:57:06 GMT
Economists see corporate pot as a multibillion dollar market about to be unfettered with little sense of how consumers will react.
Finance - California - Business and Economy - United States - Financial Services