The right keeps getting it wrong
It simply amazes me how wrong the Right is about nearly everything going on in America. For example, those ridiculous Tea Parties what I find really hilarious is people on Social Security motoring to Washington, D.C., on the Interstate Highway Sy...
 1.7K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 169.0 BofA faces SEC trial, exits loss-sharing deal
WASHINGTON ” Bank of America Corp. now faces a trial with the Securities and Exchange Commission over billions in bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch, after a judge threw out the bank s $33 million settlement and rebuked the agency for ...
4.2K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 416.0 BDC teaches writing business
A new workshop aims to help current and potential business owners to write effective business plans. The Business Development Center at Southwestern Oregon Community College is offering the ten-session program. The Foundations for Success: The Busine...
1.4K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 169.0 Judge declines to OK bonus settlement
NEW YORK (AP) A judge Wednesday balked at signing off on a $33 million proposed settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp. over executive bonuses. Bank of America on Monday agreed to pay the penalty...
0.4K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 169.0 House votes to clamp limits on bonuses
WASHINGTON (AP) Bowing to populist anger, the House voted Friday to prohibit pay and bonus packages that encourage bankers and traders to take risks so big they could bring down the entire economy. Passage of the bill on a 237-185 vote followed the...
5.1K - Aug. 1, 2009; scored 169.0 Bernanke: Bank of America not bullied into deal
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today he didn't pressure Bank of America into acquiring Merrill Lynch in a deal that ultimately cost taxpayers $20 billion. Bernanke, in prepared testimony to a House committe...
3.2K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 458.0 Qatar boosts gas output as world demand shrinks
RAS LAFFAN, Qatar - This tiny U.S. ally is showing few signs of the world economic crisis, even as some of its Persian Gulf neighbors struggle with debt, stalled projects and the collapse in oil prices. The force driving Qatar: A virtual pipeline to ...
4.7K - Apr. 10, 2009; scored 169.0 Frank expresses outrage at AIG bonuses
WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Barney Frank charged today that a decision by financially strapped insurance giant AIG to pay millions in executive bonuses amounts to rewarding incompetence. Echoing outrage expressed on both sides of the political aisle in t...
4.5K - Mar. 16, 2009; scored 169.0 Cuomo blasts Merrill executives on bonuses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo accuses Merrill Lynch Co. executives of corporate irresponsibility by secretly and prematurely awarding $3.6 billion in bonuses as taxpayers were bailing out the industry. Cuomo is...
1.0K - Feb. 11, 2009; scored 1000.0 Light on intelligence experience, CIA nominee and D.C. insider Panetta faces senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Intelligence Committee is taking up a hearing President Barack Obama s nominee for a high-profile national security post the surprising pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA. Going into today s public hearing, the former...
1.3K - Feb. 5, 2009; scored 169.0 Bonuses no luxury for some Wall Street workers
NEW YORK To President Barack Obama, Wall Street s $18.4 billion in bonuses is shameful. To thousands of bank employees who don t sit in corner offices, that money helps pay the bills. Outrage over the bonuses reached as high as the White...
6.8K - Jan. 31, 2009; scored 169.0 Dividends fall sharply
NEW YORK Dividends are being cut at the fastest pace in at least 50 years, and many of the reductions are coming from U.S. companies investors have been relying on to provide income during the recession. Already this year, seven companies in the St...
5.2K - Jan. 27, 2009; scored 169.0 Top bank execs still have jobs after national banking crisis
WASHINGTON They ve been bailed out, but not kicked out. At banks that are receiving federal bailout money nearly nine out of every 10 of the most senior executives from 2006 are still on the job, according to an Associated Press analysis of regula...
8.3K - Jan. 27, 2009; scored 169.0 Stimulus plan repeals big tax break for banks
WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats version of the $825 billion recession rescue package would end billions of dollars in tax breaks the Bush administration quietly gave to banks last fall. Already almost exclusive beneficiaries of a ...
5.4K - Jan. 17, 2009; scored 339.0 Pavin picked to lead United States in 2010 Ryder Cup
NEW YORK Corey Pavin s hand was shaking so badly that all he could do was drop the ball and hope it stayed on the tee. It was his first Ryder Cup overseas, and he had the opening tee shot at The Belfry. Pavin composed himself and won three matches ...
4.7K - Dec. 12, 2008; scored 169.0 Federal deficit totals $164.4B in November
WASHINGTON (AP) The federal government registered a record budget deficit for the month of November, reflecting the impact of a recession on tax receipts and the mounting costs of the $700 billion financial rescue program. The country rema...
4.3K - Dec. 10, 2008; scored 169.0 World leaders pledge to combat global crisis
WASHINGTON European and Asian markets today didn t think much of the lengthy action plan world leaders came up with over the weekend to address a sagging global economy. The plan was produced at a weekend meeting of leaders of the Group of 20, whic...
6.4K - Nov. 17, 2008; scored 169.0 | 
