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08 Jan 22 : 17 | Feds: Madoff Had $173 Million in Checks for Friends, Family, Others... Federal prosecutors claim that Bernard Madoff had 100 checks in his desk—about $173 million worth, made out to friends, family, and employees— and that he would have sent them out , if not for the FBI arresting him. Madoff, who admitted that his investment empire was actually a Ponzi scheme of... Source : Wikio - Home 9 hours ago |
09 Jan 03 : 37 | Richard Piccoli, 82-Year-Old Businessman, Charged With Running $17M Ponzi... BUFFALO, N.Y. — An 82-year-old businessman was charged Thursday with running a Ponzi scheme that took in at least $17 million from a clientele gleaned largely through ads in Catholic newspapers. Richard Piccoli of suburban Buffalo declined to comment after appearing in federal court on a criminal... Source : Wikio - Home 4 hours ago |
08 Jan 00 : 05 | Tax collection firm exec accused of over-billing state by $1.1 million (The... The former sales director of a firm that collected delinquent taxes for the state was indicted today on charges of conspiring to participate in a scheme to over-bill the state by more than $1.1 million, Attorney General Anne Milgram said....Source : The Star-Ledger (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 31 hours ago |
09 Jan 02 : 04 | Democratic judicial candidate disputes election results (Houston... Democratic judicial candidate Goodwille Pierre is eyeing ballots as he pursues a court challenge to his loss — by 230 votes out of 1.1 million cast.Source : Houston Chronicle (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 5 hours ago |
09 Jan 01 : 55 | Padres, Scott Hairston agree to $1M deal (kansascity.com) Scott Hairston and the San Diego Padres avoided arbitration, agreeing Thursday to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 5 hours ago |
09 Jan 01 : 54 | Padres, Scott Hairston agree to $1M deal (Miami Herald) Scott Hairston and the San Diego Padres avoided arbitration, agreeing Thursday to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.Source : Miami Herald (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 5 hours ago |
08 Jan 22 : 24 | President-Elect Obama on the American Recovery and Reinvestment: "That work... Today, President-elect Barack Obama delivered a major new speech at George Mason University, where he made the case for urgent action on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to address the current economic crisis. He offered up the outlines of a plan that includes both new policy and new... Source : Wikio - Home 9 hours ago |
06 Jan 14 : 07 | The story behind the 9.63 million yen tuna (Japan Probe) The economy is tanking right now, but Tsukiji’s first tuna auction of 2009 has shown us that the super rich can still afford to pay big bucks for premium tuna: The 282-pound (128-kilogram) premium tuna caught off the northern coast of Oma fetched 9.63 million yen ($104,700), the highest since... Source : Wikio - Home |
08 Jan 19 : 03 | Lawsuit of the Day: My Toxic Love (Abovethelaw.com) Getting a divorce is never a quick fix , even for a surgeon. You have to divide up the money, the property, the kids, the kidneys . A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her, although he says he'll settle... Source : Wikio - Home 12 hours ago |
06 Jan 09 : 01 | U.S. opens its $700 million embassy in Iraq (Philadelphia Inquirer) BAGHDAD - The United States yesterday inaugurated its largest embassy - a fortresslike compound in the heart of the Green Zone and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Iraq.Source : Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe)Explore... Source : Wikio - Home |
08 Jan 17 : 55 | Lenovo cuts 2500 jobs, slashes executive compensation (DV Hardware) Chinese computer builder Lenovo announced it will lay off 11 percent of its global workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, including some management positions. Also part of the restructuring plan is a 30-50 percent compensation cut for executives. Lenovo aims to save about $300 million in the fiscal year... Source : Wikio - Home 13 hours ago |
05 Jan 14 : 53 | US Inaugurates New $700 Million Embassy In Baghdad (The Huffington Post) BAGHDAD — The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever in the heart of the Green Zone on Monday, officially opening the fortress-like compound that was intended to stand as a testament to America's commitment to Iraq. Addressing an inauguration ceremony under tight security, Ambassador... Source : Wikio - Home |
08 Jan 11 : 54 | Surf City beach munitions cleanup is delayed (The Star-Ledger) A $17 million cleanup of military munitions pumped ashore during a Surf City beach replenishment project may not be completed until the brink of the tourism season, according to a report in the Press of Atlantic City. The report said...Source : The Star-Ledger (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 19 hours ago |
04 Jan 20 : 48 | Universal Pictures Sells Rogue Pictures for $150 Million (New York Times) The sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media signifies further reordering in Hollywood’s specialty movie business.Source : New York Times (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
03 Jan 16 : 32 | Next Mega Money jackpot an estimated $1.3 million (Miami Herald) No tickets matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number, so the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $1.3 million in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.Source : Miami Herald (subscribe)Explore : Florida Source : Wikio - Home |
08 Jan 09 : 01 | Intel reduces its projection for quarterly revenue again (Philadelphia... SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. said yesterday that it would miss its already reduced revenue projection by about $500 million, a sign that makers and buyers of personal computers are being more tightfisted than it seemed only two months ago, when the company lowered its financial projection.Source :... Source : Wikio - Home 22 hours ago |
08 Jan 08 : 38 | Microsoft announces Windows 7 Beta availability, downloads begin Friday... Section: Computers , Software / Applications Anyone anxious to begin testing out the latest version of Windows 7 will not have to wait much longer. During this evenings keynote, it was announced that it will be available for download beginning this Friday. Windows 7 will be available only as a... Source : Wikio - Home 22 hours ago |
08 Jan 08 : 10 | Divorcing husband wants kidney back (Seattle Times) When his wife needed a kidney transplant, Dr. Richard Batista gave her one of his, attorney Dominic Barbara said. Now that Dawnell Batista has filed for a divorce, Richard Batista wants his kidney back as part of his settlement demand. Or, Barbara said Wednesday, his client wants the value of that... Source : Wikio - Home 23 hours ago |
02 Jan 14 : 56 | Government to get 5 million preferred GMAC shares (USA Today) The federal government will get 5 million preferred shares of GMAC paying 8% interest in exchange for its $5 billion capital ...Source : USA Today (subscribe)Explore : Politics Source : Wikio - Home |
02 Jan 14 : 17 | Government to get 5 million preferred GMAC shares (StarTribune.com) The federal government will get 5 million preferred shares of GMAC LLC paying 8 percent interest in exchange for its $5 billion capital injection to help the troubled lender avoid bankruptcy.Source : StarTribune.com (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
08 Jan 03 : 42 | 2 Ill. men accused of running $15M fraud scheme (Boston Globe) Two men passed themselves off as foreign currency traders to swindle customers out of $15 million, which they used to pay for a lifestyle that included strip clubs, jewelry and private jets, according to a criminal complaint unveiled Wednesday in federal court.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 27 hours ago |
08 Jan 02 : 07 | it’s not just insulted Islammies… now it’s insulted caffeen pushers... ...and that rhymes with “C” and that stands for cartooooon! BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ? Colombian coffee growers are brewing up a lawsuit over a U.S. comic strip joking that violence is so rampant there, maybe “there’s a little bit of Juan Valdez in every can” of the country’s java… The... Source : Wikio - Home 29 hours ago |
31 Dec 13 : 11 | Iseman: New York Times McCain Affair Article Cost Me $27 Million (Silicon... Lobbyist Vicki Iseman is mortified at the implication that she might have been cuddling with John McCain. So she wants $27 million from the New York Times (NYT) for quoting unidentified McCain aides as saying that she and the Senator had gotten improperly close . NYT: A Washington lobbyist sued The... Source : Wikio - Home |
01 Jan 10 : 03 | 1 million celebrate New Year in New York (CNN) Strong winds, frigid weather and blowing snow will help celebrators from around the world usher in 2009 Wednesday night in New York's Times Square.Source : CNN (subscribe)Explore : New York Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 20 : 41 | US-funded program fails to stop tunnel smuggling (Boston Globe) Angry at Hamas' ability to fire rockets at Israel, the United States last year allocated $23 million to help train Egyptian officials to stop the smuggling into Gaza through tunnels at a border plagued by crisis and corruption.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Gaza Strip, Hamas Source : Wikio - Home 34 hours ago |
31 Dec 04 : 19 | TVA sued for $165 million in sludge spill (CNN) A real estate developer has filed a $165 million lawsuit against the nation's largest public utility, claiming damages from a massive coal sludge spill that dumped more than a billion gallons of waste into central Tennessee.Source : CNN (subscribe)Explore : Coal, Energy, Tennessee Source : Wikio - Home |
31 Dec 00 : 27 | Judge awards $65 million to USS Pueblo victims (kansascity.com) A federal judge has awarded more than $65 million to several men of the USS Pueblo, who were captured and tortured by North Korea back in the 1960s.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
30 Dec 06 : 30 | U.S. will enter 2009 with more than 300 million residents (Kansas City... p/>So, come New Year’s Day, what will the population of our United States be? A. 290 million?Source : Kansas City Star (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
30 Dec 00 : 35 | Record 47 Million Tourists Flocked to NYC in 2008 (Gothamist) The city announced that an estimated 47 million people visited NYC this year. The number is a new record high (last year, there were 46 million visitors) and the city also estimates that the tourists spent $30 billion (another record--last year tourists brought in $28.9 billion). However, with the... Source : Wikio - Home |
29 Dec 22 : 44 | HUD approves $28 million in Fla. foreclosure help (Miami Herald) p/>A federal agency is giving more than $28 million dollars to three Florida communities that have been slammed by high foreclosures and dropping home values.Source : Miami Herald (subscribe)Explore : Florida Source : Wikio - Home |
29 Dec 09 : 00 | 'Marley' tops box office with $37 million (San Fransisco Chronicle) Hollywood had a happy holiday with Christmas weekend revenues up 8 percent over last year's, according to estimates Sunday. Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson's "Marley & Me" premiered at No. 1 with $37 million over the weekend. Adam Sandler's "Bedtime Stories"...Source : San Fransisco Chronicle... Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 12 : 09 | Iraq sends 30,000 troops to guard Karbala pilgrims (USA Today) Thousands of Iraqi security forces have been deployed to protect an estimated 2 million Shiite pilgrims joining a procession ...Source : USA Today (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 43 hours ago |
30 Dec 00 : 55 | Population up 2.7 million this year (The Huffington Post) WASHINGTON — My, how the country has grown. The United States will enter 2009 with 305,529,237 residents, the Census Bureau estimated on Monday. That's an increase of 2,743,429 this year. The bureau says that in January, one birth is expected to occur every eight seconds in the United States and... Source : Wikio - Home |
29 Dec 21 : 51 | Population up 2.7 million this year (Boston Globe) My, how the country has grown. The United States will enter 2009 with 305,529,237 residents, the Census Bureau estimated on Monday.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 09 : 01 | Fumo lawyer grills ex-Verizon to discredit testimony on alleged $50M deal... Defense lawyers in the federal corruption trial of former state Sen. Vince Fumo yesterday tried to undercut the credibility of a key government witness who alleged that Fumo demanded $50 million to settle a utility lawsuit.Source : Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 46 hours ago |
07 Jan 03 : 46 | Indians, Carl Pavano agree to $1.5M, 1-year deal (Examiner) The Cleveland Indians and free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano, a four-year bust with the New York Yankees because of injuries, agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on Tuesday. Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said that Pavano, who turns 33 on Thursday, is guaranteed a spot in Cleveland's... Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 03 : 18 | Indians sign Carl Pavano to 1-year deal (Arizona Republic) CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cleveland Indians and free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano, a four-year bust with the New York Yankees because of injuries, agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on Tuesday. Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said that Pavano, who turns 33 on Thursday, is guaranteed a spot in... Source : Wikio - Home |
26 Dec 07 : 30 | U.N. assembly boosts its budget by nearly $700 million (Houston Chronicle) The General Assembly increased its 2008-2009 budget to $4.86 billion Wednesday, adding nearly $700 million to fund U.N. work in 27 countries including Iraq and Afghanistan, and additional staff for development and conflict prevention.Source : Houston Chronicle (subscribe)Explore : Afghanistan,... Source : Wikio - Home |
25 Dec 11 : 43 | Authority: Siege cost Thai airports $6 million (Miami Herald) Thailand's airport authority said Thursday it lost almost $6 million after agreeing to waive fees for airlines and store owners reeling from an eight-day blockade of Bangkok's airports by anti-government protesters.Source : Miami Herald (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 19 : 58 | Social Security Begins Taking Online Applications (Tampa Bay Online) The Social Security Administration, bracing for the coming eligibility of 80 million baby boomers, is introducing an online application that will allow people to apply for retirement benefits in as little as 15 minutes.Source : Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 14 : 03 | test (Slate Magazine) Washington officials can't say for sure how many people are coming to town for Barack Obama's inauguration. Estimates have ranged from 2 million to 4 million. Perhaps the confusion lies in figuring out how many are coming to see his swearing-in and how many are lining up to get their share of the... Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 13 : 15 | Budget crisis getting worse, Florida lawmakers are told (Miami Herald) Florida lawmakers began a grim budget-cutting session Monday with more bad news: the state's deficit is likely $100 million bigger than expected and Florida leads the nation in food stamp requests.Source : Miami Herald (subscribe)Explore : Florida, House of Representatives, Senate Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 12 : 15 | Bid to Revoke Madoff's Bail Cites His Gifts (DealBook) Contending that Bernard L. Madoff sent at least a million dollars worth of jewelry as gifts to family members and friends last month, federal prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to revoke his bail and send him to jail.Source : DealBook (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 06 : 57 | Year’s first Tuna auction fetches 8-year high of $1,00,000... There has always been a great hype in the East when it came to the big Tuna fish, and more so in the coastal city of Oma, Aomori Prefecture. The Tuna caught in 2001, off the same shore fetched a hefty 20.2 million yen. But a Bluefin Tuna weighing 128.4 kilograms hit an all time high of 9.63 million... Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 03 : 35 | Prosecutors want Madoff's bail revoked (International Herald Tribune) U.S. prosecutors told a judge Monday that Bernard Madoff, accused of an investment scam, tried to hide at least $1 million in assets from government investigators.Source : International Herald Tribune (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 02 : 33 | AP Source: Bradley, Cubs agree to $30M, 3-yr deal (Arizona Republic) CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Cubs and free agent Milton Bradley reached a preliminary agreement Monday on a $30 million, three-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The deal is subject to a physical scheduled for Thursday, the person said, speaking on condition of... Source : Wikio - Home |
06 Jan 01 : 09 | Audit Of Elections Office Finds More Questions Than Answers (Tampa Bay... An audit of Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson's office was able to verify just $336,000 of the $2.34 million Johnson told county commissioners he needed last month cover cost overruns.Source : Tampa Bay Online (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home |
05 Jan 23 : 21 | U.S. Government Asks Madoff to Be Jailed Without Bail (Fox News) Prosecutors on Monday said disgraced financier Bernard Madoff violated bail conditions by mailing about $1 million worth of jewelry and other assets to relatives and should be jailed without bail.Source : Fox News (subscribe)Explore : Government Source : Wikio - Home |
05 Jan 21 : 24 | Al Franken wins Senate seat, or does he? (STLtoday.com) MINNEAPOLIS -- The state Canvassing Board was poised to certify the results of the recount in Minnesota's grueling Senate election in Al Franken's favor -- but that doesn't mean the race is definitely over.The board was to meet Monday and was expected to declare which candidate received the most... Source : Wikio - Home |
05 Jan 10 : 59 | Senator Franken, At Last? (Truthdig) After recounting 2.4 million ballots, Minnesota officials are expected to name Al Franken the state’s next senator, winning by a mere 225 votes. Franken’s rival, Sen. Norm Coleman, will likely fight the decision in the state supreme court. His campaign manager, meanwhile, is calling for a... Source : Wikio - Home |
